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how different parts of peoples identity can overlap
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Intersectionality means analyzing the multiple identities and social systems that influence and shape individuals' and communities' experiences, including their relationship to power structures and institutions
important vocabulary
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Critical Race Theory is a legal perspective that examines the relationship between U.S. laws and systemic racism, with a particular emphasis on how to end racial bias.
it is disheartening to know that there are actual people against this.
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the field has always been threatened by counter-movements and institutional resistance
today, under our current administration, they have completely dismantled alot of programs around inculsivity and diversity and have called for the dismantling of ethnic studies.
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Long before the beginning of ethnic studies as a formal discipline in the 1960s, communities have been calling for relevant, responsive education that communicates the truth of historical, political, social, and cultural systems.
studies like ethnic studies are so important to learn and have in school curriculums.
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Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), California Latino School Board Association, California Latino Legislative Caucus, and California Latino Caucus, and the bi-national organization Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales (FIOB), which serves Indigenous Latinx migrant and non-migrant communities across California and Mexico. Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project and Future Leaders of America are two youth-based organizations that have been involved with the work of Chicanx and Latinx studies.
these are non academic organizations that are important to movements and civil rights
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Police officers used militarized tactics on strikers, including directly assaulting students with batons, water hoses, and other weapons.
still happening today.
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These movements built on intergenerational traditions of protest and advocacy that informed the emergent groups that formed, established, and nurtured ethnic studies
ethnic studies was born under movements and protests for civil rights.
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After he was fired on November 1, 1968
was he fired because of his vocalness?
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The separation of students by race helped to reinforce the existing racial hierarchy in the broader society, providing legitimacy and justification for prevailing dominant ideologies.
there has always been a struggle with colonialism and trying to make one race (the white race) superior, and its still happening today.
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settler-colonialism is a structure, not an event
settler colonialism is ongoing
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Settler-colonialism refers to the specific forms of colonialism in which outside powers attempt to eradicate and replace the living societies of Native people to establish and maintain settler societies
vocabulary
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Decolonization refers to the various struggles led by Indigenous people for land, sovereignty, self-determination, and a transformation of the ongoing conditions of colonial power.
indigenous people and marginalized groups have struggled with colonization and have made constant efforts to decolonize.
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“No history, no self. Know history, know self,”
if you dont have history, then you wont know yourself.
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Chicanx and Latinx studies teaches the importance of decolonizing our minds and recognizing the many generations of resilient and powerful ancestors and relatives who have supported us on our journey to becoming educated persons.
when you are someone who is apart of the groups of people you are learning about it gives you a sense of community too and can teach you things about your people or culture you might not have known.
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the purpose is to present a clear and accurate understanding of the potential solutions and interventions that will advance equity, self-determination, and justice
the purpose of ethnic studies (specifically chicanx and latinx studies)
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However, these voices and perspectives have not always been recognized.
indigenous peoples voices usually seem the last to be acknowledged in so many different settings.
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The “x” is used to disrupt the often rigid gender binarist approach to telling history.
there are a few people i know who use the x in latinx to identify because they are non binary.
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the five S’s
self identity, stories of community, systems of oppression, social movements, and solidarity
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Afro-Latinx signifies a Latin American person of African heritage, with national or regional variations of the term
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Indigenous Latinx is used to identify Indigenous migrants from Latin America living in the United States who remain connected to their Indigenous languages, ceremonies, medicines, foodways, and ancestral lands.
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Latina, Latino, and Latinx are used to identify people with ancestry connected to anywhere in Latin America.
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Hispanic, which became popularized and is assigned by the United States Census and other government offices to emphasize Spanish influence and Spanish language communities.
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Xicana, Xicano, and Xicanx a term which emphasizes the heritage of families whose homelands in Mexico are tied to the cultural, linguistic, and social practices of Indigenous peoples
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Chicana, Chicano, and Chicanx are social and political identity terms chosen by people of Mexican heritage living in the United States to signify their Indigenous ancestry to the greater Southwestern and Mesoamerican (also called Anahuac) regions.
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intersectional
a key part in ethnic studies is intersectionality. intersectionality takes into account the different aspects of people's identities and how they overlap, which effects their individual experience and how they see or navigate the world. (T)
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East Los Angeles walkouts and the ethnic studies movements originating at Merritt College in Oakland, California, San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University), and the University of California, Berkeley in the 1960s and 70s.
early ethnic studies works originate here.
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it is critical and important to have a sense of the past to know and understand how the present came to be, in order to address or change what is before you.
the main point of this chapter (P) - this is the purpose of ethnic studies
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dicho
a proverb or saying, we learned this in class regarding our own families dichos. (A)
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this introductory chapter
this is an intro chapter that will help us understand on a more surface level what chicanx and latinx studies have to offer and the context.
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provide a more accurate understanding of the political, cultural, historical, and social contexts that shape our current-day experiences of race, identity, community, and the disparities that plague our society.
i do feel like that this does create a sense of community or belonging especially among POC, because we are able to see our people and cultures represented and learn things about our history etc that we may not have even known as well as advocate and become aware of the different issues not only in our communities but in others communities. because its not taught in basic school curriculum.
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