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“It is my contention the category ‘Latino,’ like the category ‘women,’ should be reconceived as a site of permanent political contestation”

Women Latino Latino History

Book:The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity

Source: The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity

“In challenging traditional gender relations, many Chicana activists were accused of being lesbians, 'white identified,' narcissistic, and antifamily.”

Feminism Lesbian Gender Roles Latina Chicana Latino History Chicana History Chicano History Latina History

Book:The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity

Source: The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity

“During the late 1960s and 1970s, Mexican American and Puerto Rican activists put forward a politically charged critique of American politics. Bringing together a paradoxical mix of cultural nationalism, liberal reformism, radical critique, andromantic idealism, the Chicano and Puerto Rican movements created a new political vocabulary, one emphasizing resistance, recognition, cultural pride, authenticity, and fraternity (hermanidad). The movements-organizations, issues, and events left a profound legacy.”

American Politics Latino Puerto Rico 1970s Chicano Latino History Puerto Rican Movement Latinx History

Book:The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity

Source: The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity

“The collective memory of every Latino people includes direct or indirect (neo-)colonialism, primarily by Spain or Portugal and later by the United States. Among Latinos, Mexicans in what we now call the Southwest have experienced US colonialism the longest and most directly, with Puerto Ricans not far behind”

United States Colonialism Spain Latino Portugal Puerto Rico Mexicans Latino History Southwestern Us Puerto Rican History

Book:De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century

Source: De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century

“The movement's institutional legacy can also be seen in the realm of higher education: Chicano and Puerto Rican studies programs are the product of these movements and continue to play a key role in providing Latinos with a "civic education" that both politicizes and produces particular conceptions of Latino identity and subjectivity.”

Academia Puerto Rico Chicano Movement Latino History Puerto Rican Movement

Book:The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity

Source: The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity

“Unlike the civil rights struggles of African Americans or the protest politics surrounding the Vietnam War, the Chicano and Puerto Rican movements represent a decidedly underexplored aspect of 1960s New Left radicalism. Outside of the communities themselves, the names, places, and events of these two movements are virtually unknown.”

History Civil Rights 1960s Vietnam War Puerto Rico Chicano Chicano Movement Latino History Puerto Rican Movement

Book:The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity

Source: The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity

“Both Chicano and Puerto Rican activists continually stressed the importance of community control of local institutions, arguing that oppression and inequality would never end until Chicanos and Puerto Ricans controlled the institutions that directly affected community life.”

Community Civil Rights Latino Puerto Rico Chicano Latino History Puertorico Chicano History

Book:The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity

Source: The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity