CHICANO 10A Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Chicano Nationalism, Mexican Americans, Community Organizing
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Fist lens views the self pushing forward from the social position of a marginalized other. Second lens focuses on how the dominant social group describes and represents marginalized others to drive them backward toward subordination. Extraordinary social perspective to recognize gaps in hegemonic power structure. Distinct vantage point from which to see dominant subjectivities and their relations to others. Coming back to the 1960s and early 70s : colonialism and internalized oppression. Internalized oppression: a consequence of oppression that helps maintain inequality. Coming to believe the dominant messages and images that refer to us as inferior. Racial effects of poverty and isolation on indigenous communities. Chicanx are a colonized population in the unites states (dominated by outsiders, much as colonial subjects in the third world, with indigenous values and ways of life destroyed) Education relevant to struggles for racial justice at home and abroad. Programs to support student and community organizing.