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===Chicanismo y el Nuevo Despertar: The Shared Vision of the Chicano and Puerto Rican Movements=== *Focus on Chicano and Puerto Rican movements *Chicanismo seen as a melting pot of different philosophies and historical contexts **Similarly, the Puerto Rican movement had multiply ideologies that evolved over time *Shared political impulses as driving factors behind Chicano and Puerto Rican movements ====Racism, Social Inequality, and Cultural Pride==== *Analyzing both politics while highlighting their “critique of racism and inequality” and “emphasis on community control” *Different art styles employed to protest racial and economic inequality **“Puerto Rican Obituary” by Pedro Pietri **Focused more on emotional aspects of racism *Some search for their identity in Mexico and back completely altered **Fails to present Latinidiad as a complex identity and concept *El Plan de Santa Barbara **Disagreed with Chicanos and Puerto Ricans feelings of needing approval by dominant White groups **Instead had Anglo society prove itself to them **Mexicans were faced with the question of, “Is the sacrifice of your barrio or colonia worth achieving the American Dream? *Berkeley Professor, Carlo Muńoz explains the Chicano Movement’s strive for some unified identity *Members of both movements were not expected to choose between their racial pride and social equality **Drew high levels of awareness for social injustice of both groups **Eventually led to members and outliers to agree that these injustices were genuinely an issue *Unfortunately, both groups were more motivated by opposition that they were to execute success political strategy ====Community Control, Group Advancement, Cross-Class Solidarity, and the Critique of Individualism==== *Movements continue to push the importance of community, especially in institutional contexts **“Oppression and inequality would never end until Chicanos and Puerto Ricans controlled the institutions that directly affected community life” *El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán **Chicano movement manifesto **Institutions exist largely due to communities, therefore institutions like the economy should belong to the people and serve the people of that community *Community Control **Institutions (like schools and workplaces) controlled by non-Latinos fail to treat Latinos in fair manners that don’t include exploitation and social inequality *Members of the Young Lords Party, whether from the barrio or not, supported the Latino working class *University students took advantage of their privileges to help the movement **El Plan de Santa Barbara was even written by Chicano graduate students and professors **Highlighted the importance of MEChA in education *Members of the Young Lords Party, whether from the barrio or not, supported the Latino working class *University students took advantage of their privileges to help the movement **El Plan de Santa Barbara was even written by Chicano graduate students and professors **Highlighted the importance of MEChA in education *Self-preservation vs. preservation of the group **Raised to see every man for themselves **Supporting the success of your group ensures the existence of all **Those with success are seen as the “exception rather than the rule” *Background of Young Lords and Chicanos **Young Lords were once a Puerto Rican street gang **Chicano is a term that signifies rebirth of pride and confidence in their identity *La Raza Unida Party **Good example of community control **Mobilized Chicanos to the polls **Boosted representation by supporting Chicano candidates **Those running for the school board that did not fit the stereotypical expectations of that role
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