Identity and Chicano/a/e Studies
A Mexican-American with a defiant political attitude that centers on their right to self-definition and self-determination.
A Chicano/a/e!
The study of the way history has been written, raising critical questions about when it was written and understanding more about its interpretation.
Historiography.
This is settler colonialism's best friend.
white supremacy (white supremacist ideology).
This horrific act was committed as a form of frontier justice by vigilantes who had no authority under the law.
Lynching.
British Empire.
When you identify someone with these 2 identity terms, you still won't know their specific race or color.
"Latino" and "Hispanic"
People do this to alternate between identities, or languages, in order to navigate different cultural spaces.
Code-switch.
This law required Mexican landowners to submit proof of land ownership to the new formed Public Land Commission
1851 California Land Act
In 1850, this racist law was used against non-white miners to tax them $20/month to mine.
Foreign Miners Tax Act
The bounty on famous Mexican outlaw driven to revenge after his family was killed, Joaquin Murrieta, was to bring him back _______ or _______.
Dead or Alive.
This is why Chicano/a/es do not use or identify with the word "Hispanic".
Because it means to be "from Spain" and they didn't want to identify with the colonizers. It is also not inclusive of non-Spanish speaking people from Latin America.
This policy stated that, for example, if you were considered to have one-fourth or more Native ancestry, you were not allowed citizenship.
One Drop Rule
Said to be destined by God, allowed for settler colonialism, racial prejudice, and genocide.
Manifest Destiny
These articles of the Treaty of Guadalupe were used to control the fate of Mexican's citizenship after the war.
Articles VIII and IX.
The battle between Mexicans and Texians/Tejanos was called this.
Texas Revolution (1835-1836)
Changing letters brings more inclusivity for those who do not identify with the gender binary (non-binary, transgender, genderqueer folks).
Chicane/Latine OR Chicanx/Latinx
The borderlands, as Gloria Anzaldúa writes, is used to describe this aspect of being Mexican-American.
Being in-between cultures, feeling lonely, and isolated, not quite fitting, being bilingual, and/or transgressing binaries.
Greed and racial superiority led to this "misunderstanding" that started the US-Mexico War.
The disputed border between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande River. (Which was a violation by the US settlers of the 1831 Treaty of Limits)
This racist term was used for Mexicans who had the job of greasing animal hides or the wheels of a car. It later was used to write a policy that racially profiled Mexicans.
Greasers.
The US did not want this lone star because they were a slave state. However, later they ________ this state.
Annexed Texas.
This was when and why Chicano/a/e Studies started, in the grassy, cloudy hills of this "City by the Bay".
In 1968, as a direct result of a student protest movement at SFSU to demand a more relevant education and fight against systemic discrimination
This is far from fixed and permanent. This considers facts and interpretation to come to an agreement about the way history is written. It is regularly rewritten.
Historical truth.
The 8th President of the United Mexican States and leader of the Battle of the Alamo.
Antonio López de Santa Anna
This was used to promote white supremacy in the Spanish Borderlands (US Southwest), it is designed to keep people of color in an inferior position by prioritizing lightness and Europeanization.
The year that marks the first time people were sold as property in the US.
1619