World War II and Social Aftereffects I. WWII and U.S. Economic Expansion II. Post-War Social Activism III. Rise of Chicanos.

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World War II and Social Aftereffects I. WWII and U.S. Economic Expansion II. Post-War Social Activism III. Rise of Chicanos

I. WWII Economic Expansion a. Industrial Expansion b. Military Service

c. Labor Needs and Tension 1. Bracero Program

2. Zoot Suit Riots

3. Operation Wetback

II. Post-War Social Activism a) LULAC and G.I. Forum b) Emerging Middle Class c) Assimilation vs. Ethnic Nationalism (Lemon Grove Grammar School Picture, 1928)

III. Rise of Chicanos: a. Reassessing History/Rejecting Assimilation i. Atzlán Ethnic Homeland ii. Post-Colonial Perspective

b. Identity i. MEChA ii. Art, Language and Identity iii. Hispanic, Latino, Mexican American, Chicano/a (Image: Half Indian, Half Mexican—By James Luna)

c. Mural Movement: i. History of LA, Mexican Perspective (Barbara Carrasco) ii. Gerónimo (Victor Ochoa)

 East LA Chicano Art: 1. La Pistola y el Corazon (George Yepes) 2. The Arrest of the Paleteros (Frank Romero)

 La Malinche (Santa C. Barraza)  Las Lechugueras- (Juana Alicia)

d) Xicana/o: A Contemporary View 1. Old School Chicanismo (Oppositional Identity) 2. La Nueva Onda (21 st Century Transnational Identity) i. Inside and Outside the “System” ii. Multidimensional I.D.  Variation in Class, Gender and Sexual Orientation  Justice, Alliance, and Coalition Building

3. Xicana/os and Immigration a.Economic Integration: 1950s: Maquiladoras 1994: NAFTA

3. Xicana/os and Immigration b. Immigration Legislation: 1965: Family Reunification 1986: IRCA— Amnesty/Sanctions 1994: California—Proposition : Arizona—SB 1070: State Immigration Enforcement 2011: Dream Act c. Involuntary Immigrants

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