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

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

3 c. Labor Needs and Tension 1. Bracero Program

4 2. Zoot Suit Riots

5 3. Operation Wetback

6 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)

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

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

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

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

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

12 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

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

14 3. Xicana/os and Immigration b. Immigration Legislation: 1965: Family Reunification 1986: IRCA— Amnesty/Sanctions 1994: California—Proposition 187 2010: Arizona—SB 1070: State Immigration Enforcement 2011: Dream Act c. Involuntary Immigrants


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