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The term la raza was in use by 1858 in local California newspapers such as El Clamor Publico by californios writing about America latina and latinoamerica (Latin America), and identifying as latinos as the abbreviated term for their membership in the newly named Latin America's la raza.[7]
The shortened name of Día de la Raza (now often, though not always, with a capitalized R) was used in 1939, when the feast day was celebrated in Zaragoza in combination with a special devotion to the Virgen del Pilar (Our Lady of the Pillar). Chilean foreign vice-secretary Germán Vergara Donoso commented that the "profound significance of the celebration was the intimate inter-penetration of the homage to the Race and the devotion to Our Lady of the Pillar, i.e. the symbol of the ever more extensive union between America and Spain."[8]
The term Chicano (feminine Chicana) likewise arose in the early 20th century as a designation of Mexicans. In the 1960s to 1970s, the term became associated with the Chicano Movement in relation to Mexican-American identity politics activism.
In the United States, the terms la Raza and Chicano subsequently became closely associated.
See also
- Casta
- Clash of Civilizations
- Latinidad
- Pan-Latinism
- Race and ethnicity in Latin America
- Race and ethnicity in the United States
- Racial politics
- La raza cósmica
- Panhispanism
References
- ^ Sometimes over-capitalized as La Raza, or given in all-lowercase as la raza. Pronounced [la ˈrasa]
- ^ a b Associated Press (July 13, 2017). "Why The Term 'La Raza' Has Complicated Roots In The US". Colorado Public Radio. Archived from the original on July 1, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "Defining La Raza". The Atlantic. May 29, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- Filipinos, and people in the former Spanish colony of Equatorial Guineaare sometimes included in modern conceptions of the term.
- ISBN 9780190909628.
- ^ "La Raza".
- OCLC 1043876740.
By the late 1850s, californios were writing in newspapers about their membership in América latina (Latin America) and latinoamerica, calling themselves latinos as the shortened name for their hemispheric membership in a la raza latina (a Latin race). Reprinting an 1858 opinion piece by a correspondent in Havana on race relations in the Americas, El Clamor Publico of Los Angeles surmised that 'two rival races are competing with each other ... the Anglo Saxon and the Latin one.'
- ^ Bueno Sánchez, Gustavo. "Día de la Hispanidad". Filosofia.org (in Spanish).
- ^ "Francisco Franco - Biography, Facts & Death".
- ^ Alaniz, Yolanda; Cornish, Megan (2008). Viva La Raza: A History of Chicano Identity and Resistance. Seattle: Red Letter Press. p. 181.
- ^ Romero, Dennis (June 7, 2016). "Dear Trump Fans: La Raza Is Not a Racist Term". Los Angeles Weekly. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- OCLC 904133300.
- OCLC 124026434.