La Raza

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12 October
1940)
Flag of the Hispanic People

The

racial intermixing during the Spanish colonization of the Americas with the indigenous populations of the Americas
.

The term was not widely used in

Mexican-American identity politics in the United States (see Chicano).[6]
This terminology for mixed-race originated as a reference to "La Raza Cosmica" by José Vasconcelos, although it is no longer used in this context or associated with "La Raza Cosmica" ideology by Mexican-American, Native rights movements and activists in the United States.

History

Text by Rubén Darío ("Salutación del optimista", 1905) inscribed on the Monumento a la Raza in Seville (1929). Translation: 'Illustrious, most fruitful races, fecund blood of Hispania, fraternal spirits, lumious souls, greetings!'
Propaganda poster by the Argentine government (1947) advocating a "strong, industrious, peaceful and sovereign race".

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]

Roman Catholic heritage. The Monumento a la Raza was inaugurated in Mexico City in 1940. La Raza metro station
in Mexico City was inaugurated in 1978.

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.

National Council of La Raza was formed in 1968 (renamed to UnidosUS
in 2017).

Black Power movement; the latter received much more coverage, which contributed to that movement's success in spreading their message and growing their movement.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sometimes over-capitalized as La Raza, or given in all-lowercase as la raza. Pronounced [la ˈrasa]
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Defining La Raza". The Atlantic. May 29, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  4. Filipinos, and people in the former Spanish colony of Equatorial Guinea
    are sometimes included in modern conceptions of the term.
  5. .
  6. ^ "La Raza".
  7. . 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.'
  8. ^ Bueno Sánchez, Gustavo. "Día de la Hispanidad". Filosofia.org (in Spanish).
  9. ^ "Francisco Franco - Biography, Facts & Death".
  10. ^ Alaniz, Yolanda; Cornish, Megan (2008). Viva La Raza: A History of Chicano Identity and Resistance. Seattle: Red Letter Press. p. 181.
  11. ^ Romero, Dennis (June 7, 2016). "Dear Trump Fans: La Raza Is Not a Racist Term". Los Angeles Weekly. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  12. OCLC 904133300
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