World War II and Social AftereffectsWorld War II and Social Aftereffects

I. WWII and U.S. Economic ExpansionII. Post-War Social ActivismIII. Rise of Chicanos

I. WWII Economic Expansion

a. Industrial Expansionb. 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 (21st 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 187

• 2010: Arizona—SB 1070:

• State Immigration Enforcement

• 2011: Dream Act

c. Involuntary Immigrants