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World War II and Social Aftereffects

World War II and Social Aftereffects. WWII and U.S. Economic Expansion Post-War Social Activism 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.

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World War II and Social Aftereffects

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

  2. I. WWII Economic Expansion a. Industrial Expansionb. 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 • LULAC and G.I. Forum • Emerging Middle Class • 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 • MEChA • Art, Language and Identity • Hispanic, Latino, Mexican American, Chicano/a (Image: Half Indian, Half Mexican—By James Luna)

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

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

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

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

  13. 3. Xicana/os and Immigration • 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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