Importantly, however, the hearings activism of the 1968 civil rights commission allowed moments of crossover between differing Chicano activist strategies within a larger US political machine.

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While the hearings created reams of data for political tacticians, it also transformed Chicano communities into a “latino vote” and did not translate into tangible Latino power. 2/

I feel invigorated intellectually and it was rejuvenating to be in community with my peers. Until next year!

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Dr. Sosa-Riddell ; Yes, your comment really resonates with me and might be a useful way to frame Mexican American intellectual history. 2/2

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These debates exposed a more nuanced ideologies of civil ideologies. 6/6

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Clemente Idar represented the third approach that held that Mexicans needed to join labor unions while also cracking down on immigration from Mexico. 5/

Alonso S. Perales represented a different approach that pushed against prejudicial assumptions of Mexican inferiority that prevented upward mobility. 4/

J. T. Canales y Ben Garza represented an economic approach that advocated for healthy economies that necessitated ethnic Mexican labor in South Texas. 3/

By the 1920s, Mexicans had become the dominant immigrant labor force in the southwest. According to Dávilla, this debate exposed three different reasons for opposing the Box Bill that would have placed quotas on Mexican immigrants. 2/

Mexican ideas of Native capacity for self-rule that diverged from the Iberian Black Legend dominant narratives. #texashistory #chicanohistory #chicanxhistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory 4/4

Mexican beliefs surrounding indignity and pathways to citizenship at least on paper contrasted with US exclusionist models. Pablo de la Guerra argued for Native citizenship in the California convention that gestured towards an Indigenous self rule. 3/

In her work, Sosa-Riddell questions the intellectual underpinnings former Mexican nationals as they were thrust into different racial and social hierarchies. How did Mexican political agency and actions shift the meaning of race when it came to issues of suffrage and citizenship. 2/

Chair Raul A. Ramos (@universityofhouston ) expresses his excite@ent for this panel & says that “this type of panel is what this conference is made for.”The nuanced work being done in this panel is ideal for these spaces. 2/2 #borderlandshistory #chicanxhiatory #texashistory #mexicanamericanhistory

She recounts a conversation shared with her about recruitment strategies: “you planned your daughter’s quinceñera?” “Yes, but…” “then you can do this work”.
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They were! There was an active Q&A after the papers

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