Moving Beyond the Chicano Borderlands | Michelle Navarro | TEDxMountainViewCollege

[@psgdr06]

I love your speech . I am a chicana! I don’t worry about people may say if I am American enough or Mexican enough. I enjoy both cultures. I live the best of both worlds. My children are mix Mexican-American and Salvadoran. I am teaching them that it is beautiful to be different. Be proud who you are ! 🇭🇳 🇲🇽🇱🇷

[@eddiegsu15]

Why did you put the Liberian flag 😂

[@ProfessorDesiree]

I love this. That's the same reason I was not taught Spanish, as well. I wasn't so thoroughly assimilated, but I was always on the outside of both cultures, feeling more at home with the family whose language I didn't understand. Thank you for sharing your story and your experiences.

[@almightyjr9086]

that's awsome my pops used to bump the panchos music back in the day. I was brought here to the united states from juarez I been here for almost 30 years. being a Mexican national I would feel left out when I visit my cousins in Mexico they would make fun of my accent or how i would pronounce the words. I'm mestizo and very proud of I was raised that way I don't claim native nor European I am both. we mestizos are the new race the best of both worlds.

[@az717able]

I'm a proud Chicano love both nations but gotta love the tejano Chicano music the best

[@Brother_Alfonso]

Thank you for a sharing

[@Californiansurfer]

❤❤❤. 1970 grew up in Downey Cal. The first Mexicano family , yes spanish was a no no. I had a great friend Calvin Chung , we made our food and sold it to the teachers, we made money saving to teachers and then students. I purchased bikes and Calvin purchase video games. Great memories. 2012 to 2019 worked in Indiana, Kentucky , Michagan and Wacahacie texe. surfer Frank Downey.

[@soniamendez182]

I understand the and can relate to this

[@Photoswitherik]

Chincan@ was a racial slur used for the children of Mexican migrants. Our cultural heritage does not make us Mexican by definition. Chicanos are only born in the U.S.A. and to deny/dismiss that is to erase an entire group of people and their history. Good talk, but Michelle also made herself invisible with her interpretation of the term Chican@. Remember that scene in the Selena movie 'Twice As Perfect'?; that's what a Chicano is.

[@tincou7694]

You need to revisit your definition of Chinano/a. Chicano is about having a social and political consciousness (from the 60's), that's where the terms comes from. Guatemalas and Salvadorians can be chicano, for example. Also, a chicano is not always born in the US... Nowadays, Chicano/a carries a similar meaning of identity/social/political consciousness.

[@Photoswitherik]

@@tincou7694 The word Chicano predates the 60s. Look into Mario Suarez. He was the first to do so, and also Chicano by definition. Chicanos are only born in the USA. The word you're looking to use is Latino.

[@tincou7694]

@@Photoswitherik We can say other writers like Nina Otero Warren are also chicanas, of course. The word chicano gains momentum as a social/political manifestation/identity in the 60's. Send me the source where the word actually appears in the texts of Mario Suarez (or in the time period). I'm currently taking a PhD seminar on chicana writers from a Stanford professor.

[@Photoswitherik]

@@tincou7694 His estate is in strict control of his works. One of the best pieces I've found is titled "The Short Way of Saying Mexicano"; Patrolling the Borders of Mario Suarez's Fiction. [James D. Lilley. Princeton University. MELUS Sept 2001. Vol 26, Issue 3. Pages 101-118] It is paywalled just fyi. His book of short stories, Chicano Sketches, is also still available for purchase.

[@aramiz21]

Enjoyed this👌✊

[@dreamer2676]

I love it! ❤️🙌🏽✊🏽🔥🌈😊

[@jaimetenorio8148]

Arriva Raza si se puede

[@inkedteacher784]

Just found this, nice. However, the definition of Chicano is much more complex. It is not limited to geopolitical spaces, birth, or generations. On the border, it is even much more complex and intersectional.

[@Mr.FranciscoJesusAldana]

Great Chicana/o content!

[@jesstwocrow1005]

Viva La Raza!

[@eddiegsu15]

Wait did she pronounce he-ri-da as yerda

[@victoriaauroralozadaromero609]

porque no habla español bien.

[@El_ogtDgto]

@@victoriaauroralozadaromero609 pri español es una idioma phonetic entonces it be said como how it’s spelled

[@randommexican8311]

Dang tigol bitties bruh

[@mleyva50]

Unless she has dual citizenship for both countries she technically isn't a "Mexican-American". Cool on the Trio Los Panchos detail though. My Dad used to listen to them, I grew up with their music.

[@Alaskan-Armadillo]

Nah she is Mexican-America.

[@mleyva50]

@@Alaskan-Armadillo 😎

[@alexiherrera9719]

She might have a lot Atzec blood but she ain't acting like it.