http://msteph.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:18:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://msteph.wordpress.com http://msteph.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/la-chicana-of-oppression/ http://msteph.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/la-chicana-of-oppression/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:18:07 +0000 msteph http://msteph.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/la-chicana-of-oppression/ ]]> In La Chicana I felt very humbled in a way. For not knowing much about Latino/a culture. It is one that is very intrigueing to me. Going throught some of the different systems and patterns that exist are very different then from my own background. “Family values” never really existed for me and when I think about feminism it really has nothing to do with my biological family but with the family that I have chosen. Those people that I relate to now. But Martinez really brings it back to the family being the major source of unity and the “major defense against the oppressor.” I would love to understand this and agree with this but I can’t. My mind cannot grasp the traditions learned when young because nothing was outstanding enough to hold onto. I love that in this culture of being a latina it does hold strong. It makes me want to strive for something better in my own life knowing how she feels about her own. And again with what was said many times in class. We must work together. Men and women. Not giving power to one and taking away from the other. Thanks.

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