There are a handful of things I learned about the power movements since reviewing the content this week.
The movements in the sixties and seventies that aimed for challenged the government and demanded support was known as identity politics (Liberation). This term was used for many of the movements that were happening simultaniously, like the indiginous groups protesting at Alcatraz and forming of AIM as well as the women’s liberation movement calling for reproductive rights.
An understanding of the women’s liberation movement was that this radical wave of feminism was white women focused and neglectful of other communities (Gershon). Though the intersectionality of this movement wasn’t as clear during these times, groups like the Black Panthers and Students for a Democratic Society were applying anti racist and anticolonial ideas to the women’s liberation movement. El Movimento, the Chicano movement saw that a lot of the women’s movement was missing the important cultural piece and so carved out a space for advancement of Chicanas (Allyn). Majority white women groups seemed to then, as they will often do now, universalize experiences (Gershon). This movement was not just about women and reproductive rights; it was also about race and class.
The Chicano Movement had three priorities. Rights for farm workers, restoration of land, and education reform (Chicano). Mexican workers and students faced discrimination, overcrowding, and poor treatment due to their race. The movement brought attention to these conditions and shone a light on the laws that were allowing this. It helped bring a voice to Mexican Americans in the United States.
A common thread to all the movements studied in this week’s articles is a demand to be acknowledged by the people and the government. A push to say that not only that they are here, but that they are facing discrimination. All groups pushed for laws to help their communities. Though each movement focused on advancements of its specific peoples, all of them had some connection and intersected. While each individual movement brought their groups forward, they altogether changed things for the better for each other as well.
“Liberation Movement of the 1970s.” Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/postwarera/1970s-america/a/liberation-movements-1970s
Gershon, Livia. What Was Women’s Liberation? JSTOR. 11 September 2020. https://daily.jstor.org/what-was-womens-liberation/
“The Chicano Movement.” ArcGOS Online. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=9bab5f6a843748d0bc213279a2f2e84a
Allyn, Noah. Chicana Power: Femal Leaders in el Movimiento and the Search for Identity. History Colorado. 12 June 2019. https://www.historycolorado.org/story/colorado-voices/2019/06/12/chicana-power-female-leaders-el-movimiento-and-search-identity
The movements in the sixties and seventies that aimed for challenged the government and demanded support was known as identity politics (Liberation). This term was used for many of the movements that were happening simultaniously, like the indiginous groups protesting at Alcatraz and forming of AIM as well as the women’s liberation movement calling for reproductive rights.
An understanding of the women’s liberation movement was that this radical wave of feminism was white women focused and neglectful of other communities (Gershon). Though the intersectionality of this movement wasn’t as clear during these times, groups like the Black Panthers and Students for a Democratic Society were applying anti racist and anticolonial ideas to the women’s liberation movement. El Movimento, the Chicano movement saw that a lot of the women’s movement was missing the important cultural piece and so carved out a space for advancement of Chicanas (Allyn). Majority white women groups seemed to then, as they will often do now, universalize experiences (Gershon). This movement was not just about women and reproductive rights; it was also about race and class.
The Chicano Movement had three priorities. Rights for farm workers, restoration of land, and education reform (Chicano). Mexican workers and students faced discrimination, overcrowding, and poor treatment due to their race. The movement brought attention to these conditions and shone a light on the laws that were allowing this. It helped bring a voice to Mexican Americans in the United States.
A common thread to all the movements studied in this week’s articles is a demand to be acknowledged by the people and the government. A push to say that not only that they are here, but that they are facing discrimination. All groups pushed for laws to help their communities. Though each movement focused on advancements of its specific peoples, all of them had some connection and intersected. While each individual movement brought their groups forward, they altogether changed things for the better for each other as well.
“Liberation Movement of the 1970s.” Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/postwarera/1970s-america/a/liberation-movements-1970s
Gershon, Livia. What Was Women’s Liberation? JSTOR. 11 September 2020. https://daily.jstor.org/what-was-womens-liberation/
“The Chicano Movement.” ArcGOS Online. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=9bab5f6a843748d0bc213279a2f2e84a
Allyn, Noah. Chicana Power: Femal Leaders in el Movimiento and the Search for Identity. History Colorado. 12 June 2019. https://www.historycolorado.org/story/colorado-voices/2019/06/12/chicana-power-female-leaders-el-movimiento-and-search-identity