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I snickered at the "Anglo thing" comment as well. Mirta Vidal wanted control over her own body so she can have have a right to have a legal abortion, child care, rights to use contraceptives....but The Women's Liberations Movement was a "Anglo thing". The Chicana's organize their one group working towards the same goal as white women. Both groups could have been one super strong group if they worked together... you know ..."Girl Power" --Nikole Wellman | I snickered at the "Anglo thing" comment as well. Mirta Vidal wanted control over her own body so she can have have a right to have a legal abortion, child care, rights to use contraceptives....but The Women's Liberations Movement was a "Anglo thing". The Chicana's organize their one group working towards the same goal as white women. Both groups could have been one super strong group if they worked together... you know ..."Girl Power" --Nikole Wellman | ||
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| + | I don't know about the rest of you, but my overwhelming feeling while reading this article was one of confusion. Who are the Chicanas? I feel like I need some more content knowledge to fully appreciate this piece. I agree with the several previous statements about the plight of this minority - it was one experienced by many women. Of course the experiences of a minority female are aggravated by the acute racism the country has had and still has today. One of the most unsettling parts of this piece was the part about the doctor prescribing placebos to his patients under the disguise of birth control, and of course the women got pregnant. The doctor's reasoning? Because "Mrs. Gomez from the West Side" just wouldn't understand such things. Unfortunately, I still see this racial prejudice today. I often hear snide comments from a few men about how I can't do something "because I'm a woman." so from personal experience, that MD really pissed me off. ~Juliann Boyles | ||
== Naomi Craig's interview == | == Naomi Craig's interview == | ||
