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In response to Sarah about the third form of discrimination, I think that '''Vidal is commenting on the exploitation of Latino’s by employers in agriculture. I am not saying that this did not, and does not continue to happen to workers of other races, but I think a large portion of those exploited farm, nursery, orchard etc. workers that were and are Latino'''. Going off of that, I was struck by the trifecta of oppression that Vidal was illustrating. “Raza women suffer a triple form of oppression: as members of an oppressed nationality, as workers and as women” (455). Not only are these women oppressed in these ways, but she explained that they were oppressed within their culture by male chauvinism. Furthermore, she blames this “machismo” on European colonists in what seems like an argument against European Imperialism. I cannot say either way if I agree with that notion because I really don’t know enough about Latino culture prior to European occupation of the America’s, but I would venture to say, from what I know about history, she is probably making a valid point. -Caryn | In response to Sarah about the third form of discrimination, I think that '''Vidal is commenting on the exploitation of Latino’s by employers in agriculture. I am not saying that this did not, and does not continue to happen to workers of other races, but I think a large portion of those exploited farm, nursery, orchard etc. workers that were and are Latino'''. Going off of that, I was struck by the trifecta of oppression that Vidal was illustrating. “Raza women suffer a triple form of oppression: as members of an oppressed nationality, as workers and as women” (455). Not only are these women oppressed in these ways, but she explained that they were oppressed within their culture by male chauvinism. Furthermore, she blames this “machismo” on European colonists in what seems like an argument against European Imperialism. I cannot say either way if I agree with that notion because I really don’t know enough about Latino culture prior to European occupation of the America’s, but I would venture to say, from what I know about history, she is probably making a valid point. -Caryn | ||
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| + | Echoes of the unique situation African American women found themselves in during the movement for women's suffrage--spearheaded by middle class white women--who oftentimes felt little to no sympathy for the movement. This alienation experienced by Chicanas and other minority groups might explain why so much top-down reform legislation has failed in this country to date. Her argument against machismo and its origins is interesting, although I'm not sure how factually-based they are--I am unaware of how true statement that "before the Europeans came to this part of the world women enjoyed a position of equality with men." (456) -schang | ||
== "More Than a Lady" Ruby Doris Smith Robinson and Black Women's Leadership in the SNCC, Cynthia Fleming == | == "More Than a Lady" Ruby Doris Smith Robinson and Black Women's Leadership in the SNCC, Cynthia Fleming == | ||
