Do Hispanics Know Who They Are?
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May 18, 2021
[Originally published in the Ft. Worth Star Telegram, 1998, sec B, pp 9.]
This article was a foundational statement for the nascent Mexika Eagle Society. It critically analyzed the “Hispanic” and “Latino” identities through an indigenous Chicano/Mexicano perspective, and it set the tone for the literature that came thereafter, both in the In Kuauhtlahtoa journal and in Kurly’s influential book, We Will Rise (2000).
This article was mentioned in Episode 9: The Whiteness of “Latinx” of the Aztlantis Tales podcast, May 18, 2021.
The logo below encapsulated the organization’s stance on these Eurocentric labels.
