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Join us as we tune in to the Institute of Chicana/o Psychology & Community Wellness online platica, "Not Black, Not White, Hernandez v Texas & Chcanx Identity."Saturday February 15 from 11am-1230pm.
In this 90-minute platica, we will revisit the landmark 1954 Hernandez v Texas Supreme Court ruling which acknowledged that Mexican Americans experienced systemic discrimination and segregation, despite being legally classified as White.
Largely overshadowed by the Brown v Board of Education decision, the Hernandez case was a huge victory for Chicano/a civil rights, yet few of us learn about this historical event in school.
We will discuss how the acknowledgement of Mexican Americans as a protected class mirrors the identity processes of “in betweenness” that many Raza navigate growing up in a country that frames race as Black versus White.
We will also consider strategies for learning and teaching our history as a way to strengthen our own and our youths’ ethnic-racial identity and promote flourishing.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
1308 S Main St, Del Rio, TX, United States
