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Identity

Introduction

The Chicano movement started during the era of Civil rights with three objectives. The first objective was the restoration of land, second was the rights for the farm workers and the third objective was the education reforms. Before the 1960s, the Latinos did not really have much influence in the national political arena. But all of that changed when the Mexican American Political Association took steps to elect John F. Kennedy for the president in the year 1960, distinguishing the Latinos as a significant voting bloc.

When Kennedy was finally sworn in into the office, he thanked the Latino community by not only giving some of the posts in his administration to the Hispanics, but also making efforts to resolve the concerns and issues of the Hispanic community. So then, the Latinos, Mexican Americans in particular started to demand that the changes should be brought in the areas of labour, education and all other sector so that their needs could also be met.

Discussion

I Am Joaquin

In the year 1967, Rodolfo Gonzales published his classic poem, 'Yo soy Joaquin' which is better known as 'I am Joaquin'. It seems like before the year 1967, the Chicano literature did not really exist, but after the year 1967, the whole of the Chicano literature from the 1600s to the 1960s suddenly existed and came into being. Basically, before the publication of this poem, 'I am Joaquin', there was no existence of the Chicanos, but after the publication, we fell that they had always been around.

The poem, I am Joaquin was able to work its magic in such a way because this poem reflects many different aspects that would make up the identity of Chicano come together under the single name 'Chicano'. Before the publication of this poem, all the work regarding ...