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Before rising to stardom in I Love Lucy, Desi Arnaz served in the armed forces in the segregated white units of the army - showing exactly what side of the color line "Latinos" were on.
Before rising to stardom in I Love Lucy, Desi Arnaz served in the armed forces in the segregated white units of the army - showing exactly what side of the color line "Latinos" were on.
Understanding that "Latin" people were historically considered white is the key to understanding how they fit into American history. They were part of America's white-black paradigm.
"Latino" youth need to understand white and black discourse in American history INCLUDES them. They are part of the story.
There is a concerted effort today to cover up the white-racist history of Mexicans in Texas. Don't let them forget. A new wave of Latinx "woke" academic revisionists are trying to bury this all under the rug and rewrite American history.
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The biggest irony in the whole history of race and identity politics in the United States is that people who speak Spanish are considered to be minorities today (the LARGEST minority group at that). In the 50s and 60s, they were white! And they were saying that they were white.
There wasn't a notion of a "hispanic" minority group in the civil rights era. None of these stories that people are telling today are true!
