Latinidad (Latina/o/x Identity in the United States) Ethnic studies

Prompt

Using readings and supplemental media (videos), using concepts, terminologies, events, etc. listed below, expand on the subject by doing additional research, and explain why this topic is relevant and significant to Ethnic Studies.

Guiding Questions

1. What topic are you exploring? Define and give background to this topic.

2. Do additional research about this topic. Additional items to explore or research about this area/topic?

3. Why is it important to learn this area/topic as we learn about Ethnic Studies and the 4 core groups*?

Requirements

· MLA 9th edition formatting style, 12-point font, Times New Roman, double- spaced, 1’ margins

· Works Cited page

· 3-4 pages (not including Works Cited Page) [3 minimum, 4 max]

· 5 sources minimum

*Ethnic studies are an interdisciplinary and comparative study of race and ethnicity with special focus on four historically defined racialized core groups: Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latina and Latino Americans.

The Origin of Race in the USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVxAlmAPHec

Breaking down the Anti-Blackness of Latinidad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Erdq-xhR8M&t=2s