"Regarding Mexican American culture, if you got to know any number of us, from the excellent students I had the pleasure of being a teaching assistant for here in Santa Cruz to my grandparents in Los Angeles, you would notice that our many differences are interesting but not essential. Whereas what we have in common with many white, black, and Asian Americans is fundamental and indispensable, that is: A strong conviction in the value of a rigorous education; A strong conviction in the ethical and legal necessity of treating our fellow Americans not based on superficial groupings, but on their merits and needs as individuals. If you have gotten any impression to the contrary perhaps you were exposed to activists or persons gripped by irrational tribalism. The difference is their modus operandi is to embrace destructive ideology, dress it up as altruism, and then use any means necessary to ram it down people’s throats. Whereas the rest of us tend to respect our own culture, respect others’ cultures, and when called upon to do so will at least try to faithfully represent and stand up for our common principles."
It is also an example of linguistic and cultural imperialism... attempting to force English speaking social norms into beautiful native languages and cultures. They will not respond because they don't have a cogent answer to logical and critical thinking. Keep shining a light!
Communism is historically more overt in the Philippines than in the U.S. When my Filipina was young in the 90s and communists were more prevalent in Filipino society she was taught in school that she should politely correct people who would refer to her as filipinx.
I suspect the DEI folx hide in their rooms when you walk down the hall. Did you find a group of other students sympathetic to your concerns?
Did you ever hear from them?
Hi Ms. Elliott, I wrote a short piece on related issues, from my perspective as a grad student with a Mexican American background:
https://johntorres.substack.com/p/to-my-fellow-liberals-in-academia
"Regarding Mexican American culture, if you got to know any number of us, from the excellent students I had the pleasure of being a teaching assistant for here in Santa Cruz to my grandparents in Los Angeles, you would notice that our many differences are interesting but not essential. Whereas what we have in common with many white, black, and Asian Americans is fundamental and indispensable, that is: A strong conviction in the value of a rigorous education; A strong conviction in the ethical and legal necessity of treating our fellow Americans not based on superficial groupings, but on their merits and needs as individuals. If you have gotten any impression to the contrary perhaps you were exposed to activists or persons gripped by irrational tribalism. The difference is their modus operandi is to embrace destructive ideology, dress it up as altruism, and then use any means necessary to ram it down people’s throats. Whereas the rest of us tend to respect our own culture, respect others’ cultures, and when called upon to do so will at least try to faithfully represent and stand up for our common principles."
If you listen to the vast majority of Latino/a people, they HATE the term "Latinx".
It is also an example of linguistic and cultural imperialism... attempting to force English speaking social norms into beautiful native languages and cultures. They will not respond because they don't have a cogent answer to logical and critical thinking. Keep shining a light!
Communism is historically more overt in the Philippines than in the U.S. When my Filipina was young in the 90s and communists were more prevalent in Filipino society she was taught in school that she should politely correct people who would refer to her as filipinx.