{"id":40,"date":"2006-10-02T23:24:46","date_gmt":"2006-10-03T06:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malcs.net\/blog\/?p=40"},"modified":"2006-10-02T23:24:46","modified_gmt":"2006-10-03T06:24:46","slug":"a-recent-interview-with-sandra-cisneros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2006\/10\/02\/a-recent-interview-with-sandra-cisneros\/","title":{"rendered":"A recent interview with Sandra Cisneros"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q: Chicana is one of those words that not all Mexican Americans claim. Why do you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> It’s like the word “feminist.” You’re not born with it. You have to understand the political history of the word. Just because you have a uterus does not a feminist make you. The same thing with Chicano. My father feared the word. He used to associate it with World War II and zoot suits.<\/p>\n

Chicano is being used for picking up the struggle for people on both sides of the border. It became a political term, the same way feminist did. You have to understand the history of the movement before you can claim the word. People can’t pick up a word just because it’s dumped on them.<\/p>\n

Read the rest of the interview here at the Detroit Free Press.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/a>(Alt link here<\/a>)
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Q: Chicana is one of those words that not all Mexican Americans claim. Why do you? A: It’s like the word “feminist.” You’re not born with it. You have to understand the political history of the word. Just because you have a uterus does not a feminist make you. The same thing with Chicano. 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