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La Guera by Cherrie Moraga - Coggle Diagram
La Guera by Cherrie Moraga
Chicana Heritage
Mothers life as bracero/wetback
Poverty, illiteracy
mothers "denial" to protect children
loss of language (spanish)
rich oral stories vs sanitized present
anglo influence and privilage
White father
educated mother
unconsciousness in white middle class
"white is right"
alienation in private college
Silence and internalization
silence is starvation
fearing own roots
failure to address self-oppression
internalized homophobia/ racism
Need for alliance
Radcial women of color
Challenging white feminism
looking to "solitary power, nightmare within"
collective vs solitary power
Central identity
race: " La guera" as privilege
passing and internalized racism
finding self in mothers stories
split self ( fair skin vs chicana)