Title: Hispanic Heritage Month: The History, Importance and Ways to Celebrate | Entertainment Tonight
Headings: Hispanic Heritage Month: The History, Importance and Ways to Celebrate
Hispanic Heritage Month: The History, Importance and Ways to Celebrate
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Content: Why is a Mexican American who does not speak Spanish categories similarly to an island-born Puerto Rican who does not speak English?” asks Cristina Mora, assistant professor of sociology at UC Berkeley, in the preface to her book, Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New American. Similarly, while its focus is ostensibly on the ways the Hispanic community has “helped achieve the greatness of our Nation,” as the 1968 resolution put it, such a mission deserves to be challenged — especially in 2020. Who gets counted as “Hispanic” (or, even as “Latino” or “Latinx,” other terms that are oftentimes used interchangeably with it, though they, in turn, refer to quite different identity categories), as Mora puts it, was and remains a strategic choice. And so, while discussions about how and whether the term “Hispanic” should be used will continue, the goal of uplifting the contributions of a vibrant Hispanic/Latino/Latinx community and making sure they’re widely recognized in schools, in history books, and in popular culture need not go away. VotoLatino.org
HOW TO SUPPORT
If these past few months have made you want to be even more politically involved, look no further than the following organizations. You may want to support them year-round but the weeks leading into the election are as great a time to find ways of further making your voice heard. Voto Latino
For the past 15 years, this grassroots political organization has focused on educating and empowering a new generation of Latinx voters, all the while creating a more robust and inclusive democracy. They’re committed to getting 500,000 new voter registrations before the election.