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Both Chicano and Puerto Rican activists continually stressed the importance of community control of local institutions, arguing that oppression and inequality would never end until Chicanos and Puerto Ricans controlled the institutions that directly affected community life.
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― The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity
― The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity
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During the late 1960s and 1970s, Mexican American and Puerto Rican activists put forward a politically charged critique of American politics. Bringing together a paradoxical mix of cultural nationalism, liberal reformism, radical critique, andromantic idealism, the Chicano and Puerto Rican movements created a new political vocabulary, one emphasizing resistance, recognition, cultural pride, authenticity, and fraternity (hermanidad). The movements-organizations, issues, and events left a profound
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― The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity
― The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity

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