latinx exam #2

Question 1

Discourse

Answer 1

systems of knowledge and language that shape our understanding of reality

Question 2

praxis

Answer 2

intersection of theory and practice; active reflection and action for social change

Question 3

heteropatriarchy/heteronormativity

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systems privileging heterosexual, male-dominated structures and identities

Question 4

politics of respectability

Answer 4

expectations placed on marginalized communities to conform to dominant social norms to gain acceptance

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epistemology

Answer 5

the study of knowledge - who get to know and how

Question 6

coercion

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forced compliance

Question 7

hegemony

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consent to domination via ideology

Question 8

eugenics

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practices aimed at ‘improving’ the population by controlling reproduction, often racially/ethnically motivated

Question 9

illegality

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legal and social construct that criminalizes certain population (ie undocumented migrants)

Question 10

diaspora

Answer 10

dispersal of people from their homeland; linked to identity, belonging, and cultural connection

Question 11

latinx

Answer 11

gender-neutral term for people of Latin American descent in the U.S.

Question 12

indigeneity

Answer 12

tied to ancestral land, cultural survival, sovereignty

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race

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socially constructed categories based on perceived biological differences

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ethnicity

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cultural identity based on shared heritage

Question 15

ethno-race

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a category that combines racialization and ethnic identity to reflect the Latinx experiences in the U.S.

Question 16

sex

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biological traits

Question 17

gender

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socially constructed roles and identities

Question 18

sexuality

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desire, attraction, identity, and behavior

Question 19

racio-colonial capitalism

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• a system combining racial hierarchy, colonial power, and capitalism
• historically shifts from slavery and land theft to detention centers and migrant labor exploitation today

Question 20

“the impact of borderlands” (border theory)

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• Borderlands as physical and metaphorical spaces of cultural and identity conflict.
• Anzaldúa’s concept of nepantla: existing in-between spaces.
• Border Theory explores hybrid identities, resistance to colonial categories, and the violence and possibility in liminal spaces.

Question 21

“Chicken doctors”

Answer 21

• Explores labor, identity, and medical exploitation among immigrant workers in poultry plants.
• Like Anzaldúa, Ramirez highlights in-between lives—racialized and liminal workers who are both essential and devalued.
• Uses storytelling and analysis rooted in lived experience, connecting body, border, and exploitation.

Question 22

“La Mundanza” Bad Bunny

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• Aesthetics of resistance: queerness, refusal of traditional gender norms.
• Reclaiming space—literally moving, symbolizing transformation and liberation.
• Represents resistance through performance, styling, and fluid identity.

Question 23

Eugenics impacting latinx communities

Answer 23

1. No Más Bebés: Involuntary sterilization of Mexican immigrant women in 1960s-70s Los Angeles.
2. La Operación: Sterilization of Puerto Rican women under U.S. colonial governance.
3. # OurMothersToo: Grassroots project documenting reproductive injustice and forced sterilizations in immigrant detention centers.

Question 24

recent changes in U.S. immigration law

Answer 24

title 42, DACA status changes, asylum restrictions