As for someone who classifies themselves as Chicano but never truly went into depth about trying to understand the term or history of this word and what meaning it holds, taking this class was one of the best decisions I made this quarter. Overall, this class was able to educate me more about the history and in general about myself since I share a lot of aspects this class talked about. As for specifics, learning more about Yolanda Lopez was great as I knew very little about her but have heard of her name. Now I am able to understand a lot of what she has done for the community and how it strongly affected our environment in the Chicano story. Along with this, I am also glad to have learned about Carmen Lomas Garza as she was also a great deal to our community. I believe the most interesting and great topic in this course was the artist presentations. I think this assignment was a way to truly bring out and give voice to the rising artist that may have impacted our community and environment but have not fully been reported on by higher media. This assignment was a way to praise them and appreciate their contribution to the Chicano story. Along with this, the Wikipedia page was another great assignment as it is something I never imagined myself doing. Creating a wiki page, being able to edit it, design it, and post it for the public to see is and was truly a great learning experience. Not only that the technical edits and learning to do “simple” things like adding a footnote, adding references, or even citing were great tools that I learn or will learn. I would say, the two artists I learned about, the presentation on the rising artists, and creating a wiki page were the more benefitting assignment in this class.
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