Response to Belen's "Latinx Cultural Expressions"
I think it is ironic (and unexpected) that the increase of the Latinx population has led to a rise in social notions of homogeneity regarding the Latinx community. I feel this way because absent the reading, I would have otherwise assumed that things would be the other way around-- that an increase in Latinx people would encourage people to further acknowledge the various distinctions. Because the Latinx communiy has so many distinctions, one theory that Belen mentions (Bhabha's idea of "a Third space of enunciation") stands out to me. I feel like the concept of people acknowledging they are all somehow marginalized and then subsequently giving one another to speak on their unique relationship to marginalization is so important. Otherwise, social movements can't happen. Because within every coalition of oppressed people there will be people whose identity grants them power over others. This happens a lot in the Latinx community, because there are so many races and n...