PROGRAM INFO
- Title:
- Chicanos In The Midwest: Part 2
- Program #
- 1982-03
- Theme:
- Society
- Series:
- Social Issues
- Host:
- Linda Fregoso
- Guests:
- Andre Guerrero, Virginia Ortega
- Date:
- Dec 3, 1981
Chicanos in the Midwest: Part 2
Guests Virginia Ortega and Andre Guerrero of the Ohio Commission of Spanish Speaking Affairs discuss Chicano Culture in the Midwest. Ortega explains that most Chicanos live in Northwestern Ohio in Lorain and Cleveland, where many Mexican families, who arrived in the early 20th century, have set up identifiable Mexican communities. In other parts of the state, Chicano culture has blended with that of the Cuban and Puerto Rican communities. Ortega then draws from her family’s experiences in Ohio to explain how so many Mexicans have retained the Spanish language and preserved a sense of identity. Guerrero and Ortega explains that quinceñeras, Cinco de Mayo celebrations and other holidays help affirm Chicano culture and identity. Ortega then explains that many parents are eager for their children to learn Baile Folklorico and participate in Mexican dance troupes as one way to learn about their heritage.
Some Chicano cultural forms are gaining mainstream acceptance in Ohio. Ortega explains that Mexican murals, in particular those by Robert Garcia, can now be found throughout the city. She also explains how a Chicano run clinic recently organized a conference to help inform health care workers better serve Chicano patients and to teach them about folk healing and its place in Chicano culture.
Both Guerrero and Ortega then discuss the popularity of Conjunto music in Ohio. They also talk about the limited Spanish language media sources. They conclude that Ohio’s barrio culture is constantly refreshed by travel to Mexico and the Southwest.
KEYWORDS
Andre GuerreroArt
Baile Folklorico
Barrio Life
Barrios
Bicultural Programs
Bilingual Programs
Catholic Church
Chicano Culture
Children
Cinco de Mayo
Class
Cleveland
Conjunto Music
Cubans
Cultural Continuity
Curanderas
Dance
Echoes of Cleveland
Flaco Jimenez
Folk Healers
Folk Medicine
Food
Graffiti
Health
Henry Zimmerle
Identity
Jose Clemente Orozco
La Voz de Barrio
Little Joe y La Familia
Mexican Muralists
Muralists
Murals
Music
National Hispanic Heritage Week
Our Lady of Guadalupe (Toledo)
Parades
Puerto Ricans
Quinceañeras
Robert Garcia
Salsa
Spanish
Spanish Language media
Tejano Music
Texas
Toledo, Ohio
Tony de la Rosa
Traditions
Travel
Valerio Longoria
Virginia Ortega
Weddings