Definition of The Phrase "La Raza"
In the context that NCLR uses it, “La Raza” it means “the people,” or “the Hispanic people of the New World” — people of Chicano (i.e. Mexican American) and Mexican descent and the Hispanic world, as well as mestizos who share Native American or national Hispanic heritage.. The concept of inclusiveness was initially promoted by Jose Vasconselos as part of the phrase and title of his essay, "La Raza Cosmica", the mixing of white, black, and native, in the Western Hemisphere.
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