Word: mexicanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Luis B. Castro '92, a member of RAZA's steering committee, said the celebrations and festivals differ between communities. The events usually include dancing, mariachi bands, pinatas and traditional Mexican music, said Castro...
...Mexico, it's a really big deal--carnivals and shows, firecrackers--like the Fourth of July," said Hilda M. Alexander '90, president of RAZA. But "a lot of Mexican-Americans don't even know Cinco de Mayo is not independence day," said Alexander, who emigrated to the U.S. when she was 10 years...
This year, the celebrations at Harvard have included films, speeches and presentations by a U.S. representative, Hispanic leaders, a professor from the Graduate School of Education, an assistant professor, a Mexican-American muralist and a poet...
Today's festivities include a reception, a speaker from the Spanish Literature Department, the dance troupe Ballete Folklorico Atzlan, a traditional Mexican dinner, a Mariachi band, the keynote speaker on the future of Mexican-Americans in the U.S, and a dance. All activities are open to the public except for the dinner, Alexander said...
...flunkies spring hurler "Wild Thing" Vaughn (Charlie Sheen) from the slammer, take a veteran catcher (Tom Berenger) out of exile from the Mexican Leagues and find a voo-doo-worshipping Caribbean slugger (Dennis Haysbert), who can slam fast balls into left field but fans at any curve ball...