Racial Justice Book Club To Premier With 'El Cinco De Mayo; An American Tradition'

Culver City CA

01 June, 2022

5:06 PM

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Culver City Crossroads June 1, 2022 Summer reading? Join LA County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell for the Inaugural Racial Justice Learning Exchange Book Club Meeting. The book, El Cinco de Mayo; An American Tradition by David E. Hayes-Bautista, takes on the holiday and what it means on both sides of the border. Why is Cinco de Mayo—a holiday commemorating a Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862—so widely celebrated in California and across the United States, when it is scarcely observed in Mexico? As Hayes-Bautista explains, the holiday is not Mexican at all, but rather an American one, created by Latinos in California during the mid-nineteenth century. Hayes-Bautista shows how the meaning of Cinco de Mayo has shifted over time—it embodied immigrant nostalgia in the 1930s, U.S. patriotism during World War II, Chicano Power in the 1960s and 1970s, and commercial intentions in the 1980s and 1990s. Today, it continues to reflect the aspirations of a community that is engaged, empowered, and expanding. Co-hosted with UCLA Health Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture. to find out more, go to mitchell.lacounty.gov/bookclub/ Join the discussion on Zoom, June 9, 2022 from 5 to 7 pm. To register, go to https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sduqgrDwiHtBaFYN9SPLZae5BmIBiO-w8 Culver City Crossroads is the prime source for news, events, politics, education and culture. they are here to serve the community, create connections, and have fun.