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La Raza (literally "The Race") is sometimes used to denote people of Chicano
Chicano

Chicano is a word for a Mexican American . The terms Chicano and Chicana were originally used by and regarding U.S. citizens of Mexican descent....
 (i.e. Mexican American
Mexican American

Mexican Americans are United States of Mexican descent. They account for 9% of the country's population: 28.3 million Americans listed their ancestry as Mexican as of 2006....
) and Mexican descent and the Latino
Latino

The demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American or Spanish-speaking descent."...
 world, as well by mestizo
Mestizo

Mestizo is a Spanish language term that was used in the Spanish Empire to refer to people of mixed Europe and Indigenous peoples of the Americas ancestry in Latin America....
s who share Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples....
 or national Hispanic heritage.

The term originated in the 1925 book La Raza Cósmica
La Raza Cósmica

Published in 1925, 'La Raza C?smica' is an essay written by late Mexico philosopher, secretary of education, and 1929 presidential candidate, Jos? Vasconcelos to express the ideology of a future "fifth Race " in the Americas; an agglomeration of all the races in the world with no respect to color or number to erect a new civilization: Un...
 written by Mexican writer José Vasconcelos
José Vasconcelos

Jos? Vasconcelos Calder?n was a Mexico writer, philosopher and politician of Spanish people, Italian people, and Portuguese people ancestry. He married Serafina Miranda of Tlaxiaco in the Oaxaca in 1906....
. He described La Raza Cosmica as the product of gradual racial mixing that was already underway in the Hispanic world.






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La Raza (literally "The Race") is sometimes used to denote people of Chicano
Chicano

Chicano is a word for a Mexican American . The terms Chicano and Chicana were originally used by and regarding U.S. citizens of Mexican descent....
 (i.e. Mexican American
Mexican American

Mexican Americans are United States of Mexican descent. They account for 9% of the country's population: 28.3 million Americans listed their ancestry as Mexican as of 2006....
) and Mexican descent and the Latino
Latino

The demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American or Spanish-speaking descent."...
 world, as well by mestizo
Mestizo

Mestizo is a Spanish language term that was used in the Spanish Empire to refer to people of mixed Europe and Indigenous peoples of the Americas ancestry in Latin America....
s who share Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples....
 or national Hispanic heritage.

The term originated in the 1925 book La Raza Cósmica
La Raza Cósmica

Published in 1925, 'La Raza C?smica' is an essay written by late Mexico philosopher, secretary of education, and 1929 presidential candidate, Jos? Vasconcelos to express the ideology of a future "fifth Race " in the Americas; an agglomeration of all the races in the world with no respect to color or number to erect a new civilization: Un...
 written by Mexican writer José Vasconcelos
José Vasconcelos

Jos? Vasconcelos Calder?n was a Mexico writer, philosopher and politician of Spanish people, Italian people, and Portuguese people ancestry. He married Serafina Miranda of Tlaxiaco in the Oaxaca in 1906....
. He described La Raza Cosmica as the product of gradual racial mixing that was already underway in the Hispanic world. Vasconcelos believed that eventually all of the people within the Spanish Empire
Spanish Empire

The Spanish Empire was one of the largest empires in world history, and one of the first global empires. It included territories and colonies ruled by Spain in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania between the 15th and late 19th centuries....
 would be completely mixed into a new race.

Hispanic
Hispanic

Hispanic is a term that historically denoted relation to the ancient Hispania . During the Modern Era, it took on a more limited meaning relating to the contemporary nation of Spain....
 people all around the U.S. have also started using this term to identify themselves. Nonetheless, the term and idea associated with it have been mainly adopted by some Mexican people in the United States to express pride in their nation. In general usage, La Raza implies dignity and pride for these people regarding who they are and their places of origin.

See also

  • National Council of La Raza
    National Council of La Raza

    The National Council of La Raza is a Non-profit organization and Non-partisan democracy advocacy group in the United States. It is not to be confused with Raza Unida Party....
  • Raza Unida Party
    Raza Unida Party

    The Raza Unida Party is a United States Third party political party. The official name was "Partido Nacional de La Raza Unida". It was the first third party to be formed around ethnic lines....

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