单词 | raza |
释义 | Razan. With singular or plural agreement. The Mexican-American people; Mexican-Americans as a racial group, esp. as characterized by a strong sense of racial and cultural identity. Frequently attributive and in La Raza.Occasionally used by and of other Latin American peoples, or Latin Americans collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > [noun] > regarded as of common stock > specific La Raza1927 1924 Los Angeles Times 8 Oct. iii. 37/8 Los Angeles has a growing population that is ‘de la raza’, but not Mexican.] 1927 Los Angeles Times 8 Oct. i. 7/1 (headline) Radio artists at Raza fiesta. 1930 M. Gamio Mexican Immigration 59 Although they have adopted American customs and American material civilization, [they] remain racially, sentimentally and traditionally one with the Mexicans on the other side of the Rio Grande... One and all they unanimously declare that they belong to ‘La Raza’. 1968 Economist 8 June 54/1 The preservation of La Raza within the dominant American culture means that Mexican-American families observe the Roman Catholic faith, speak Spanish and yield to the male the authority associated with Mediterranean custom. 1973 Black Panther 7 Apr. 4/3 The Oakland Mexican-American ‘Raza’ community continues its boycott of public schools. 1991 Newsweek Fall 51/2 The marriage of blood and cultures created la raza—the new mestizo people who compose most of today's Latin Americans. 2001 Color Lines (Nexis) Spring 34 As Raza we can claim our own antiquity with ancestors who go back many centuries in Mexico: the Olmeca, Maya, Tolteca, you name it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1927 |
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