Observers say the L.A. activist’s cross-racial and ethnic work is an example to follow.
The fallout from those revelations, Lipsitz says, makes Gonzalez’s MacArthur award even more important because it holds the potential to give people examples of anti-racist methods that center collective approaches across races and ethnicities.
She did so with an audience of about 50 people, mostly community college students, gathered around tables in a ballroom at Pierce College in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley.“I feel good, I feel really happy, we shared some new things and it was a lot of fun,” she said. Martha Gonzalez, left, signs copies of her book "Chican@ Artivista: Music, Community and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles" for Pierce College students after her performance on campus.
“I think I cried like three times,” said third year Pierce College student Preston Reyes after the show.
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