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Chávez in Hollywood: A Roundtable: Cesar Chavez

Chávez in Hollywood: A Roundtable: Cesar Chavez 94 New Labor Forum 23(3) but nothing of why a union was important or “César was so determined. He fought so hard for what a contract meant. his people.” Yes, he was and he did, and, for Ana, There is certainly some value in a feel-good I did not have the slightest desire to complicate movie about a heroic Mexican-American who the matter. takes on the bad guys and wins. But the Chávez But readers of New Labor Forum are not family’s insistence on a one-dimensional hero twelve-year-olds. And history has other uses has backfired for years, robbing him of his com- besides moral uplift. If we look at César Chávez plexity and his humanity. The movie is yet and the UFW with our eyes wide open, we can another example of a missed opportunity to learn something about movements, unions, and paint Chávez as the deep, strategic thinker who heroes. César Chávez is an authentic Latino catapulted la causa into the national spotlight champion. He was the spiritual father of the more than four decades ago. Chicano Nation, the leader of a vast social movement, and the first Latino to play on the national political stage, where he http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Labor Forum SAGE

Chávez in Hollywood: A Roundtable: Cesar Chavez

New Labor Forum , Volume 23 (3): 2 – Sep 1, 2014

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© 2014, The Murphy Institute, City University of New York
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1095-7960
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1557-2978
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10.1177/1095796014545470
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94 New Labor Forum 23(3) but nothing of why a union was important or “César was so determined. He fought so hard for what a contract meant. his people.” Yes, he was and he did, and, for Ana, There is certainly some value in a feel-good I did not have the slightest desire to complicate movie about a heroic Mexican-American who the matter. takes on the bad guys and wins. But the Chávez But readers of New Labor Forum are not family’s insistence on a one-dimensional hero twelve-year-olds. And history has other uses has backfired for years, robbing him of his com- besides moral uplift. If we look at César Chávez plexity and his humanity. The movie is yet and the UFW with our eyes wide open, we can another example of a missed opportunity to learn something about movements, unions, and paint Chávez as the deep, strategic thinker who heroes. César Chávez is an authentic Latino catapulted la causa into the national spotlight champion. He was the spiritual father of the more than four decades ago. Chicano Nation, the leader of a vast social movement, and the first Latino to play on the national political stage, where he

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Published: Sep 1, 2014

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