Pensamientos

Before Bryn Mawr, I was never really put in a place where my latinividad and Mexican identity were something that I identified with strongly. Especially after the Black at Bryn Mawr tour, I've felt like Latinxs' history is often kept in the background since we are neither Black nor White - the two prominant races when it comes to racial issues. I am bothered by this because even back at home where there are Latinxs and Hispanics everywhere, I still was not taught about my own people. It wasn't until about a year ago that I started to embrace the term "Latina" as part of my identity because for years it made me uncomfroatble to think about how much it has been sexualized and seen as a synonym for an "exotic" woman. However, now thanks to my being at the Mawr, my ESem, and my Mexican-American Communities sociology class, I have a hunger for knowledge about the history of being Brown at Bryn Mawr. Who was our first Latinx student? What was it like for them? Where they treated as outsiders, just like our first Black students? How are Latinx students seen and treated differently know compared to when our first arrived? What about our first DACA student? How has Mujeres* helped make Bryn Mawr a safe space for Latinx students?