The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 11, 1991 - Page 7 Latino/as discuss ethnic labels by Karen Pier Daily Staff Reporter What's in a name? A To the Latino/Latina community it means a great deal. This matter was discussed at Friday's Latino/Latina Studies Pro- gram Friday Forums as participants asked what term should be used to call people whose descent is from Spanish-speaking countries. Adjunct Visiting Professor Teresa Koreck said one problem with finding a term is that the #nainstream society in the U.S. la- bels minority groups - thus marginalizing the people and their experiences. The minority, she said, is often forced to use a term which is created by the mainstream, and therefore is deprived of the opportunity to de- fine their own identity. She said that all ethnic groups go A through a social process of defining *boundaries of otherness, grappling with understanding who belongs and who does not belong to the group. For example, at the conference, Mercedes Rubio, a first-year gradu- ate student in Sociology, talked about how she was not dark enough to be accepted by the Latinos and Latinas at her school, but teased be- Fause of her accent. Understanding the mainstream culture's theory of how minorities are labelled can be very hard, Koreck said. She quoted British sociologist Philip Corrigan, who said, "Learning to know is learning to be afraid." Two widely used terms for those whose ancestors came from Spanish- speaking countries are Hispanic and *atino and Latina. Both have prob- lems, Koreck said. The word Hispanic emphasizes. too much on the Spanish aspect, Ko- reck said. However, the terms Latino and Latina are not perfect either, she said. The terms "Latino and Latina" were not coined by the Latino/Latina community, but by ihe French, Koreck said. In a later interview, Koreck also said that the terms "Latino" and "Latina" were too generic. Silvia Pedraza, a Sociology and American Culture faculty member, said another problem with the these terms is that they are gender spe- cific. Martin Luther King Day theme looks into future by Chastity Wilson Daily Staff Reporter The Martin Luther King, Jr., Day planning committee renamed College of Engineering Director of Academic Services Anne Monterio and Natural Sciences Associate Prof. Bunyun Bryant, Jr., co-chairs to or- ganize next year's celebration. The day's theme will be, "The Path of Empowerment: Redfining Our Cultures." "Futuring," or discussing what improvements should be made for the future, is one of the main pur- poses of the activities, Monterio said. These activities involve taking broad topics such as education and politics and "redefining" them, Monterio said. The committee is also planning workshops and speeches. Classes will not meet on Jan. 20, 1992 in recognition of King's birth- day. Monterio is anticipating a lot of student involvement. The events are not necessarily in celebration of King himself, but the "principles of MLK in relationship to our current times," Monterio ex- plained. The plans and the theme are relative to King's beliefs, she added. Jamal Young, of the Office of Minority Affairs, is the contact for those departments or organizations that want to plan an activity in con- junction with this committee. Co-chair Bryant was unavailable for comment. AP PHOTO Housequake A beach home in Nags Head, N.C., lies in the ocean yesterday after an Atlantic storm hit North Carolina's Outer Banks. The Office of International Programs Study Abroad Information Meetings Academic Year in Uppsala, Sweden Students will be fully integrated into the Swedish university system. Monday, November 11, 1991, 5:00 pm 443 Mason Hall Summer Program in London Students will earn 5 upper level credits. Students will choose two of seven classes offered from Drama, Creative Writing, Political Science, Linguistics, History, and more. 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