LA RAZA Definition & Meaning

la raza

[ lah-rah-sah ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

(sometimes initial capital letters)

(used with a plural verb) the people of Mexico or Mexican Americans, collectively.
(used with a singular verb) Mexican or Mexican American culture.

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Origin of la raza¹

First recorded in 1920–25; literally, “the race,” shortening of La raza cósmica “The Cosmic Race,” a 1925 essay by José Vasconcelos Calderón (1882–1959), Mexican writer, philosopher, and politician, in which Vasconcelos Calderón claims that a future worldwide community will develop from the mixture of all the racial and ethnic groups of the world, which he believed had begun in Latin America; from Spanish la, the feminine singular definite article + raza race ²( def )

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Example Sentences

“We’re doing community patrols before school and after school around the neighborhood,” said Lupe Carrasco Cardona, a member of the Assn. of La Raza Educators.

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A brick wall that faced Cesar E. Chavez was a palimpsest of scrawls — the anti-Trump and anti-ICE tags, “ICE Out of LA” with L.A. in the style of the Dodgers logo, a heart with initials inside, a ghostly red “Viva la Raza,” a “Viva Mexico.”

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“The vandalism includes spray painted ‘Viva La Raza,’ ‘F— Ice’ and ‘F— Trump’ all across the building,” said a spokesperson for the museum in a statement.

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The names of his contemporaries and his family join declarations like “Arte Chicano Existe” and “Que Viva La Raza.”

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Additionally, El Chilar Rodriguez of Apopka, Fla., recalled 127 cases of El Chilar Ground Cinnamon “Canela Molida” sold in 1.25-ounce bags, distributed by La Raza of Forestville, Md. and sold at retail stores throughout Maryland.

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