09/25/2026
👀 WAIT…Mexican Americans were legally classified as WHITE?
Yes.
And in 1954, a group of Mexican American lawyers took a case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to prove something our communities already knew:
Being called “White” did not mean we were treated as White.
🔥 NOT WHITE, NOT BLACK
Hernandez v. Texas & Chicanx Identity
📅 October 1, 2026
⏰ 7–9 PM Central
In this 2-hour plática, we’ll revisit the landmark Hernandez v. Texas (1954) decision and explore what this overlooked chapter of Chicano/a civil rights history can teach us about identity today.
Why have so many Raza grown up feeling racially “in between”?
What happens when the official racial categories don’t quite describe your lived experience?
And what changes when our young people actually learn this history?
We’ll connect history → identity → psychology → well-being and talk about how knowing our history can strengthen ethnic-racial identity across generations.
💥 Because sometimes understanding who we are requires understanding what happened before us.
Suggested donation: $25
O Mucho Más O Mucho Menos 😊
https://www.razapsych.org/event-calendar/not-white-not-black
Institute of Chicana/o/x Psychology & Community Wellness
