1. a system in which a country rules other countries, sometimes having used force to get power over them

Where I saw the term in this course:

In the reading; Mestizo/A by Curtis Maez.

(Page 3.)

"During the late 1960s and early 1970s, writers and activists associated with the Chicano movement
revised Mexican concepts in order to construct their own form of nationalism that was opposed to US nationalism and imperialism. Insisting on the word “Chicano” to distinguish their political
positions from those of prior generations, who sometimes identified as “Spanish” or “Mexican American,” members of the Chicano movement also used the term “mestizo” to guard against assimilationist identity constructions that denigrated indigenous histories and cultures (Valdez
1972)."

This quote explains how Chicano activist used new concepts to describe themselves like "Chicano", "Mestizo" and "Mestizo" to differ from the terms placed on them from America. This terms like "Mexican American" were placed on them due to US nationalism and imperialism. They wanted to dismantle and differ from the system of domination and power that were placed on them when the US unfairly took over their territory and community.

Source:

Mestizo/A

Key words for American Cultural Studies

By: Curtis Maez