Chicanx & Latinx Studies

Portland State University's Chicanx/Latinx Studies program is dedicated to helping students understand multicultural society and in particular the Chicano/Latino community within a larger social context. Chicanx/Latinx Studies is the interdisciplinary study of social, cultural, political, economic, and historical forces that have shaped the development of the people of Mexico and other Latin American countries in the United States over the last 300 years.

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Broaden your knowledge about the largest ethnic minority in our state and country with a bachelor's degree in Chicano/Latino Studies at Portland State, the only degree of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

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Brown is Beautiful

Martín Alberto Gonzalez shares his experience visiting his hometown schools in Oxnard, California, in "Brown is Beautiful: Cultural Empowerment in Oxnard Schools."

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