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Rodolfo Corky Gonzales' Poem: "I am Joaquin"
Rodolfo Corky Gonzales was a great figure of the Chicano rights movement in the 1960's in the United States of America. He was a predominant American boxer who decided to start writing poetry and eventually became a key figure in the Chicano rights movement. He started the first ever Chicano youth conference in March of 1969.
His poem, I am Joaquin (Yo Soy Joaquin) is a great embodyment (or what Gonzales thought to be) of the way many Chicanos felt to be in America. He speaks of being neither American nor Mexican, neither Indian nor European. He speaks of the great confusion many Chicanos felt with their identities in the 1960's. He speaks of the combination of identities that many Chicanos felt they truly were. They did not feel that they were specifically confined to one "raza," or "race" in English.
The way Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales uses the voice of Joaquin in his poem to embody and empower the voice of many Chicano Americans was done greatly. The way he does this is very impactful to the reader and the importance of this poem to the Chicano rights movement in the late 1960's is undoubtable. This poem is the basis, or starting point for a great outlet for the Chicano rights. It is the start for Chicano Americans to express themselves through poetry and literature in the 1960's and is a great outlet for the Chicano rights movement.
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