Chicano’s Struggle in Equality

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Recommended: Reflection for pedagogy of the oppressed Chapter 1

During the East Los Angeles walk-outs in the 1960s, one of the leaders said,
The administrators are saying that we’re disrupting the educational process and thats not so. The educational process of Mexican-Americans for over 20 years in East Los Angeles and throughout the south west has been disrupted by its failure to communicate with the Mexican-American. That is the disruption [….] This is a social injustice. (Esparza)
The discrimination to which he referred to has been part of adversity Chicanos have faced time and time again, from segregation, corporal punishment and unequal teaching standards in the educational system. However, Chicanos united and fought back against the discriminations. They filed lawsuits, protested with sit-ins, and boycotts that lasted for days and days. But to this day, Chicanos have still not completely won as there is still are some injustices that occur everyday. Now in the year 2014, Chicano admissions are on the rise and that is great but, it is not enough because Chicanos do not complete their college education.
In the 1900’s, there was a movement in which Americans tried to establish an “Americanization School” for Mexican children. Although, the Americans said that the “Americanization Schools” were for the benefit of the Mexican children but in reality it was to segregate the Mexican children from the Anglo children. The Mexican parents did not stand for this and fought for the rights of their children knowing that they would lose their jobs in the process. At the same time their was a bill that was going to be voted on named the Bliss Bill, which “attempted to redefine Mexicans as Indians, so that they could legally segregated” (Espinoza). There was a supporter of the Lemon Grove segregatio...

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