In the 20th century, Mexican American kids in the United States had a very high disadvantage in school. According to the video Chicano! Kids where placed in remedial classes according to their IQ test. The Mexican Americans where not placed in core classes, instead they were placed in classes such as culinary arts and mechanics. These kids where being taught how to work. They were unable to get out of the stereotype that Mexicans work as cleaning ladies, construction workers etc. many of these kids would not graduate high school or go to college so it was hard for the Mexican American families to climb up the social later.
These kids were also highly humiliated. According to the video, a teacher once but a cone on a boy’s head that said “Spanish”
These kids were also highly humiliated. According to the video, a teacher once but a cone on a boy’s head that said “Spanish”