Analysis Of The School Walk-Outs

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When we were discussing the school walk-outs in class, I asked the question of whether or not the individual people within the school board actually had the capability to defend the rights of education of the Chicano’s/ Chicana’s rights to education. I argued that there may be a possibility that the individuals did not have the intention of harming the Chicano/ Chicana community, but they felt that in helping them, the board members would lose their power and position. If this understanding of the intention of the board members is correct, I would assume that there would have been many conversations between the members, privately, in which their opinions would be voiced. If my assumption is correct, then it is likely that the board members

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