Chicano Moratorium Analysis

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In the “Chicano Moratorium” we saw the protest against the Vietnam War that was held in East Los Angeles in August 29, 1970. On this short documentary we saw the violence that police were using against the protestors which in this case a lot of them were Chicanos. The level of violence that use on this protests was horrible because there was no need for that much use of violence from the police. Honestly all the elements above can be connected to the “Chicano Moratorium”, for example The Decolonization of Minds in the documentary they mention how Chicanos see whites” white people keep remind us that we are nothing but bandidos”. This highlights the element of The Decolonization of Minds because it keeps reminded Chicanos that they’re no good

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