I will be comparing the two films in regards to prejudice, racism and discrimination due to their ethnicity. The documentary, “Latino Americans Prejudice and Pride” and the movie, “Mississippi Burning”.
According to the documentary, “Latino Americans Prejudice and Pride”, they protested to receive better treatment for Latino farmers, rights in political office, and better treatment in education. The farmers in the field of California protested for equal pay and humane working conditions. A school teacher led one of the largest high school protest with the students walking out. They demanded that Chicano students be given the same educational opportunities as Anglos. In Texas, the Chicanos wanted to create a new political party and change …show more content…
They were harassed, beaten, and attacked, for this reason they maintained a low profile. The police, town residents, and the Ku Klux Klan worked hard to keep the African Americans in the low society. They were oppressed from improving their lives. In addition, when the three civil rights employees went missing (2 Jews and one African American) during a campaigning of registering African Americans to vote. Therefore, other Anglos attempted to assist with disclosing information of the missing individuals, instead, they were beaten by the police or Ku Klux …show more content…
In fact, immigrants are confronted with many barriers, such as xenophobia. As Marxism states, “The American dream blinds the disgrace of its own failure, past and present such as the genocide of Native Americans and the enslavement of Africans Americans”. These are the reasons of why social and personal barriers exits. The personal barriers are the mindset of individuals who have lack of self-discipline or cultural ignorance. The Africans Americans in the film, did not attempt to fight for the rights within their town. A reasons may be personal barriers and the other could be Classism. Classism, an ideology, displays the African Americans in the film belong in low class. This idea derived from the slave owners during the Civil War. The slaves were told they were uncivilized, godless savages, who would return to cannibalism with the constant observance to their white
According to the documentary, “Latino Americans Prejudice and Pride”, they protested to receive better treatment for Latino farmers, rights in political office, and better treatment in education. The farmers in the field of California protested for equal pay and humane working conditions. A school teacher led one of the largest high school protest with the students walking out. They demanded that Chicano students be given the same educational opportunities as Anglos. In Texas, the Chicanos wanted to create a new political party and change …show more content…
They were harassed, beaten, and attacked, for this reason they maintained a low profile. The police, town residents, and the Ku Klux Klan worked hard to keep the African Americans in the low society. They were oppressed from improving their lives. In addition, when the three civil rights employees went missing (2 Jews and one African American) during a campaigning of registering African Americans to vote. Therefore, other Anglos attempted to assist with disclosing information of the missing individuals, instead, they were beaten by the police or Ku Klux …show more content…
In fact, immigrants are confronted with many barriers, such as xenophobia. As Marxism states, “The American dream blinds the disgrace of its own failure, past and present such as the genocide of Native Americans and the enslavement of Africans Americans”. These are the reasons of why social and personal barriers exits. The personal barriers are the mindset of individuals who have lack of self-discipline or cultural ignorance. The Africans Americans in the film, did not attempt to fight for the rights within their town. A reasons may be personal barriers and the other could be Classism. Classism, an ideology, displays the African Americans in the film belong in low class. This idea derived from the slave owners during the Civil War. The slaves were told they were uncivilized, godless savages, who would return to cannibalism with the constant observance to their white