The 60’s and 70’s was the era of Mexican American causes; they need for equality were based on the fact that they were excluded. They were poor un educated and were excluded from the national dialogue. During the early 70’s FBI and the U.S justice department did many dirty tricks to subvert the civil right and antiwar movement through sabotage, falsified testimony and they even went as far as killing leaders and organizers.
Mexican American became frustrated and disillusioned with the shortcoming of the great society’s reforms. Gonzales blistering comments regarding racism in Denver and his measures to fight that racism stirred up raucous protests by the city’s Mexican Americans. Chicano youths seemed eager for Gonzales unifying message. Chicano …show more content…
The Spanish speaking communities where losing their working class industrial base and had to deal with growing economic inequality reflecting overall a big decline in living standards of American workers that began in the 1973. The cause of this affect was due to the America economy to a postindustrial one in which low wages services jobs replaced the high wage manufacturing jobs. This problem was further aggravated by severe reductions in federal funding for social services and the privatization of public services in the wake of deregulation. Mexican American faced more unemployment rate than Anglos, also suffered from the erosion of affirmative action, as a strong backlash against affirmative action programs took place during the Reagan …show more content…
Mexican American made great progress economically however colleges and universities became the primary site for the struggle over affirmative action. These attacks show the fear white Americans have about losing their social dominance, their apprehension prompted by economic globalization and dramatic demographic shifts in the U.S. Thanks to the Reagan and the first Bush administration’s policies widened the gap between the rich and poor in America. In the 80’s and 90’s public policy rested increasingly on market models that emphasized individual rather than social responsibility. They had the idea that industrial self-interest rather than government assistance would end poverty. They reduced funding tightened eligibility standards for public assistance, and emphasizing sanctions to force the poor into the workforce redesigned what remained the poverty
Mexican American became frustrated and disillusioned with the shortcoming of the great society’s reforms. Gonzales blistering comments regarding racism in Denver and his measures to fight that racism stirred up raucous protests by the city’s Mexican Americans. Chicano youths seemed eager for Gonzales unifying message. Chicano …show more content…
The Spanish speaking communities where losing their working class industrial base and had to deal with growing economic inequality reflecting overall a big decline in living standards of American workers that began in the 1973. The cause of this affect was due to the America economy to a postindustrial one in which low wages services jobs replaced the high wage manufacturing jobs. This problem was further aggravated by severe reductions in federal funding for social services and the privatization of public services in the wake of deregulation. Mexican American faced more unemployment rate than Anglos, also suffered from the erosion of affirmative action, as a strong backlash against affirmative action programs took place during the Reagan …show more content…
Mexican American made great progress economically however colleges and universities became the primary site for the struggle over affirmative action. These attacks show the fear white Americans have about losing their social dominance, their apprehension prompted by economic globalization and dramatic demographic shifts in the U.S. Thanks to the Reagan and the first Bush administration’s policies widened the gap between the rich and poor in America. In the 80’s and 90’s public policy rested increasingly on market models that emphasized individual rather than social responsibility. They had the idea that industrial self-interest rather than government assistance would end poverty. They reduced funding tightened eligibility standards for public assistance, and emphasizing sanctions to force the poor into the workforce redesigned what remained the poverty