Listening to my father speak about his family’s past made me realize the importance of history. I never realized that my father’s family suffered from discrimination so much in the United States. Putting my family history into historical context gave me gratitude for life. The now appreciate what my ancestors did and I am grateful that they overcame racial discrimination, and social structures that never helped them. Being a 19-year-old student I never realized the importance of history putting my family’s history into historical context until now. Realizing the importance of history through my father’s history as well as my grandparent’s history showed me how they overcame oppression. History played a major role in my family’s life and in many it still plays a major role on many people’s lives. Realizing the systematic oppression of Latinos makes me grateful for someone like Cesar Chavez. The civil rights movement he lead was peaceful and allowed for better lives in the Latino communities around the United
Listening to my father speak about his family’s past made me realize the importance of history. I never realized that my father’s family suffered from discrimination so much in the United States. Putting my family history into historical context gave me gratitude for life. The now appreciate what my ancestors did and I am grateful that they overcame racial discrimination, and social structures that never helped them. Being a 19-year-old student I never realized the importance of history putting my family’s history into historical context until now. Realizing the importance of history through my father’s history as well as my grandparent’s history showed me how they overcame oppression. History played a major role in my family’s life and in many it still plays a major role on many people’s lives. Realizing the systematic oppression of Latinos makes me grateful for someone like Cesar Chavez. The civil rights movement he lead was peaceful and allowed for better lives in the Latino communities around the United