We have had numerous racial issues through out history. But during the late 1960s the Latino students of the LA school districts stood up for their rights to be treated equal and with dignity. Over the years when people would hear about the Chícano movement they wanted to know what were the problems with the LA schools, how are the LA schools during that time similar or different to the schools we have today, and what held the high school students back?
During the Chícano movement in LA during 1968 the schools had numerous problems. The LA schools would lock the restroom for students, they wouldn’t allow them to speak Spanish in class, and they also had prejudice teachers. LA schools didn’t want to allow students during lunchtime to use the …show more content…
During that time “five out of ten barrio schools” would not allow their student to speak Spanish. During the movie called Walkout, the teacher was choosing students at random to read paragraphs in the book that they were reading as a class. While doing so a boy began to read and didn’t understand a word, he turned around and asked the friend behind him about what he was reading. The teacher caught them and called them to the front of the class and said, “ you two know the position”. They leaned over the teacher’s desk and were hit with a paddle twice for speaking …show more content…
By the schools having low funds they didn’t have the proper tools to teach their Chícano students or even interest them into learning more. In the movie Walkout a group of students went with Sal Castro to a meeting were students from other high schools and colleges came to be apart of the Chícano movement. On the way home they stopped at a high school for a restroom break when one of the students began to walk around the school. She stumbled upon the library and noticed that they had books in multiple languages including Spanish. She said, “there are so many books here, and so much to learn. They embrace the culture of their students here.” She realized that there are some schools who actually encourage their students to embrace their heritage and culture, also they encourage their other students to learn about these cultures and their impacts on
During the Chícano movement in LA during 1968 the schools had numerous problems. The LA schools would lock the restroom for students, they wouldn’t allow them to speak Spanish in class, and they also had prejudice teachers. LA schools didn’t want to allow students during lunchtime to use the …show more content…
During that time “five out of ten barrio schools” would not allow their student to speak Spanish. During the movie called Walkout, the teacher was choosing students at random to read paragraphs in the book that they were reading as a class. While doing so a boy began to read and didn’t understand a word, he turned around and asked the friend behind him about what he was reading. The teacher caught them and called them to the front of the class and said, “ you two know the position”. They leaned over the teacher’s desk and were hit with a paddle twice for speaking …show more content…
By the schools having low funds they didn’t have the proper tools to teach their Chícano students or even interest them into learning more. In the movie Walkout a group of students went with Sal Castro to a meeting were students from other high schools and colleges came to be apart of the Chícano movement. On the way home they stopped at a high school for a restroom break when one of the students began to walk around the school. She stumbled upon the library and noticed that they had books in multiple languages including Spanish. She said, “there are so many books here, and so much to learn. They embrace the culture of their students here.” She realized that there are some schools who actually encourage their students to embrace their heritage and culture, also they encourage their other students to learn about these cultures and their impacts on