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                                                             L.A. WALKOUT


 

The video L.A. Walk out is about a teacher, Sal Castro who attended a Los Angeles high school when he was younger.  He recalls that in the mid 1960’s Los Angeles has the largest Latino community in the United States.  Over 130,000 Mexicans attended public schools.  However, they had the lowest graduation rate in the country.

 

Sal Castro, noticed that Mexicans students in his school were not participating in school programs.  He approached the principal and she brushed him off with excuses about Mexicans.  Sal Castro was able to relate to those young Mexican students because as a student himself in a public school he was treated the same way.  He mentioned how during the Depression Era his father was deported to Mexico.  Castro went to and from Mexico and studies in Los Angeles.  He spoke mainly Spanish.  His language barrier led to the mistreatment from teachers.  During those years, Mexicans normally stayed away from education and they took up vocational training. 

 

            Other Mexican adults who had attended the same school as Castro mentioned how they were also mistreated.  They were often asked why they even bothered attending school if they would never be able to achieve a college degree.  Women were told not to bother with school because they would end up with babies soon. 

 

            Only one out of 1000 Latinos obtained a college degree. Mexicans identified themselves as Chicanos. This was the name of the Aztec Indians.  They realized that the Civil Rights Movement applied to everyone, not just African Americans.  This led Castro to organize a “huelga” this is a student strike on March 6, 1968.  Over 10,000 students were there.  Some parents even attended.  Then police came and clubbed the students.  The students returned to their strike for the next 2 weeks until their demands were met.  The end result was that more Latinos began working in the Education field and there was also an increase in student graduation.




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  1. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2019 at 9:57 AM

    Hi Andrew,

    Great post, you did a really in-depth recap of the video. In future posts, I would love to read more about you thought. Try using some of those CLOSE-UP questions to generate a response about the course material for that week. Also, it's wonderful you included the video, but make sure to respond to the assigned material for Thursdays.

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