the chicano movement
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The Chicano Movement. Chicano. A Mexican American A term of ethnic pride Developed out of the Hispanic Civil Rights Movement. COLD CALL…. Chicano Movement. Focused on 3 main Points: Farm Workers Educational Rights Voting and Political Rights. United Farm Workers. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chicano
• A Mexican American
• A term of ethnic pride
• Developed out of the Hispanic Civil Rights Movement.
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COLD CALL…
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Chicano Movement• Focused on 3 main Points:
–Farm Workers
–Educational Rights
–Voting and Political Rights
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United Farm Workers• During the 1940’s and 1950’s
landowners in the West, especially California exploited their workers.
• The U.S. had allowed Mexicans to work in the U.S. during WWII. However, after the war employers were suppose to give preference to U.S. citizens.
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THINK-PAIR-SHARE…
• THINK – What are 2 ways that the employers may have “exploited” the Mexican workers?
• PAIR with someone close to you
• SHARE what you came up with
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United Farm Workers• Most employers continued to
use Mexican workers, because they could pay them very low wages, make them work long hours without a break, and mistreat them. They were also denied the ability to become citizens.7
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United Farm Workers
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United Farm Workers• Cesar Chavez and Dolores
Huerta joined their two organizations to create the United Farm Workers.
• The goal was to unionize for better wages, working conditions, benefits.9
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United Farm Workers• The group staged peaceful
protests and boycotts.• They organized workers which
forced the employers to meet their demands.
• Filipinos also joined the workers.
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United Farm Workers• Benefits:
–Specific Hours and Pay
–Toilets and Water in fields
–Pension after retirement
–Protective gear against pesticides
–Amnesty for workers brought illegally.13
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Educational Rights• Issues in education:
–Hispanic students were often placed in segregated schools.
–Unfair practices against Hispanic students
–College and University students worked with African Americans to established rights for both.
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The Brown Berets and Black Panthers met in the1970’s.
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Educational Rights
• Groups such as the Brown Berets and MAYO all formed to help fight for the rights of students.
• Students led Walkouts, Protests, and sit-in through out the West Coast.
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Educational Improvements
• Introduction of Bi-lingual education in public schools.
• Integration of Hispanic students into White schools.
• Outlawed manual labor as a punishment.
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Educational Improvements
• Introduction of Black and Hispanic History classes on College Campuses.
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Voting and Political Rights
• Hispanic Americans were often segregated and persecuted as African Americans had been.
• La Raza Unida Political Party–Fought for the rights of Hispanic
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Voting and Political Rights
• 1975: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is extended to Hispanics.
• University of California v. Bakke–Universities could not use
Affirmative Action to limit Hispanics in Universities.
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