BackGround

In the United States there was one if the most difficult decades that it ever passed through and it was during the 1960s’. There was a lot going on ex. The U.S. was in a war with North Vietnam, and Civil rights, and The Mexican American civil rights movement.

Part1- “Quest for a Homeland”, talks about how Reies Lopez Tijerina used the land grant movement in New Mexico in 1966 and 1967. It shows how Lopez fought to convince the federal government to respect the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848).

Part 2- “Struggle in the Fields”, talks about how Cesar Chavez organizes farmers in Central Valley California. Chavez had several strategies in making farm technology better like boycotts, strikes and hunger strikes where he literally went weeks without eating just drinking water. It was a great way in getting attention to farmers because he persuaded people in a non violent way and also his faith and prayer made him achieve his goal.

Part 3-“Taking Back the Schools” part 3 is one of the best parts because it shows how a Los Angeles has an absence of 1968 students. It is also interesting because students watch their peers forcefully change, seeing the reality of being an alien in this country and what can happen to you. People also find intriguing the numbers of walk outs and the high drop rate, crowded schools, and not enough Mexican American teachers which still today is an issue.

The United States had a very negative impact on Mexico because when they took us off our land and all the Mexicans that had to leave had to go back to Mexico. By doing that Mexico overcrowded and that made it go into a bad economy turn down. The Mexicans that worked in the fields were struggling a lot because one working in the fields is not easy second they were not getting paid well. Schools are still an issue today because we still struggle. How? Well it's hard to adjust to a school were everyone spoke English and had to worry about not getting caught by the border patrol.