Latinx Education Essay

What does an Education mean to a Latinx student? Growing up as a Latino child and student means so much to our Mexican community. Everyone in the world faced a process of struggle living in America, for the sake of a better future. By this I mean that our grandparents and parents gave us the opportunity they did not have while growing up, giving us Latino students all over the world to seek for a future that our parents wished they could have had while growing up, an experience they hope to see us achieve.

In this course we learned the discrimination our parents faced while growing up was for the rights of an education, race, and their beliefs. This taught me that even as of today us Latinx children face discrimination for pursuing an education,

As of today, listening to the news and hearing the discrimination they have to say for my people is frustrating and wrong. My community is doing nothing wrong but working hard to give their kids a better future. They are stiving for a better future for themselves and their families. In the “Delgado v. Bastrop Independent School District” the end of segregation of Mexican Americans in Texas schools, meaning they were given the opportunity to be admitted into prestigious school that has enough resources to get a well-rounded education. This caused a significant change in many Mexican Americas by looking back and realizing that they never finished school because of the discrimination and self-doubt they had for themselves growing up in such state. Leaving us with the education and opportunities we have today. They realized that the hard work of fighting for an education will be the success of their children and

To understand that while growing up I saw the differences in how Mexican students were treated based on them speaking Spanish and dressing the way they did. I never understood the reason as to why they made fun of them for the language they were given, for speaking different than others, I know that being laughed at for being yourself and loving your race and language is a horrible feeling. Growing up experiencing that and seeing others experience it as well made me realize the discrimination our community and ancestors faced back in the day. Leaving us to experience the same discrimination they faced when attending school and trying to earn their high school diploma or college degree. This has taught me that no matter what someone will always be out to discriminate someone for their race and be looked down on for working hard to succeed in life. I see this as a lesson in my life by learning that the country we live in discriminate our Mexican community for trying to build a future for ourselves instead of living in the poverty they think we come from. My education is important to me. Being given this opportunity lets me prove to my community that I can achieve success for my family and make them proud for bringing me to America for a better future. To help me understand that the future I hold in my hands is to prove my worth to those who never