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Summary Of The Film Unrest

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In the documentary “Unrest”, there were various of authors as they all contributed by saying the history of what really happened in the process of making a Chicana/o studies department at San Fernando Valley State College. Also, showed what was happening at the school in the late 1960’s. The documentary showed the founding of The San Fernando Valley State College knows as CSUN today, Chicana/o Studies Department. The San Fernando Valley State College students and faculty made huge sacrifices to fight for the school's administration to teach Chicano studies and for the school to be inclusion. Wanting to bring Latinos and Chicanos to the school by including a Chicana/o studies department in the campus so they can feel like they can fit in. The …show more content…

Then they had another challenge whereas their first Chicano house got burned, as the students thought the white students burn the house. According to Everto Ruiz, “people tried sending us a message, to discourage us we had a reaction I think that was surprising to some people we came together as a family” (Everto Ruiz “Unrest”). The students handled the situation in a great way, as they got together as a family. Chicano/a studies department was the greatest accomplishment, as is the largest in the nation. Based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs there are two Needs shown in “Unrest”. The two needs are Safety and Social Needs. Safety needs, because the students did not even know if they were going to be safe or not. Just how the incident happened off the Chicano house getting burned, safety need was a need the students needed. Social needs, because the Chicanos students need to feel valued, as they do not feel valued or as they belong in the school. Just how they had to sacrifice themselves so they can open up the door to a Chicana/o studies department on campus. Overall, throughout all the sacrifices the students put up with, Chicano/a studies department was a success to …show more content…

I had no idea that the students had to fight and sacrificed themselves in order for there to be a Chicana/o Studies department at the school. As I did not know that CSUN had no Chicano studies department I thought the department was already on campus when they first began the school. So crazy what the students had to go through, to establish a Chicana/o studies department. In the late 1960’s there were only a bit of Chicanos and Latinos on campus, and they felt discriminated. Also, so brutal that the high school teachers or other people will tell the students that were identified a Chicano or Latino that they were not going to get accepted into college, that there was no way they can possibly go to college. In my opinion, I hate the fact that Latinos are always put down. I say color should not matter whether an individual can go to college or not. I also did not know that Rudy Acuna was the founder of Chicana/o studies at CSUN. What gave me the most lasting impression was when the Chicano house was burned, the Chicanos did not harm or get revenge towards the issue. The Chicanos did not harm the white people as that's what they thought could have possibly burned down the house. In addition, what gave me the most lasting impression was that Chicanos and Latino still went off to college even if they were told they could not

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