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The Chicano Movement Analysis

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The hidden history of the Chicanx community in the United States that I have never familiarized myself with was presented by the ethnic studies course offered by the Sophie’s Scholars Program in Sacred Heart Schools. Throughout the two summers I devoted to education in Sacred Heart Schools through the Sophie’s Scholars Program in the sixth and seventh grade, I was to take four classes: a math course, a science course, a multicultural literature class, and an ethnic studies class. It was the middle of summer; the air was hot and humid, and by the end of the day, students were eager to leave campus, go home, and feel the summer breeze in the afternoon. Meanwhile, I did not enjoy having to go to school for six weeks of my summer, but I was getting accustomed to the new …show more content…

I was already extremely eager and curious about what the next portion of the ethnic studies course was. As I finished writing in my notebook, I gazed up at the whiteboard at the exact moment that my teacher wrote the last letter on the board, “t”, in “The Chicano Movement.” Afterwards, class promptly commenced when we began watching a PBS documentary called “The Chicano Movement” as an introduction to the Chicano Movimiento. Throughout the documentary, my twelve-year old self finally saw my racial identity being represented in a history class for the first time in my school career. The documentary depicted the harsh endeavors of achieving social justice for the Chicanx community of the Brown Berets and other Chicanxs active in the movement. For example, the documentary showcased the students who protested during the East Los Angeles Walkouts, who advocated for better conditions for Chicanx students in the Los Angeles school community. It depicted the struggles of the community and the numerous activists that allowed me to have the privileges that they campaigned for in the

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