CHI 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Chicano Nationalism, Ethnic Studies
Document Summary
The documentary, precious knowledge was a great and very meaningful film. It shows how people reunited together to fight off racism. Race and racism were main issues in the documentary and in the reading, raza studies: the public option for. 50% hispanic students dropped out of school because they felt like the education system doesn"t want them here, they just want to drop them off. However, ethnic studies changed their point of view and motivated them through out their high school life. Ethnic studies helped bring up the graduation rate for. But because of racism, many people tried to shut down the. Ethnic studies even though they didn"t even bother going to one of the classes to check it out. According to martha menchaca, omission has been the result of a political act and a reflection of the power anglo americans have in the production of.
