CHICANO 149 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Music Box
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Discussion on donald trump and gender roles and the role of power male athletes, celebrities, people in positions of power older women pro-hilary (keep family together, be strong, pursue her own career) San marcos to zinctown -esperanza quintero (miner"s wife) -new mexico. Unsafe working conditions don"t mean anything, signing contracts that they haven"t read, threatening their status. Anglos have hot running water and bathrooms, but not the mexicans. The main issue is inequality (the owners would attempt to do this by splitting anglos and. Men table women"s aid (did not take them seriously) Men continuously picketed, company hired strike breakers who were intimidated by the size of the picket line. There"s one white guy who stays organizing, but needs to learn a lot about the culture of the people he is bonding with. White guy: can"t treat women as just housewives, but as partners. Strike continues into the 6th month, company refused to negotiate.