Background Info
True or False- Chicano/Xicano was a racial slur towards Mexican American people
True
Who is known as he Malcolm X of the Chicano movement?
Reies Tijerina
Where did the 3 day March led by Reis Lopez Tijerina start and end?
Name one type of protest that was employed by the movement
Boycotts, Walkouts, etc.
What group re branded to be more gender inclusive?
Chicano Moratorium rebranded to be the Chicanx Moratorium
What year did the supreme court rule that the 14th amendment guaranteed equal protection for every racial group?
1954
Name one of the four goals of the Chicano movement
Restoration of Land
Rights for Farm Workers
Education and Political Reforms
Identity and Brown Power
What is the name of the poem that Rodolfo Gonzales wrote about identity?
Yo Soy Juaquin
What were the car bombings called in Colorado?
Los 6 de Boulder
Cite one of the statistics about Latino people and incarcelations
Latinos make up 30% of the population but 60% of prisons.
1 in 6 Latino males will be incarcerated.
What land promise did the U.S. break?
Treaty of Guadalupe
What were the farm workers asking for?
Safer working conditions and equal wages
How many people marched in the Vietnam war demonstration?
20,000-30,000
How has the poverty draft continues to affect Hispanic Americans?
Because of increased poverty rates in these communities, there is a sense that there is no other option. The military also targets schools in these neighborhoods because they know that people there are more likely to join.