Declaration of Independence (Part 2)

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For clearer picture, reference: 

http://latinopia.com/latino-history/ela-high-school-walk-out-demands/

















Latintopia.com has been known as one of the primary meeting places for the Latin Community. The site is a vibrant place to discover & discuss Latino Arts, Latino History, Latino Music, Latino Literature, Latino Cooking and Latino Cinema. They have a strong reputation for capturing the lives of Latinos in the world, including those who have faced oppression in the United States. I have came across this site many times for research and entertainment purposes and came across an intriguing article on their page during my research.

 Perhaps the Chicanos were the new Founding Fathers? Latintopia in the article titled, 1968 E.L.A High School Walk-out Demands, the site features a preserved document to the sacred Chicano community. After years of facing inferior educational opportunities from manual labor courses and arbitrary corporeal punishment by school administrators. Latinos seemed to be programmed to become laborers and have seen these effects directly through the public school system. After the walkouts and arrests from protest acts, concerned parents and teachers joined the students and formed an ad hoc Educational Issues Coordinating Committee and the students themselves articulated proposals for reform in Eastside Los Angeles education in a very interesting and enlightening form. 

 The students drafted a list divided into four sections: Academic, Administrative, Facilities, and Student Rights. In each section you can find a list of around 4-10 demands from the students of the public school district. You can find all types of demands ranging from "All administrators where schools have majority of Mexican-American descent shall be of Mexican-American descent. If necessary, training programs should be instituted to provide a cadre of Mexican-American administrators" to "Open-air student eating areas should be made into roofed eating malls. As an example, Los Angeles High School".

 This was very influential and professional of the Chicanos and finds many parallels to the Declaration of Independence where the Founding Fathers listed 27 abuses made by George III (The King of Great Britain). These are ways our early nation felt violated against the tyrannical Britain Government. On the Chicano side, the list composed are ways to correct many ways they felt oppression and inequality from the board of education, administrators, teachers and the district as a whole. 

 The source provides and preserves this historically important document, first-hand and as a primary source. This is very valuable to the preservation of this movement and Latin History. I would recommend reading to familiarize yourself with the goals behind the Chicano Walk-Out Movement. 

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  1. AnonymousDecember 6, 2017 at 6:27 PM

    Aye Myat Mon

    This is an incredible primary source that you found. I thought the parallels of this document to the Declaration of Independence was very interesting. What do you think that suggests about the American government? Do you think this document has been given enough attention?

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