Questions And Answers On Hispanic And Latino Americans
1. What was the chapter about? (Main ideas and topics)
Hispanic/Latino Americans faced many different unfair treatments from Anglo-Europeans. First beginning with the conquering of their land, then the denial of citizenship, and finally, the unequal education rights. American basically used Hispanics for their own benefit. For example, they allowed them to fight in the American military yet, they still weren’t granted citizenship.
2. What did reading the chapter make you think about?
It made me think about how Americans used the Hispanic/Latino Americans for their own benefit. I could not believe the treatment they received after having their land taken away. And after the Hispanics accepted that and join the American military, they were still mistreated. Hispanics were also very beneficial to white farmer because they were paid at very low wages to farm the land. Yet, even …show more content…
Before reading this chapter, I was not aware that they had segregated schools during this time. I was also blown away about how recent Hispanic/Latino Americans were granted citizenship. It wasn’t until 1965, that they were granted citizenship, and in 1975, all electoral ballots were required to be multilingual. Before this time, Mexican Americans were considered foreign-born Indians.
6. How do you see this material relating to Multicultural Education as we are discussing it in this class?
I feel like the biggest material in this chapter that relates to today’s multicultural education class is the debate of a bilingual school, and accepting other languages in the United States. The United States does not have an official language, so why are Americans so scared of other people’s way of speaking. There is also a lot of debate today of whether to teach everyone English and Spanish together in school.
7. Are there any other insights/concerns that you want to bring up about the
Hispanic/Latino Americans faced many different unfair treatments from Anglo-Europeans. First beginning with the conquering of their land, then the denial of citizenship, and finally, the unequal education rights. American basically used Hispanics for their own benefit. For example, they allowed them to fight in the American military yet, they still weren’t granted citizenship.
2. What did reading the chapter make you think about?
It made me think about how Americans used the Hispanic/Latino Americans for their own benefit. I could not believe the treatment they received after having their land taken away. And after the Hispanics accepted that and join the American military, they were still mistreated. Hispanics were also very beneficial to white farmer because they were paid at very low wages to farm the land. Yet, even …show more content…
Before reading this chapter, I was not aware that they had segregated schools during this time. I was also blown away about how recent Hispanic/Latino Americans were granted citizenship. It wasn’t until 1965, that they were granted citizenship, and in 1975, all electoral ballots were required to be multilingual. Before this time, Mexican Americans were considered foreign-born Indians.
6. How do you see this material relating to Multicultural Education as we are discussing it in this class?
I feel like the biggest material in this chapter that relates to today’s multicultural education class is the debate of a bilingual school, and accepting other languages in the United States. The United States does not have an official language, so why are Americans so scared of other people’s way of speaking. There is also a lot of debate today of whether to teach everyone English and Spanish together in school.
7. Are there any other insights/concerns that you want to bring up about the