HIST314k 1nd Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Last Lecture I. US Consensus II. TrendsIII. PoliticsIV. Inequality Outline of Current LectureI. Poverty II. Cultural RegenerationIII. Leadership and Causes IV. External and Internal Influence Current Lecture- Mexican Americans are concentrated in poverty trackso 100,000 are hungry all the timeo Woman with 6 children and unemployed husband - Father Louis gives out food and prayer - The children eat sweets to mitigate their hunger - The food provided for them by the government Is not nutritious - Social Protest: The Chicano Movement (1960s-1990s)- Cultural regeneration and Social Equality o US census Mex and AA community were being affected by the same poverty o National govt becomes part of discourse - Leadership and Causeso Cesar Chavez/Dolores Huerta Comes from poor background and joins service comes back and is not treated like an American Joins community service org giving federal and private funds to the Mex community (naturalization, English classes, etc)- Finds out through the service org that the rural areas are worse (farmers working long hours with low wages)o Reies Lopez Tijerinao Rodolfo “Corky” GonzalezThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o Jose Angel Gutierrez/Luz Bazano Others (Sample list) Legal--MALDEF Voting--SWVREP Community--COPS Elected Officials--NALEO Academic—NACCS Literary—Arte Público Press Latino—Congreso Women—Comision Femenil Mexicana Nacional Lobbying—National Council of La Raza- Internal Influenceso Growth of upwardly mobile groupo Increase of Youthful populationo Growing expectationo Slow or Gradual Change- External Influenceso Third World Movementso U.S. Equal Rights Movementso Anti-War Movemento An Activist and Progressive Stateo Growing National Attention- New Causeso Women’s Movemento Academic and Literary Expressionso Internationalisto Latino Unityo Immigrant Rightso Gay and Lesbian Movement- Decline or
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