Hispanics - Introduction to Sociology - Lecture Slides, Slides of Introduction to Sociology

Download Hispanics - Introduction to Sociology - Lecture Slides and more Slides Introduction to Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! HISPANICS Docsity.com ISSUES OF DIVERITY • Includes several major groups, which include Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, & Cubans, which are the largest • Immigrants from Central & South America have increased in U.S. • Commonality of a shared language heritage • Outside of language, have many significant differences • Schools made it difficult for children to succeed Docsity.com Schooling Issues • Impacted severely by the devaluing of Spanish language • Since 1945, legal action was taken against the assigning of students to ‘Mexican schools’ • Issues of segregation • 1970=Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School District(ruled de jure segregation of Chicanos[Mexican Americans)as unconstitutional • Delayed by appeals Docsity.com Schooling continued….. • “No Spanish” was a rule of thumb, even in integrated schools • Enforced throughout the Southwest, Florida, & New York in the 1960s by the school boards • Punishment to Expulsion occurred • 1865 to 1968, teaching spanish was illegal in California • Above negated the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo vs U.S. & Mexico • Treaty was to maintain their culture Docsity.com Schooling Continued…… • 1971, 22 states forbade bilingual instruction • 1974, Supreme Ct. ruled in Lau v. Nichols that it was a violation of their civil rights(using English to teach Spanish speaking children) • Impacted children’s performance & many were kept back in first grade, and humiliated in a variety of ways regarding treatment by teachers and classmates • Severe impact on employment, later Docsity.com