The following article discusses the idea that being lighter rather than darker leads to better treatment.
LA Times Article: In the Trump era, a lighter shade of Latino can make life easier
LA Times Article: In the Trump era, a lighter shade of Latino can make life easier
APES Activity
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FINAL GRADE BREAKDOWN
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FINAL GRADE BREAKDOWN
Final for Ethnic Studies 2018
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Zoot Suit Riots Newspaper Accounts Pro and Con
Discrimination vs Latinos/ Mexican Americans in History
World War II and Boyle Heights: Zoot Suit Riots, Japanese American Internment, Mexican-Americans and Japanese Americans fighting during the War
For this unit we will be learning about different aspects of WWII and how Boyle Heights was affected. The first area we will address is the Zoot Suit Riots.We will watch a video from PBS's American Experience. In addition we will be reading an article written from the period about Mexican Americans contributions to WWII. Please read this article and select one person. You will interview that individual. Please answer questions generated in class. The next topic will be the internment of Japanese Americans. One source is a video that the USA government put out. you can see it here. The second source is a letter from someone who was interned at Manzanar.
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"The last Jew in Boyle Heights" Part 1 and Part 2 are articles we will read in class. Please be prepared to answer the following questions:
Multi-Cultural Community:
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US MEX Quiz
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Last Chance to show Assignments....
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Resources for Boyle Heights and Me
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Links to Boyle Heights Resources
http://boyleheightshistoryblog.blogspot.com/
website/blog about the history of Boyle Heights
http://www.janm.org/exhibits/bh/exhibition/exhibition.htm
Japanese American Museum-Boyle Heights Project
http://boyleheightshistoricalsociety.com/
http://boyleheightshistoryblog.blogspot.com/
website/blog about the history of Boyle Heights
http://www.janm.org/exhibits/bh/exhibition/exhibition.htm
Japanese American Museum-Boyle Heights Project
http://boyleheightshistoricalsociety.com/