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Occupied America By Rodolfo F. Acua Chapter Summaries

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In the 1990s Mexican-Americans had to face many challenges because of discrimination, oppression, prejudice, and the mix of cultures. Chicano/a’s during this time began to engage in community organizations advocating for their rights. Occupied America by Rodolfo F. Acua depicts the struggles and struggles Hispanics faced and fought for their liberation. Specifically in Chapters Sixteen and Seventeen, Acuna highlights Mexican-American experiences with police brutality, academic freedom, and political rights. In chapter sixteen, Acua discusses the topic of police brutality against Mexican-Americans. Policemen would harass, attack, and even kill young Chicanos because of the stereotypes and negative connotations surrounding Mexicans. Officer Rafael …show more content…

The fraternity was suspended for 14 months but was later reinstated, “Almost immediately the administration folded, claiming that it would lose ZBT lawsuit based on the First Amendment.” (Acua 387) Chicanos began to fight for their academic freedom in colleges. In 1993, UCLA students went on a hunger strike in order for schools to implement a Chicana/o Studies department. “Marcos Aguilar and Minnie Fergusson, who led the strike, had worked for four years to get a Chicana/o Studies Department.” (Acua 388) This strike inspired Chicano students in other universities to do the same. Some universities these strikes happened at were Santa Barbara, Columbia, Princeton, Claremont College, University of Texas at Austin, and University of California at Berkeley. When instructors such as Rodolfo F. Acua applied to teach the Chicano Study class, he was the only applicant and was denied and had racist statements used towards him. Acua sued for discrimination and the courts sided with him. Early 2000s, California would mainly elect Latinos to city governments and school boards. Mexican-American politicians would be in and out of the office every eight

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