Chicana Power Summary

Words: 323
Pages: 2
Open Document
In ¡Chicana Power! Maylei Blackwell highlights the role of the Chicana in the Chicano movement. After the National Defense Education Act of 1985 and Higher Education Act of 1965, low-income students of color were finally granted the opportunity to attend college. Amongst this crowd were young Chicana women. Upon their arrival, they were alienated and discriminated against by their white peers. Despite proving to be academically capable to handle college, Chicanas felt guilty for abandoning their family and typically dropped out before their junior year. Due to their unjust experiences at college, Chicano/as decided to surround themselves with people of their own culture and create organizations such as MEChA. Their goal was to bring communal,
Show More

Related Documents: Chicana Power Summary

Summary Of Chicana Power ! By Maylei Blackwell

In Maylei Blackwell, ¡Chicana Power!, chapter 3 and 4 she focuses on the loss of identity and the other factors that Chicanos were going through that lead them to the Chicano Movement. Most in depthly she discusses the untold story of the Chicana Women that were failed to be represented in their entirety. This calls to the way we view historic event often times were missing the women narrative. In the telling of the Chicano Movement it is important to talk about the Chicana feminist who contributed…

Words 337 - Pages 2