Comments by Yanet Villafana Blanco Most recent public comments by Yanet Villafana Blanco https://nowcomment.com/users/87307 Sadly, neither Méndez v. Westminster nor Brown v. Board of Education led to the complete integration of American schools. The long legacy of segregation has left its mark on our current educational system. Both cases will never be forgotten in history. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2066376 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2066376 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:34 -0600 There was a young African-American attorney named Thurgood Marshall who entered the court room. Among the other groups submitting amicus briefs were the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Japanese American Citizens League and the Jewish. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2066374 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2066374 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:34 -0600 But dramatic social change was occurring on a national level following World War II, and Orange County school officials would find their position on segregation coming under increasing attack. But dramatic social change was occurring on a national level. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2066373 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2066373 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:34 -0600 It was not an easy task the filed workers had fear if their Anglo bosses would fire them or deport them. But that didn't stop Gonzalo he offered rides to people who would appear in court with them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2066355 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2066355 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:34 -0600 Westminster’s Hoover School was in the heart of one such colonia and was attended by the children of Mexican field laborers. However the Hoover School stood in stark contrast to the sleek 17th Street School, with its handsome green lawns. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2066351 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2066351 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:34 -0600 Both Felícitas and Gonzalo were forced to abandon their education in grade school in order to support their families. But they had hope for their children until the school didn't want them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063270 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063270 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:34 -0600 Gonzalo and Felícitas Méndez knew well the difficult life of field laborers. But both had emigrated to the United States as young children. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063269 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063269 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:34 -0600 if you were mexican living in california or the Southwest, however, discrimination was part of the social landscape. Many parks, hotels, and etc. But if you were Mexican Americans were forced to sit in movie theater balconies. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063268 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063268 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:34 -0600 Gonzalo and Felícitas Méndez were ready to do battle with the Westminster School District for the sake of their children’s education. Then they realize many other latino families were facing the same problem. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063252 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063252 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:34 -0600 The Méndezes were one of the few tenant farmers in Orange County. Most of the lations at the time held low-paying jobs as field workers. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063251 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063251 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:34 -0600 Many Chicano men and women had other plans for their childernś future. The field workers believed education was the key to a better life. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063250 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063250 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:34 -0600 The Méndezes took a year off to prepare for the trial. Gonzalo had also gather every latino men and women together to collect evidence. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063249 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063249 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:47:58 -0500 U.S. District Court Judge Paul J. McCormick was also appalled by Kent’s blatant bigotry. McCormick had pointed out segregation “fosters antagonisms in the children and suggests inferiority among them where none exists. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063248 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063248 Fri, 03 Sep 2021 13:41:10 -0500 On April 14, 1947, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld the lower court decision. Later then said the schools should be separate but equal. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063247 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063247 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:34 -0600 Later on in 1947 the Mendez children were enrolled in the school they were supposed to go. Then Gonzalo Méndez quietly resumed their work without a problem. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063244 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063244 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:34 -0600 Many of thw white educators did not accept or encourage chicano kids beyond the 8th grade. instead the mexican school had a superintendent that helped them take their place in life. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063243 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063243 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:44:11 -0500 Westminster was like two separate worlds: one Anglo, one Mexican. The only time the Anglo growers welcomed Chicano workers in their fields were during times of economic prosperity. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063242 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063242 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:34 -0600 An administrator looked the five children over. Alice and Virginia could stay but their cousins can't. The parents of the 5 was furious because they weren't allowed to be in the school. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063225 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2063225 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:34 -0600 The school wasn't the only school board discriminating the chicano children. California Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona school boards also did. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2052942 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2052942 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:33 -0600 I was surprised to learn that whites didn't let the children go to school with the white children because i thought they would go learn together. Another reason is mexican kids deserve to attend the same school as the whites. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2029016 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2029016 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:05:31 -0600 The people from the court are saying that if the pupils of mexican percentage were americanize the kids are able to go back to school. Then they are saying 95% of the kids already speak english and they are considering to send the kids back earlier. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2018440 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2018440 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 02:21:29 -0500 The people from the court are saying that if the pupils of mexican percentage were americanlize the kids are able to go back to school. Then they are saying 95% of the kids already speak english and they are considering to send the kids back earlier. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2018439 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2018439 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 02:02:57 -0500 alot of mexicans started coming to america in the 1900's to seek for work and a better life. This is significant because it talks and shows us that mexicans struggled with racism and getting along. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2018424 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2018424 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 01:54:01 -0500 The mexican families children don't like the idea of being segregated. They didn't like it because the wanted to learn with the other kids. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2018423 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2018423 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 01:45:26 -0500 Time:38:19 They are asking a mexican-american child if he wants to go back to regular school with the rest of the other kids. Then the kid begins to say things he does at school and the lawyer saying he's lying. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2009847 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2009847 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 01:36:17 -0500 the family's of the mexican- american children don't like the idea of the kids being segregated. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2006863 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2006863 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 13:49:31 -0500 mexican-american children were not allowed to be in regular school with the white kids. Instead the mexican children had no choice but to go to school in a farm. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2006862 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2006862 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 01:42:25 -0500 At this moment of time mexican american children were getting treated badly while the white kids are getting treated good. The mexican families wanted to go to court for the problem. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2006859 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2006859 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 01:40:56 -0500 a lot of mexicans started coming to america in the 1900's to seek work and a better life. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2006858 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2006858 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 13:54:43 -0500 The lemon grove school board had called a meeting because they're were to many complaints about mexican-american children going to the same school as the white kids. The mexican families were not too happy that their children are going to school in a farm https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2006857 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2006857 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 01:38:48 -0500