Synopsis Of The Movie: The 1968 Walkout Movie
The Walkout tells the story of the 1968 walkout by high school Chicano students in East
Los Angeles to protest academic prejudice and dire school conditions.Schools taught a
curriculum that largely ignored or denied Mexican-American history and Chicano
students were steered toward menial labor and away from college by counselors and
school officials.This movie taught me that things have changed for us Hispanics since
then because we are treated equally.
Students were tired of being treated unequally and decided to take action and stage a
walkout at five East Los Angeles high schools in 1968, to protest educational conditions
and complain of anti-Mexican educational systems.There is a teacher who mentors a
Los Angeles to protest academic prejudice and dire school conditions.Schools taught a
curriculum that largely ignored or denied Mexican-American history and Chicano
students were steered toward menial labor and away from college by counselors and
school officials.This movie taught me that things have changed for us Hispanics since
then because we are treated equally.
Students were tired of being treated unequally and decided to take action and stage a
walkout at five East Los Angeles high schools in 1968, to protest educational conditions
and complain of anti-Mexican educational systems.There is a teacher who mentors a