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[[La Raza]]
'''INTRODUCTION'''


Throughout our world's history, anti-racism movements have played a large role in identifying and confronting the issues of racism in society. Such groups are as follows: The National Council of La Raza (est. 1973), The Black Power Movement of the 1960's, The Apartheid Era in South Africa (focusing on the  Sowetu uprising of 1976 and the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960), and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The National Council of La Raza was established to improve the lives of hispanics living in the United States. The Chinese Exclusion, which barred Chinese immigration into the United States, flared a wave of racism towards Chinese immigrants in America. As a result, organizations such as the OCA were created to help promote equal rights for the Chinese population living in the United States. The goal of the Black Power Movement was to empower African-Americans while eliminating White superiority. This movement was due to the government ignoring the needs of African-Americans as well as oppressing them economically, politically and socially. This was a time for African-Americans to gain self-awareness and pride amongst themselves. The Apartheid government in South Africa during the 1960's oppressed blacks by not only segregating them from whites,excluding them from the workforce, thus keeping them from economic prosperity but also by placing language barriers on them in education systems. Black students in Sowetu (South West Township) were against the 'Afrikaans in schools only' and decided to take action by organizing a land wide strike. The strike caused the death of many black students in South Africa but played a significant role in eliminating apartheid in South Africa completely in 1994. This webpage aims to explore a few of these movements that have helped shaped the contemporary social and economic status of these minority groups.


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Its original phrase was referred to as the cosmic people. It’s foundation as a political movement is to increase the increase of equality, similarly found in the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement, inclusive of immigrant and worker’s rights. The organization The National Council of La Raza, which is non-profit and non partisan, was founded in 1968 in Washington, DC. In light of the civil rights movement, there was no movements for the improvement of life for Mexican Americans.
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This was taken from Helen Rowan:
 
'''“There was no Mexican American organization equivalent of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) or the National Urban League; no Mexican American colleges; and virtually no financial or other help from outside the community itself. It has thus been extremely difficult for the leadership to develop and pursue strategies which would force public agencies and institutions to pay greater and more intelligent attention to Mexican American needs and to make changes, where necessary, to meet them.”
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As a result of increasing concern, a few Mexican Americans joined together to create NOMAS, or National Organization for Mexican American Services. This group convinced the Ford Fund to fund an investigation of the lives of Mexican Americans. Three well respected Mexican Americans (Julian Samora, Herman Gallegos, and Ernesto Galarza) were chosen to go to the Southwest portion of the United States to gather information. With the results found by these consultants, it was seen that Mexicans suffered in terms of poverty and many other aspects of life. They also emphasized the necessity of creating more “localized” organizations to assist the local groups in fighting for equality.  In February 1968, the Southwest Council of La Raza was established to help out local advocacy groups. Four years later, the SWLCR changed into the National Council of La Raza.
 
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Latest revision as of 01:17, 11 May 2006

INTRODUCTION

Throughout our world's history, anti-racism movements have played a large role in identifying and confronting the issues of racism in society. Such groups are as follows: The National Council of La Raza (est. 1973), The Black Power Movement of the 1960's, The Apartheid Era in South Africa (focusing on the Sowetu uprising of 1976 and the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960), and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The National Council of La Raza was established to improve the lives of hispanics living in the United States. The Chinese Exclusion, which barred Chinese immigration into the United States, flared a wave of racism towards Chinese immigrants in America. As a result, organizations such as the OCA were created to help promote equal rights for the Chinese population living in the United States. The goal of the Black Power Movement was to empower African-Americans while eliminating White superiority. This movement was due to the government ignoring the needs of African-Americans as well as oppressing them economically, politically and socially. This was a time for African-Americans to gain self-awareness and pride amongst themselves. The Apartheid government in South Africa during the 1960's oppressed blacks by not only segregating them from whites,excluding them from the workforce, thus keeping them from economic prosperity but also by placing language barriers on them in education systems. Black students in Sowetu (South West Township) were against the 'Afrikaans in schools only' and decided to take action by organizing a land wide strike. The strike caused the death of many black students in South Africa but played a significant role in eliminating apartheid in South Africa completely in 1994. This webpage aims to explore a few of these movements that have helped shaped the contemporary social and economic status of these minority groups.

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