Mexican Americans: The Invisible Minority

Series: Pbl Series

Duration: 0:3

Year Published: 1969

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center | National Educational Television: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Describes the struggle for an identity of the five million Mexican-Americans who are our second largest and fastest growing ethnic minority. Explains that the majority of Mexican-Americans live in the southwestern region of the United States where nearly eighty percent are employed as unskilled laborers. Relates that their children seldom achieve in the educational system designed for white English-speaking students. Emphasizes the need to understand that the Mexican-American has unique aspirations which include retaining a cultural identity., Describes the struggle of Mexican-Americans for an identity within the protest movement, discussing their economic poverty, their employment as unskilled laborers, and their education in a system designed for white English-speaking students.

Complete Record: Describes the struggle for an identity of the five million Mexican-Americans who are our second largest and fastest growing ethnic minority. Explains that the majority of Mexican-Americans live in the southwestern region of the United States where nearly eighty percent are employed as unskilled laborers. Relates that their children seldom achieve in the educational system designed for white English-speaking students. Emphasizes the need to understand that the Mexican-American has unique aspirations which include retaining a cultural identity., Describes the struggle for an identity of the five million Mexican-Americans who are our second largest and fastest growing ethnic minority. Explains that the majority of Mexican-Americans live in the southwestern region of the United States where nearly eighty percent are employed as unskilled laborers. Relates that their children seldom achieve in the educational system designed for white English-speaking studetns. Emphasizes the need to understand that the Mexican-American has unique aspirations which include retaining a cultural identity.