Segregation in the US: Difference between revisions
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[https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lemon-grove-incident/ by Robert R. Alvarez Jr. ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | [https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lemon-grove-incident/ by Robert R. Alvarez Jr. ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | ||
[Some of] the earliest court cases concerning school desegregation occurred in the Southwest and California in the 1930s. In these cases Mexican immigrants and their communities were the targeted groups of segregation by school officials. A case of particular importance occurred in San Diego County during the 1930s, in the then rural community of Lemon Grove. | [Some of] the earliest court cases concerning school desegregation occurred in the Southwest and California in the 1930s. In these cases Mexican immigrants and their communities were the targeted groups of segregation by school officials. A case of particular importance occurred in San Diego County during the 1930s, in the then rural community of Lemon Grove. | ||
=====Racial segregation of Latino students continues with English-only laws===== | |||
[https://unidosus.org/blog/2021/09/29/racial-segregation-of-latino-students-continues-with-english-only-laws/ by UNIDOSUS Blog 29/9/21] | |||
For decades, states have used English-language skills as an excuse to segregate Latino students. In the past few years, California and Massachusetts have repealed their English-only education laws. | |||
