Why is this topic important?
This topic is important as the fight for our education has gone on for decades and is far from over. We need to continue the fight for representation in higher education and remember the fight our people put up in order for us to attend college, get higher paying jobs, and be seen as equals, etc. The Lemon Grove incident of 1931 was the first fight against the seperation of education for mexican children. The schools reasoning was that Mexican students were distruptive, slow, and would be more comfortable with each other. This was far from what was really being asked. White people felt uncomfortable and wanted mexican children out of their schools. The mexicans students were expected to attend a "new" school which was a barn house with old supplies left over from the white school. Worn down desks, old text books, nothing was up to par with what the white students got to use in their school. Luckly it was the first successful school desegregation court decision in the history of the United States. and as you can see on the left since 1995 the number of Hispanics has gone up.
This topic is important as the fight for our education has gone on for decades and is far from over. We need to continue the fight for representation in higher education and remember the fight our people put up in order for us to attend college, get higher paying jobs, and be seen as equals, etc. The Lemon Grove incident of 1931 was the first fight against the seperation of education for mexican children. The schools reasoning was that Mexican students were distruptive, slow, and would be more comfortable with each other. This was far from what was really being asked. White people felt uncomfortable and wanted mexican children out of their schools. The mexicans students were expected to attend a "new" school which was a barn house with old supplies left over from the white school. Worn down desks, old text books, nothing was up to par with what the white students got to use in their school. Luckly it was the first successful school desegregation court decision in the history of the United States. and as you can see on the left since 1995 the number of Hispanics has gone up.
Now today we see better numbers of representation but the fight isn't over as hispanics make up 21.7% of U.S. undergraduate students and as you can see here on the left a significant portion of Hispanics only attend a 2-year school nearly half. In comparison to Whites who have 30% in 2-years, with an 18% gap that is a huge number of people. Understadning the severity of these numbers is important as action needs to be taken in order to see change.
Now today we see better numbers of representation but the fight isn't over as hispanics make up 21.7% of U.S. undergraduate students and as you can see here on the left a significant portion of Hispanics only attend a 2-year school nearly half. In comparison to Whites who have 30% in 2-years, with an 18% gap that is a huge number of people. Understadning the severity of these numbers is important as action needs to be taken in order to see change.
Further Statisticis for Perspective
Thirty-six percent of Latinos aged 18–24 enrolled in college in 2019
Latinos comprised 18% of all full-time students and 23.1% of all part-time enrolled students
Latinos aged 25–29 with at least an associate’s degree increased from 15% to 31% from 2000 to 2019
Latinos aged 25–29 who attained a bachelor’s degree increased from 10% in 2000 to 21% in 2019
As of fall 2018, 20% of Latino students are enrolled in public four-year bachelor’s degree programs compared to 56% of White student
Summary
Summary
Understanding the history of the fight for higher education is impoartant as we must look to the past to see where we need to go from here. If this history was to be forgotten nothing would prevent it from happening again. The statistics speak for themselves, many Hispanics work long hard hours slaving away for minimum wage or less and live day to day just trying to get by. That's not a life, thats a cycle that doesn't promote individuality. It's important to keep fighting so that future generations can prosper and reach their goals without having to work twice as hard to get half as much.
Understanding the history of the fight for higher education is impoartant as we must look to the past to see where we need to go from here. If this history was to be forgotten nothing would prevent it from happening again. The statistics speak for themselves, many Hispanics work long hard hours slaving away for minimum wage or less and live day to day just trying to get by. That's not a life, thats a cycle that doesn't promote individuality. It's important to keep fighting so that future generations can prosper and reach their goals without having to work twice as hard to get half as much.