Chicano Movement

The Chicano student movement of the 1960s was a quest for identity. It was an effort to recapture what had been lost through the socialization process imposed by US schools, institutions, and citizens. Chicanos became an oppressed minority group as a consequence of the expansion of the US in the nineteenth century. This expansion had a profound impact on their political and intellectual development. It would not be fair to say that there is an “ideal” Chicano Studies academic because each scholar, student, and person has their own definition relating to the Chicano Movement during this time. The formation of Chicano student groups showed society that they were going to fight for their right. Although each group had had its own interpretation, their main goal was to help the Chicano community. While each group strived toward the same goal, background, knowledge, political views, and activism became a continuous dilemma within their own society.
In time, other mo...