Changing demographics led to the "Mexicanization" of the East End and Seguin High
--African American teachers and out-of-state teachers exacerbated cultural distance
Struggle for integration
--Mexican American youths were integrated with African Americans on the basis that MAs were white
--MA community of Houston organized a boycott
--Rezoning impacted Seguin
--Walkout ensued and exposed pedagogical neglect and non-culturally responsive pedagogy
"It almost seemed, maybe I'm wrong, like the teachers didn't want to know us, or too much about us. What would it mean in that situation to genuinely care for us? It would mean caring for big problems. Who was ready or willing to take on a cause for the raza?" - Junior female who walked out and graduated from another school
--African American teachers and out-of-state teachers exacerbated cultural distance
Struggle for integration
--Mexican American youths were integrated with African Americans on the basis that MAs were white
--MA community of Houston organized a boycott
--Rezoning impacted Seguin
--Walkout ensued and exposed pedagogical neglect and non-culturally responsive pedagogy
"It almost seemed, maybe I'm wrong, like the teachers didn't want to know us, or too much about us. What would it mean in that situation to genuinely care for us? It would mean caring for big problems. Who was ready or willing to take on a cause for the raza?" - Junior female who walked out and graduated from another school