El Plan De Aztlan

After reading this article I felt a little surprised because I never knew this happened. It made me think...what if an american was in their shoes and another country was trying to assimilate everyone into the "ideal" or Western/American culture even if they were completely against that form of culture. Gringo's they call the people that took their territory and use it for economic purposes even when it isn't theirs. I just feel bad for what they had to go through and the worst thing about it is they couldn't stop it by themselves. After enough of the big business owners making money off their land and the workers getting paid next to nothing, it was time for a protest/uprising. A group of Chicano's got together and eventually formed a strong nationalist power and were willing to do whatever they could to liberate themselves. The only way Chicano's would feel completely liberated as by economic, cultural, social and politcal independence. If i were to switch places with them at that time...I probably would have done the same thing.