The Mexican American Experience, a radio program produced by the Longhorn Radio Network, includes interviews, music, and informational programs related to the Mexican American community and their concerns. Program summary: Host Armando Gutiérrez interviews Patricia Hernandez, Anna Mendez, and George Ozuna on the history of the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO), issues facing Chicano students, and the future of the Chicano Movement. MAYO began in 1968 as a political vehicle for organizing and working with the Chicano community. Since then, MAYO has worked to increase Chicano political awareness. In this pursuit, they have organized Chicano studies programs and have demonstrated against the Bakke Case, police brutality and other issues that affect Chicanos. Hernandez believes that throughout these activities women have had a presence and a voice in the movement. They then address youth activism and they believe there is a resurgence of interest in MAYO and the Chicano Movement. They discuss tactics and express support for legal demonstrations while acknowledging that protests have been all to easily ignored in the past. They say that while there has been an increase in the number of Chicano administrators not all have been responsive to the needs of Chicano students. . In the last portion of the interview, the students talk about participating in electoral politics. They mention the need to have politicians with a genuine interest in helping the community and suggest that electoral efforts, such as those made by La Raza Unida, have been most successful in areas with a large concentration of Chicanos. They conclude with a positive vision of Mayo and the Chicano Movement's future, hoping that they will continue organizing and raising people's consciousness, especially at the high school level. Keywords: Affirmative Action, Anglo Chicano Relations, Center for Mexican American Studies, Chicano Administrators, Chicano Movement, Chicano Politicians, Chicano Representation, Chicano Studies, Chicano Youth, Community Organizing, Crystal City, Texas, Demonstrations, Future of the Chicano Movement, Jose Angel Gutierrez, La Raza Unida, Laredo, Texas, March, Mario Compean, Mexican American Youth Organization, Plainview, Texas, Police Brutality, Protests, San Antonio, Texas, St Mary's University, Student Activism, Student Movements, Texas politics, The Bakke Case, The Winter Garden Project (WGP), University of Texas at Austin, Women in the Chicano Movement, Youth Culture, Youth participation in the Chicano Movement. Broadcast date: 1978-08-01.
Creator/Contributor:
Longhorn Radio Network (creator), Gutiérrez, Armando (host), Mendez, Anna (interviewee), Ozuna, George (interviewee), and Hernandez, Patricia (interviewee)
Date Created/Date Issued:
8/1/1978
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
sound recordings, grabaciones sonoras, radio programs, programas de radio, and Audio
Extent:
24 minutes, 8 seconds
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Language:
English
Place of Publication:
Austin (Tex.)
Topic:
Affirmative action programs, Programas de acción afirmativa, Racism, Police brutality, Mexican Americans--Social conditions, Mexican American youth--Political activity., and Racismo
Time Period Covered:
1960-1969 and 1970-1979
Place Name:
San Antonio (Tex.), Plainview (Tex.), Laredo (Tex.), and Crystal City (Tex.)