During the East Los Angeles strikes in the 1960s, one of the leaders said: The administrators say we are disrupting the educational process and we are not. The educational process of Mexican-Americans for over 20 years in East Los Angeles and throughout the Southwest has been interrupted by his inability to communicate with Mexican-Americans. This is the upheaval […]. This is a social injustice. (Esparza) The discrimination he was referring to has been part of the adversity Chicanos have faced time and time again, from segregation to corporal punishment and unequal teaching standards in the education system. However, Chicanos united and fought against discrimination. They filed lawsuits, protested with sit-ins and boycotts that lasted days and days. But to this day, Chicanos have not yet fully won because there are still some injustices that occur every day. Now in 2014, Chicano admissions are on the rise and that's great, but it's not enough because Chicanos aren't completing their college education. In 1900, there was a movement in which Americans sought to establish a "school of Americanization." for Mexican children. Although Americans said that “Americanization schools” were for the benefit of Mexican children, they actually served to separate Mexican children from Anglo children. Mexican parents did not tolerate this and fought for their children's rights knowing they would lose their jobs in the process. At the same time, a bill called the Bliss Bill was about to be voted on, which “attempted to redefine Mexicans as Indians, so that they could be legally segregated” (Espinoza). There was a Lemon Grove segregatio advocate... middle of paper... College enrollment up, but not enough - New America Media." Hispanic college enrollment up, but not enough - New America Media. New America Media, 01 May 2014. Web. 06 May 2014. Freire, Paulo “Pedagogy of the Oppressed New York: Continuum, 2000.” Print “14th Amendment.” 03 May 2014. Harders, Manuel N. Gómez and Christopher Arriola: History of Changes: Méndez v. Westminster Educational Review, 2000. Print. The Lemon Grove Incident. Prod. Paul Espinoza. KPBS San DiegoPrecious Knowledge Palos Prod. Eren Isabel McGinnis, 2012. TV.Santiago, Deborah A. and Emily C. Galdeano of Education, April 2014. Web. 06 May 2014.