Yo Soy Volume 14 by Roberto E. Villarreal HARDBACK 9781574419856

Name: Yo Soy Volume 14 by Roberto E. Villarreal HARDBACK 9781574419856
Brand: University of North Texas Press,U.S.

University of North Texas Press,U.S.

Yo Soy Volume 14From a Migrant Field Worker to a University Professor\nAuthor(s): Roberto E. Villarreal\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of North Texas Press,U.S., United States\nImprint: University of North Texas Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781574419856, 978-1574419856\nSynopsis\nYo Soy is a memoir of Roberto E. Villarreals life struggle for social justice and equality and a reclamation of his ancestry, language, and culture, forbidden by the Texas state school policies during his childhood in the 1930s. Racism, bigotry, violence, and subordination formed a shell difficult to overcome. The Mexican problem, as it was known, was deeply ingrained in the life of the Anglo community, creating a perpetual labor class. As a result, Mexican Americans were poverty-stricken sharecroppers and migrants, with a complete disconnect between families and the school system.\n\n This was the setting in South Texas where Villarreal grew up in the 1930s to 1950s. His desire to learn English and the A.