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Thank you.

- Yes, Madam Chair.

- Yes.

We'll take it up

next week.

- I say we call it a day.

- One moment, if I may?

Julian, you never take

just one minute.

Earlier today,

I passed out a report.

It's a survey taken by a group of

students from our East L.A. schools...

with some

very interesting ideas

on how to improve the studies

for Mexican-American students.

May we go through it?

I think we could all use a little

more time to review the document.

What do you think,

Dr. Nava?

Well, I'd like

to set a timetable.

Put the timetable on the agenda

for our next meeting.

This session

is now adjourned.

We can't just sit around

and wait for these pendejos!

It's time to protest!

Yeah! Hey, I know a vato back from

Vietnam

who makes some

mean Molotov cocktails.

Hey, the point

is nonviolence, pendejo!

Just like Martin Luther King

and Gandhi and Cesar Chavez.

What about

the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

- Hey! Hold it, hold it!

- It's like Montgomery.

You know, Dr. King got

everybody to boycott buses right?

Yeah, and Cesar is

boycotting grapes.

Yeah, you guys, but this

is about schools, okay?

- So let's boycott!

- The schools?

- Why not?

- That's completely different.

No, it's not!

It's-- it's exactly the same.

We get treated

like second-class citizens!

Hey, are we talking

about buses here or what?

Our schools are

the back of the bus!

What?

Boycott the schools.

- That's good!

- Yes, boycott.

- No, that's not a good idea!

- Oh it isn't?

No, you wanna know why?

Because they don't give a sh*t

if these kids go to school or not!

- Actually, they do!

- Oh, how so professor?

A.D.A.--

Average Daily Attendance!

Schools get money

from the state

according to how many

students are present!

Empty chairs,

empty pockets!

- They need us!

- So what, bunch of kids stay home sick?

No, we show up

and then we leave!

- Si.

- Walkout.

A walkout, yeah.

- A walkout.

- A walkout. Walkout.

Walkout, guys!

I like that! Walkout!

- Walkout!

- Let's do it!

Come on! Let's go!

Walkout, walkout...

Walkout, walkout,

walkout, walkout!

Molotov cocktails

and walkouts worry me.

I mean, I think there could

be a better way to do this.

Why didn't you

say anything?

This whole thing

can backfire on us.

If we attack the principals

and the school board members...

they're gonna fight back.

It's not an attack,

it's a protest.

I don't know.

Yeah, I want better schools.

I want a Chicano mayor

from East L.A.

So, are you

declaring your candidacy?

No.

- I don't know. Maybe.

- Maybe?

Hey, holmes.

Hey, check it out.

- What is it?

- Smile for the camera.

- Check out those pigs right there.

- Cheese!

- Queso.

- Make sure they get your good side.

Check that out.

Come on, Fernie,

you missed a candy wrapper.

Come on, pick it up.

Let's get that.

You got something else

here by the drainpipe.

By the rain gutter,

Fernie, let's go.

This whole quarter's

got to be clean.

Not one piece

of trash.

Come on, come on, don't forget

these papers over here.

Not one piece

of trash.

Come on, I've been here

long enough already.

Don't you wanna go home?

You got two milk cartons

under that table.

Fernie, you got two milk cartons

under that table, clean it up.

Clean up

the two milk cartons.

Come on, Fernie,

all the trash.

All of it. How many times

do I gotta say it?

Come on, we've been

doing this all day.

Two milk cartons

and you're off the hook!

Clean up the two milk cartons,

put them in the trash pile,

and let's get out of here.

- Fernie.

- Fernie, it's not worth it.

- Pick up that broom.

- Just do what he says.

- Come on, he just wants you to quit.

- Hey, you stay out of this!

- I did not ask you!

- He wants you to quit.

Just do what he says, okay?

Just do what he says.

- Hey, Fernie, look at me.

- Come on.

Pick up that broom,

or you're out of here.

Please, Fernie,

just do it, okay?

Come on.

Please, Fernie.

Last chance, Fernie,

pick up the damn broom!

That's right,

pick it up.

All right. Now you got

a pile of trash over here.

Hey, you got two milk

cartons under that table!

- Fernie? Fernie?

- Hey!

Happens to so many kids.

The ones who don't fit in,

- they get pushed out.

- This boy made a poor choice.

He didn't have a choice.

You don't know Fernie.

Oh, I know Fernie.

At least he didn't kill the guy.

He was going to graduate high school.

Now what's he supposed to do?

If he wants to fight,

he can fight in the army.

Know what

I'm talking about?

- Is there another choice?

- It's an honor.

- Is Al going to the army?

- No.

If the government asks,

he will go.

The country

must defend itself.

- From what?

- Communism.

We're not stopping communism,

we're probably spreading it.

She's right. I can't

believe I'm defending you.

I'm defending you,

if you go to the army,

they'll send you to the front line.

That's where they send all the Chicanos.

I've heard that too,

Panfilo. I believe it.

That's where Woody's

brother got killed.

If you want to live in this country,

you must be willing to die for it.

All the good things

we have in America...

it's not for free.

That's what's great about our countries,

we can question our leaders.

You're all so smart,

start your own country.

- Papi, I'm ready.

- Okay, let's go.

- Hey, what are you doing here?

- The principals know we're blowing out.

- Julian Nava talked to Sal.

- What?

They know everything:

who's on the committees, when we meet.

- How'd they find out?

- Nava thinks it was the police.

- Come on, we're meeting.

- I can't, I have work.

Well, can't you

get out of it?

Papi, Vickie's gonna take me.

- Bye. We gotta pick up Bobby and Yoli.

- Okay, go go go.

Aren't we going

to La Piranya?

No, the church.

La chota closed us down.

The police know who we are.

They know what we're up to.

That's why they

closed down La Piranya.

Somebody here's

talking to them.

Snitch.

On behalf of all the outside

agitators in this room,

I'd like to send a special

message to the police.

- Que viva la raza!

- Que viva!

Wait a minute,

wait a minute.

I have a special message

for the informant,

whoever you are.

Que viva!

Whoo whoo!

Paula is one

of our best students,

but she's fallen in

with a radical crowd.

- Is she breaking any school rules?

- Not technically.

Paula's trying to convince

her fellow students

to boycott the school.

She's trying to stage a walkout.

I'm sure you can appreciate

the position that puts me in.

Your daughter

is a good student.

And Paula, when you get to college,

you can protest all you want--

hell, it's probably

an elective.

If I have to expel one student

to protect all the others, I'll do it.

I'm sorry,

what was that?

He says he will speak

to his daughter.

Good.

I'd hate to see Paula lose everything

she's worked so hard to attain.

Paula,

these men are serious.

They're gonna make

an example of you!

They're just scared

'cause they know we're right.

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