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Sunday, May 17, 2015
Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Flight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
"Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of
Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto
Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster,
the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California"--Provided by
publisher.
** Ok I kind of enjoyed this book because it was against racism. I also enjoyed that Sylvia Mendez and her family fought for desegregation and that they never gave up. The pictures were a little "funny" and I'm a little too old for picture books, but it was well-written.
**okay The reason why i picked okay was it was a little hard for me to understand the book because i have no background on what this book is talking about. On thing i like about the book is the pictures there are different to the ones you would see in a another normal picture book. All in all it wasn't a bad book .
***Good! When Sylvia Mendez was a girl, her family moved to Westminister, CA. She was made to go to a Mexican only school. This book is the amazing journey of the Mendez family fighting for ending the segregation of schools in CA. How would you feel if you were in her shoes?
okay** I did't like the the part where Mexican children couldn't go to the school with ever one else. The courts said they could. They were happy at the end.
***Great I enjoyed the book Separate is never equal because it talks about segregation. One thing I found interesting is Mr. Marcus never called Sylvia to testify. I would recomend this book to a friend because it teaches you to be fair
***Great. The book is about a Mexican girl and her family talking and complaining that all children should go to the same school. All kids should get the rights to go to a good school! Even though, they finally got to a good school, at the start they went to a bad school which had no teacher,no restroom except for the dirt in a room, and ate lunch outside with the cows. We are lucky that we all can go to a great school, no matter the color of your skin.
*****great i liked this book. it was like the black race but instead it was the mexicans. i like how the truck man reccomended a really good lawyer. svlvias dad went through alot for his kids to got to the school
* I did not like it at all.I did not like it because it because they never let mexicans swim or let them go to school.i did not know they treated mexicans like that. the girl in the book was not plased with the fact the mexicns where treated like slaves that did not make me happy.
***Great The story was all over the place but the book was good. This story is a story about segregation and the rights for all races of different kind. Read this book to find out how the Mendez family get equal rights for all races.
***Good its not right that a mexican girl and her brothers cant go to a school just because there are not like every bodyelse.The mexican kids has to go to a school thats in the middle of no where. For lunch they had to sit outside on the ground. They deserve to go to a better school. They should treat others how you want to be treated.Why does it matter why what color they are.This a good book
***** Great the book was really great. I like learning about that period of time. Everyone should be able to have the same rights and be able to do the things that white people do, like go to the same school as white people. Its not fair because their cousins could go to the school and they couldn't .I hope they don't change the law back how it used to be.
**Okay I'm maybe being a critit but, i don't like how its about the skin and backstory again. Lots of skin books are about rights, I'd did like that fact that it took 3 years to have the mexican students atend white school, meaning that they fought for their rights. Last thing is that I like the art how it was sorta greek mythlogy.
*****Great I like that it tells a story of people fighting for their rights. I also thought it was cool that they didn't stop until they got what they were fighting for. To me, the Mendez family was really dedicated to get their equal rights. i would totally recommend this fantastic book.
***Good It is a fantastic story against racism, but I am just a tad too old for picture books.IN the story, people stand up for what they believe is true, and right. I would recommend this to a friend.
*****great This book was good because it talks about life before we were born and what it was like with segregregation and what it was like and them fighting for there rights
*****Great!!! I enjoyed this book because its all about segregation and people fighting for their rights.One i found interesting was when they were fighting for their rights. I'd recommend this book to whoever doesn't like segregation and about learning about segregation.
good**** the family was mexien the kides want to a school and then on the first day of school and the wite peolpe did not like the kides LOOK FOR IT AT YOUR SCHOOL
****great I enjoyed the book Separate is never Equal because it is how people treat other back them. One thing I found inristing is that they fought back they did not give up. I will recommend to a friend.
*****Great the book talk about the past of what happen before I was born how slyvia fight for what right and what is not so when that it kind of text-to-world because that what happen in the world .my favorite part is when her cousins look at them self so after slyvia look at her self like what that was really funny.the book was awesome I totally recomdende it
****Great. I loved how Sylvia Mendez described the story. I like books like this because it just explains how life was 50 years ago. These events reminds us why America is so great now because we have laws to prevent segregation.
*****great i love this book .one thing i love about this book is that this happend. one thing that i did not like is that her cusins are allowed to go to the school .i reacemend this book to a freind who bealivs in eaql rights
*****I loved it.I think that was really mean of that kid that said go bake to Mexico school.I think no mater the color you are you still can do what you want.I think that don't let people stop you.
****Good I liked that in the book the family fought for all their rights. I think they deserve their rights. I liked this book but it was not one of my favorites.
****ok I think book cover was going to be about how white people and black people got separted.and how people fought for there rights.u should read this book.
***GREAT I LOVED THIS BOOK ESPECIALLY THAT IT TALKS ABOUT RIGHTS AND JUSTICE AND THAT IT TALKS ABOUT HOW IT USED TO BE WHEN 'MEXICAN' KIDS COULD NOT ATTEND THE SAME SCHOOL AS 'WHITE' KIDS.
***GREAT I LOVE THIS BOOK ESPECIALLY THAT IT KIND OF TALKS ABOUT RIGHT AND JUSTICE AND HOW THE MEXICAN KIDS COULDNT GO TO SCHOOL WITH THE WHITE KIDS OR WHEN THEY SHOWED THE SIGN NO PETS OR MEXICANS ALLOWED I WAS GOING TO CRY AT THAT PART I WAS VERY SAD BUT ONCE I READ THE END OF THE BOOK I WIPED MY TEARS AND HAD A GREAT BIG SMILE ON MY FACE!
** OK I only liked this book a little because it was a little cruel and don't like books that have mean and bad stuff in it my least favorite part was when I guy was looking at a sign that said NO MEXICAN PEOPLE ALLOWED IN THE POOL. Hopefully if you read it then you will like it
*** I liked it but there ere some stuff I didn't like . one thing I did like was it was history and I like history one thing I didn't like was that it said "NO MIXICAN PEOPLE ALLOWED IN THE POOL one thing I liked that it reminded me about marten luther king jr and the people who lived before me I liked the ending
***GOOD I liked how it was a true story about her life as a child.one thing I didn't like about the book is that "NO MEXICANS IN THE POOL" but thing turned out well in the ending. I also liked how Sylvia and her family faught for equal rights.
***Great I like that it talked about her child hood.I did not like that they put no mexicans in the pool and that sylvias family fought for egual rights
****GREAT the book was great I hated the part where is told Silvia to go back to Mexican school but everything turn out good at the end I would recommend it
***Good I liked the book because it described how people didn't give up on fighting for their rights. Sylvia Mendez tries to get enrolled into a school, but the secretary declines because of their race. Sylvia's father spoke with some of the school staff, only to be rejected of her enrollment again. He never gave up on getting her and her siblings into a clean school, so Sylvia's father kept on fighting. This is a great informational book!
** Ok
ReplyDeleteI kind of enjoyed this book because it was against racism. I also enjoyed that Sylvia Mendez and her family fought for desegregation and that they never gave up. The pictures were a little "funny" and I'm a little too old for picture books, but it was well-written.
**okay
ReplyDeleteThe reason why i picked okay was it was a little hard for me to understand the book because i have no background on what this book is talking about. On thing i like about the book is the pictures there are different to the ones you would see in a another normal picture book. All in all it wasn't a bad book .
***Good! When Sylvia Mendez was a girl, her family moved to Westminister, CA. She was made to go to a Mexican only school. This book is the amazing journey of the Mendez family fighting for ending the segregation of schools in CA. How would you feel if you were in her shoes?
ReplyDeleteokay**
ReplyDeleteI did't like the the part where Mexican children couldn't go to the school with ever one else. The courts said they could. They were happy at the end.
***Great
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the book Separate is never equal because it talks about segregation.
One thing I found interesting is Mr. Marcus never called Sylvia to testify.
I would recomend this book to a friend because it teaches you to be fair
***Great.
ReplyDeleteThe book is about a Mexican girl and her family talking and complaining that all children should go to the same school. All kids should get the rights to go to a good school! Even though, they finally got to a good school, at the start they went to a bad school which had no teacher,no restroom except for the dirt in a room, and ate lunch outside with the cows.
We are lucky that we all can go to a great school, no matter the color of your skin.
*****great
ReplyDeletei liked this book. it was like the black race but instead it was the mexicans. i like how the truck man reccomended a really good lawyer. svlvias dad went through alot for his kids to got to the school
* I did not like it at all.I did not like it because it because they never let mexicans swim or let them go to school.i did not know they treated mexicans like that. the girl in the book was not plased with the fact the mexicns where treated like slaves that did not make me happy.
ReplyDelete***Great
ReplyDeleteThe story was all over the place but the book was good. This story is a story about segregation and the rights for all races of different kind. Read this book to find out how the Mendez family get equal rights for all races.
***Good its not right that a mexican girl and her brothers cant go to a school just because there are not like every bodyelse.The mexican kids has to go to a school thats in the middle of no where. For lunch they had to sit outside on the ground. They deserve to go to a better school. They should treat others how you want to be treated.Why does it matter why what color they are.This a good book
ReplyDelete*Horrible
ReplyDeleteThe book was about a girl that was Mexican and she had to go to a different school. I would not recommend this book
***** Great
ReplyDeletethe book was really great. I like learning about that period of time. Everyone should be able to have the same rights and be able to do the things that white people do, like go to the same school as white people. Its not fair because their cousins could go to the school and they couldn't .I hope they don't change the law back how it used to be.
**Okay I'm maybe being a critit but, i don't like how its about the skin and backstory again. Lots of skin books are about rights, I'd did like that fact that it took 3 years to have the mexican students atend white school, meaning that they fought for their rights. Last thing is that I like the art how it was sorta greek mythlogy.
ReplyDelete*****Great
ReplyDeleteI like that it tells a story of people fighting for their rights. I also thought it was cool that they didn't stop until they got what they were fighting for. To me, the Mendez family was really dedicated to get their equal rights. i would totally recommend this fantastic book.
***Good
ReplyDeleteIt is a fantastic story against racism, but I am just a tad too old for picture books.IN the story, people stand up for what they believe is true, and right. I would recommend this to a friend.
*****great
ReplyDeleteThis book was good because it talks about life before we were born and what it was like with segregregation and what it was like and them fighting for there rights
I love this book cause my grandma are micxan and i am sure they went thrw the same thing that is why i love these book
ReplyDelete***Great! This book was so educational! I liked it a lot! I really loved how they fought for there rights!
ReplyDelete*****Great!!!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this book because its all about segregation and people fighting for their rights.One i found interesting was when they were fighting for their rights. I'd recommend this book to whoever doesn't like segregation and about learning about segregation.
It was**** great.Sylvias family stood up and fought back. Love it awesome.
ReplyDeletegood**** the family was mexien the kides want to a school and then on the first day of school and the wite peolpe did not like the kides LOOK FOR IT AT YOUR SCHOOL
ReplyDelete****great I enjoyed the book Separate is never Equal because it is how people treat other back them. One thing I found inristing is that they fought back they did not give up. I will recommend to a friend.
ReplyDelete*****Great the book talk about the past of what happen before I was born how slyvia fight for what right and what is not so when that it kind of text-to-world because that what happen in the world .my favorite part is when her cousins look at them self so after slyvia look at her self like what that was really funny.the book was awesome I totally recomdende it
ReplyDelete**ok they werent allowed to go to school because they were mexican but then the family fought for equal rights
ReplyDelete****Great. I loved how Sylvia Mendez described the story. I like books like this because it just explains how life was 50 years ago. These events reminds us why America is so great now because we have laws to prevent segregation.
ReplyDelete*****great
ReplyDeletei love this book .one thing i love about this book is that this happend. one thing that i did not like is that her cusins are allowed to go to the school .i reacemend this book to a freind who bealivs in eaql rights
I found it sweet that she never got called but finally did
ReplyDelete*ok This isn't my usual rating it is that the book has no pazas. the book is about how mecsicans didn't have rights. Read more to finde out.
ReplyDelete*****I loved it.I think that was really mean of that kid that said go bake to Mexico school.I think no mater the color you are you still can do what you want.I think that don't let people stop you.
Delete****Good
ReplyDeleteI liked that in the book the family fought for all their rights. I think they deserve their rights. I liked this book but it was not one of my favorites.
***** i like this book it help you learn about the history of mexicans and how white people traeted them and i hope others will read it to.
ReplyDeleteGood**** i like it because the characters ave funny faces but it is also not fair at some times. Read this book
ReplyDelete** really didn't like this book this book does teach some history and like that they never give up
ReplyDelete****ok I think book cover was going to be about how white people and black people got separted.and how people fought for there rights.u should read this book.
ReplyDelete***GREAT
ReplyDeleteI LOVED THIS BOOK ESPECIALLY THAT IT TALKS ABOUT RIGHTS AND JUSTICE AND THAT IT TALKS ABOUT HOW IT USED TO BE WHEN 'MEXICAN' KIDS COULD NOT ATTEND THE SAME SCHOOL AS 'WHITE' KIDS.
*** good
ReplyDeletei liked how the Mendez family fought to be able to go to a white kid only school even though the were a different color.
***GREAT
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THIS BOOK ESPECIALLY THAT IT KIND OF TALKS ABOUT RIGHT AND JUSTICE AND HOW THE MEXICAN KIDS COULDNT GO TO SCHOOL WITH THE WHITE KIDS OR WHEN THEY SHOWED THE SIGN NO PETS OR MEXICANS ALLOWED I WAS GOING TO CRY AT THAT PART I WAS VERY SAD BUT ONCE I READ THE END OF THE BOOK I WIPED MY TEARS AND HAD A GREAT BIG SMILE ON MY FACE!
** OK
ReplyDeleteI only liked this book a little because it was a little cruel and don't like books that have mean and bad stuff in it my least favorite part was when I guy was looking at a sign that said NO MEXICAN PEOPLE ALLOWED IN THE POOL. Hopefully if you read it then you will like it
*** I liked it but there ere some stuff I didn't like . one thing I did like was it was history and I like history one thing I didn't like was that it said "NO MIXICAN PEOPLE ALLOWED IN THE POOL one thing I liked that it reminded me about marten luther king jr and the people who lived before me I liked the ending
ReplyDelete***this a good book but very mean in some ways. I think that every one should be equal
ReplyDelete**** Good! I like how Sylvias family fought for equal rights.IM glad that Sylvia made friends.I like how it was non fiction.
ReplyDelete***GOOD I liked how it was a true story about her life as a child.one thing I didn't like about the book is that "NO MEXICANS IN THE POOL" but thing turned out well in the ending. I also liked how Sylvia and her family faught for equal rights.
ReplyDelete***Great
ReplyDeleteI like that it talked about her child hood.I did not like that they put no mexicans in the pool and that sylvias family fought for egual rights
****GREAT
ReplyDeletethe book was great I hated the part where is told Silvia to go back to Mexican school but everything turn out good at the end I would recommend it
***Good
ReplyDeleteI liked the book because it described how people didn't give up on fighting for their rights. Sylvia Mendez tries to get enrolled into a school, but the secretary declines because of their race. Sylvia's father spoke with some of the school staff, only to be rejected of her enrollment again. He never gave up on getting her and her siblings into a clean school, so Sylvia's father kept on fighting. This is a great informational book!