Mr. Wong, Chinese-Mexican-American

Download or read book Mr. Wong, Chinese-Mexican-American written by Chuck Wong and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-12 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story about a boy who against the odds made it from below the poverty line and into the middle class. Mr. Wong is middle child in a racially and culturally mixed family of seven children. He lived and worked on a California farm prior to Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Worker's Movement. Mr. Wong lived through the 1965 Watts Riots. H e was Student Body President during the Chicano Student Walkouts in East Los Angeles. Mr. Wong is also Vietnam Era Veteran. Mr. Wong proudly claims that his greatest achievement is to have seen his student learn English.