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When was MEChA formed?

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When was MEChA formed?

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MEChA was formed during the 1960s. Due to the fact that MEChA was formed when there were strong anti-war protests going on, there is very militant rhetoric in many early historical documents of MEChA. During this time many chicanos were being drafted into military. Whenever minorities are drafted and fight for their country, there seems to be a lot of intolerance against perceived racism and discrimination toward minorities. This was a time of the brown berets a group organized to try and force equal rights for Chicanos. MEChA was also formed to try and organize and to protest for more Chicano professors and more Chicano studies courses in Universities and High Schools. Hence, there are a lot of MEChA documents that are basically outdated now.