A Class Apart - Movie Review Example

A apart A apart A apart in reference to Hernandez case signifies the injustices and mistreatment of Hispanic in Texas (Prince, 2010). There was widespread exclusion of people of Mexican origin from all types of judicial work in the whole of Texas. It was not an unusual thing for any Hispanic to be termed guilty even if he or she was innocent on the fact that there was no any Mexican in the jury for over 25 years. Justice for persons of Mexican origin was hard to find.. The Hernandez case goes far beyond to bring to the surface the oppression of the whole Hispanic people (Prince, 2010).

Gustavo Garcia, who was a competent Mexican-American civil rights lawyer offered to represent Hernandez in the supreme court of law. Other lawyers that accompanied Garcia was; James de Anda and Chris Alderete. Garcia’s argument was that the fourteenth amendment assured protection not just on the criteria of race, blacks and Caucasians but also class. The jury selectively discriminated the Mexican-Americans on the basis of class. The state of Texas openly excluded the Hispanics on the pretext that the fourteenth amendment only sheltered the whites and blacks and that the Mexican- Americans were a section of the whites.

This was not justified as most Mexican-Americans were legally isolated since for over years no Hispanic served in the jury (Prince, 2010).Earl Warren, the chief justice was compelled to make a ruling in favour of Hernandez basing on Garcia’s argument. Although it is true that Hernandez killed Joe Epinosa, this decision was bound to save the rest of the Mexican-Americans from the infamous exclusion of legal matters and widespread violation of human rights. (Prince, 2010) It is also though thiruling that the Civil rights of Mexican-Americans were recognized.

ReferencePrince, R. (2010). A Class Apart (review). Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies, 40(2), 131–134.