Rio Grande

John Cowan Instructor: Dr. Jerry Garcia ES100-1 – Midterm Exam March 4, 2016 Evaluating Experience Throughout the course of American history, particular ethnic groups have experienced and conquered a high level of adversity to solidify their presence in today’s society. These experiences have varied based on a multitude of factors. Perhaps the ethnic group with the most history relative to American adversity is Mexican Americans. Ever since the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 Mexican culture has…

Elisa is an educator with a school district in North East Texas, a wife, and a mother of two young children. She was born in McAllen, Texas and shortly after her birth her family moved to Reynosa, Tamaulipas Mexico, where she was raised by her mother and father. She is the eldest child, with two younger siblings. Elisa has lived in North East Texas for about ten years now and is the only child that does not currently live in Reynosa, Tamaulipas Mexico. Although she communicates regularly…

when the slogans become discriminative against men. The biggest example of this is the "The Future Is Female" top which originated in 1972, made for Labyris Books which was the first women's bookstore to open in New York City by Jane Lurie and Marizel Rios. After this, it then gained a viral attraction in 1975 when a photo was taken by Liza Cowan of the musician Alix Dobkin came to light. Since then shops such as Peacocks, Matalan, Missguided, ASOS, and several others…

On January 20, 2017, those who deemed Trump's ideas absurd, were filled with concern. Two headlines drove Trump’s campaign: Immigration and Terrorism. So far, in his first one hundred days in office, he has been actively keeping his word by signing executive orders and revealing future policy for his promises. Whether he has the power to follow through with his claims is questioned by many. With Congress consisting of mostly Republicans, and all of his cabinet nominees similar in mindset to him,…

The Latinos in the United States is a dense process that enabled the U.S to expand towards the South and the West. And so, with the annexation of Texas and California it created a variety of push and pull factors that enabled the United States to thrive and grow exponentially. Therefore, it is helpful to understand the annexation process in order to analyze the effects the U.S had in South America. Consequently, this enables us to understand the Puerto Rican and Mexican migration towards to…

tension erupted into war. Texans fought in many battles only to lose, but at San Jacinto, Sam Huston defeated Santa Anna’s Mexican army. Houston forced Anna to sign papers declaring that Texas was independent, and that Texas’s southern border was the Rio Grande. After Santa Anna got back to safety, he reputed those signatures and did not recognize Texas as an independent nation. Texas, however, asked the US for statehood, but we said no in hope to avoid conflicts over Mexico. Texas was just the…

The journey of immigrants is one that has become a controversial topic recently. It is a topic that is receiving mass amounts of media coverage lately in the United States. No other journalist has taken the extreme measures that Sonia Nazario has, in order for her to write Enrique’s Journey. Sonia Nazario reproduces the extensive journey taken by Enrique in order to reunite with his mother in the United States. Enrique, the protagonist of her novel, faces many difficulties over his 1,200-mile…

Domestic Violence and Advocacy Khan, Kapoor, and Cooraswamy, (2000) asserts that aggression against females happens in every nation, and touches every margins of values, socioeconomic class, schooling, earnings, race, and age. Numerous cultures and nations prohibit aggression against females; nevertheless, realism is that coercion against female’s human rights are frequently authorized under the disguise of cultural performances and customs, and misconception of spiritual doctrines (Khan et al,…

Desert Blood/ Juarez murder is a mystery story by Alicia Gaspar De Alba. Gasper De Alba is a famous novelist and poet who has written a lot of historical novels and poems. She also wrote scholarly articles about Chicana art sensuality and customs. The story is a fictional mystery novel where the author reveals the epidemic of young women and girls who are brutally killed in the US –Mexico borders since the year 1993. The story is a biography as the author explains the events that happened to…

cruelty of American expansionist. James K. Polk did the same thing. The acquisition of California was his main objective. He obtained California by signing “The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed February 1848” setting the boundary of Texas at the Rio Grande and ceded New Mexico. Polk ignored race equality. The men that Polk sent “lost all respect for Mexican’s rights and were willing to be an instrument for Mr. Polk for pushing our boundary as far west as possible.” Racial inequality played a…