Essay On Being Mexican American

Being Mexican American I believed I had a bit of an unfair advantage taking this course. I was looking forward to learning more about my culture and myself but at the back of my mind I believed I would already know some of the material. I am very happy to say that I have learned a lot more than I expected. I have learned a lot about Hispanic cultures other than mine, politics, and economics, and many other topics but off all the things we covered in class the three that most stuck out to me were the early history of Latinos in the US, learning about privilege, and educational achievement of Latinos.
The very first module, for me, had the most new information. Being Mexican American I thought I knew the history of the US and a general sense of Mexican history. I knew about the Mexican American war and treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo but I had never put any thought into the lives …show more content…
I thought it was very interesting to learn about preimage. It is something we often hear about but never really discuss or learn about in a classroom setting (at least not in most classes taken by STEM students). I think it is important to acknowledge that we all have certain privileges and that they shouldn’t be taken for granted. I may be gay and Latino and those are targeted areas but I also have privilege for being a man, cis gender, able bodied, middle socioeconomic Statius, and Christian. It reminds me that I can use my privilege support others who aren’t as privileged. I especially think it is important to discuss these topics due to the current presidency and political climate. The president has been very vocal about his personal feelings towards memories and Latinos and Arab Americans in particular. Growing up as a minority in rural Iowa I experienced some racism, but I believe do to Trumps comments people feel emboldened to say and do racist things. I believe learn about privilege right now is more important than