Bandidos

In order to defend police brutality, the police create a narrative that paints Latinos as criminals. From bandidos to gang members, Latinos have been labeled as criminals in the eyes of the law. In the case of Julio Valerio, the police and the media worked together to craft a story that Julio was a violent gang member. Both groups made sure to emphasis that Julio had a history of drug abuse and issues with the law. Even as the Latino community began to rally up against this racism, they get…

Kilowatt: Third Generation Ultra (working title) He felt the rain pelt away at his suit as he watched intently through the filthy glass window. He could barely make out what the men in the warehouse were doing. Some recon mission. I’m so tired of him holding my hand like this. It was supposed to help mask his movements, and any noise he might make. For him, it was his training wheels, and he was ready to ride on his own. “Hey, Pop, ease up on the storm will ya? I can’t hear anything over your…

farmers were assimilated as Anglo-Texans, because they transformed the pioneer ranch country into a modern farm world were new classes, new social relations, new definitions, and new symbols. For instance, in page 225 “the word of Mexican vaquero and bandidos had passed for most of the region…” this characterization constituted the primary language in which segregation was discusses and assessed among the…

The department of Homeland security documents that of the 11.4 million illegal immigrants into the United States, 59% are Mexicans. However, Urrea’s message introduces the thought that, Mexicans do not come into the United States out of will but out of desperation. This is the message that the book Into the Beautiful North carries. Luis Alberto Urrea is a Mexican American immigrant who immigrated into the United States due the plagues and diseases that had infested his home back in Tijuana. He…

A social bandit is someone “who is considered an outlaw by the legitimate law, while remaining a hero to the populace”(Occupied America, 144). A good example of a social bandit in today’s time would be Batman aka Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne shares many of the same characteristics to be considered a social bandit. Bruce witnessed his parent’s death first hand by the hands of a robber and vowed from that day to fight crime and rid the city of Gotham from criminals. As Bruce became Batman he helped…

The Mexican Revolution allowed for Mexico to develop national heroes in different capacities. Two of these men Pancho Villa and Emilliano Zapata represented the idea of giving a voice to groups that were marginalized during the Porfiriato period. Zapata and Villa never had the opportunity to lead Mexico in a presidential capacity but were still influential figures. Villa and Zapata were two personalities that expressed Mexican sentiment before, during, and after the Mexican revolution. Although…

The government has the responsibility to make sure that the community is safe. Sometimes the government has to enforce laws that breach certain rights in order to protect the safety of the community. This essay will explore the issue of human rights in relation to Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMCG) by examining: the history of the issue; the current law; stakeholders and their interests; positive and negative aspects of the legal situation; and recommendations for change. In Australia there has…

In the novel Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea, he uses many different tools to help tell this story. This novel is about a young Mexican woman who sets out to the United States to bring back men to save their village from the bandidos, and to find her father who set out looking for work years ago. He eventually just stopped writing or sending money. Urrea has a great understanding of each side of the border since he was born in Mexico to an American mother and Mexican father. At a…

For a long time Mexicans have been blamed for many setbacks that have occurred. They have been exploited and taken advantage of, never acknowledged for their hard work. They were seen as communist and were to blame for the depression and loss of jobs in America as well. A handful of Mexicans were deported and were used for working purposes as contracts were made to have them work in the U.S. In 1929 the U.S. economy was in a fragile state where 2/3 of the population were living in a household…

In Sophie Treadwell’s expressionistic play Machinal the audience is taken through the journey of the life of a young woman named Helen. The main character lives in a machine-like world. Everything and everyone runs like a machine. They all follow a basic plan and routine. The difference between the rest of the world and the main character is that she does not want to follow the same plan as everyone else. She wants to branch out and find her path. As the audience goes through each scene, they…