Brownsville

The professor is a dropout by Beth Johnson is an interesting biography depicting the life of Lupe Quintanilla. Lupe is currently an assistant professor at the University of Houston. Despite being called a retard and humiliated by her teachers after dropping out of first grade, she struggled to read and learn English to become the respected person that she is in the society today. She disproved all her teachers who mocked her including her children for being slow learners. The achievement that…

sure she explained that I must follow her rules at all times. I hated getting whippings so I found it easier to just listen to what she asked me to do. When I was twelve-years-old she told me we were moving to a rural area of the town we live in, Brownsville, Tennessee. I despised the idea of moving because I made a lot of friends where I lived. However, we still ended up moving, but she let me pick the house…

After a decade of Republican presidents, rose Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democratic president. The Great Depression had led the United States into wreckage. Even after ten years of the Great Depression, families did not earn enough money for a living in the United States. Each family needed more money than sixty percent of the Americans earned (). In 1932, around two million Americans were homeless, who became wanderers. With them were the victims of starvation and malnutrition. Men lost their…

Racism was still a fact of the progressive era, and southern white people had little sympathy for blacks, which is shown in President Roosevelt’s dealing of the Brownsville incident, where he was involved in a mass lynching of 167 black men who’s guilt was never questioned (Hewitt, 502) Northern whites still favored segregation. Many progressives were interested in political power than the interests of the people…

The two facilities that Goldstein worked with were in Brooklyn; they were the Brownsville Neighborhood Community Youth Action Center and Youth D.A.R.E.S (dynamic alternatives for rehabilitation through educational services) (Goldstein, 11). Focusing on members in the same gang Goldstein conducted three 4-month sequences of ART” to the…

Construction of the border wall between the United States and Mexico have instigated debates amongst U.S. citizens, politicians, and the Mexican community. For this purpose, this paper will show positive cause for the building of the wall. Furthermore this paper will dive into some of the positive aspects that have arisen from other barrier walls throughout history. Arguments showing favoritism for the border being built between the U.S. and Mexico will be supported be several sources. On one…

The summer breeze brushed past my sundress as I walked down the lane. My over-sized brown boots dragging on the ground. The vibrant sunlight kissing my face with its glory as it peeks through the leafy branches of each tree overhead. As I pass friendly faces down the street my smile starts to widen. The laughter and neighborly conversation that surrounds me as I stride further along the lane fills me with joy and happiness. The sights and sounds that penetrate the atmosphere around me are only…

Community policing can build this trust through a positive interaction between the police and the community members. This can be done through simple things such as meetings or community gatherings at certain functions. The school district police in Brownsville, Texas for instance have a yearly even called the “Bike Rodeo”. This event allows for the community adults to come to a campus with their children and enjoy some free festivities. Some of the things offered are how to maintain a bicycle,…

Every year, hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants cross the border. A large percentage of these immigrants have nowhere to live and the only way to get by is by obtaining jobs that are tedious and pay less than minimum wage. Pro stakeholders of the DREAM Act include politicians such as Dick Durbin and Luis Vicente, immigrant organizations such as the American Immigration Council, and the Department of Defense. Some proponents, such as the Department of Defense, agree that the DREAM Act…

My First Trip to Mexico It was one early December morning around 10 am, I receive a phone call from an unsual number. I didnt really recongnize. I answer the phone curiously wondering who it could be "hello..." in response, I get a answer in Spanish "Hola soy tu abela de Mexico, como andas hijo?" (hello I'm your grandmother from Mexico, how are you son?) I'm feeling shocked I haven't spoke with my grandmother since my 10th birthday, The moment sunk in feeling happy and excited. "Hola…