Chicano Moratorium

Systematic Denial of Human Rights The fire moved quickly through the house, a one-story wood-frame structure in Corsicana Texas. Flames spread along the walls, plunging through doorways, blistering paint and tiles, and blackening furniture. Smoke pressed against the ceiling, seeping through each room and every window crevice, billowing into the morning sky. Inside the house, children screaming “Daddy, Daddy!” and neighbors lining the streets to watch the commotion. The fire deemed a triple…

The legal definition of the death penalty in Merriam-Webster is death as punishment with reference to a crime. The death penalty also known as capital punishment is a fancy word for legally killing people (Amsterdam). Since 1796 there have been 1,434 people who have been executed through capital punishment. Currently approximately 3,300 people still await execution in the United States.This form of punishment is expensive, cruel, violates human rights, and an execution of the innocent could very…

In Stephen Nathanson’s book, An Eye for an Eye, he argues against capital punishment by discussing the problems of the most common argument for the death penalty: the Equal Punishment Principle. He also discusses the problems with sub-category theories of the Equal Punishment Principle: quality/proportional retributivism, and ends by offering the reader what abolishing the death penalty would grant to society. Nathanson believes the Equal Punishment Principle if fallible, because it is difficult…

“ Chicano is derived from an old Aztec word meaning rebel and…the Spaniards used the word Chicano to refer to the Aztecs who never gave up the battle”. ( Mariscal, George. Brown-Eyed Children Of The Sun. pg. 27”). This topic of Chicano Activists relates to Chicano History class because from 1966 to 1974 Mexicans experienced a big transformation. There were a lot of militant protest politics. The youth was a major part of the movement, they participated in a lot of events. There were leadership…

Martinez compared the difficult and unfortunate events of the Vietnamese people to what Chicanos went through. “Moral outrage against the war in Southeast Asia spread among Chicanos, propelling militancy in the Chicano barrios” (Acuna 321). The anti-Vietnam war movement united Mexican together. Organization in Los Angeles such as the Congress of Mexican American Unity (CMAU) that consisted of 300 L.A organizations. Chicano activists began to organize in order to protest against the war. “Rosalio…

asked myself as I walked along Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles. This street, along with Broadway street in Downtown Los Angeles, hold an important piece of history due to the fact that many significant events have occurred there. The 1970 Chicano Moratorium, for example, took place on Whittier Boulevard and immigration rallies have taken place in Downtown Los Angeles leaving an important remembrance on these streets’ history. While walking through Whittier Boulevard, I felt a strong…

towards attaining dignity to the Treaty of Guadalupe, in an effort towards gaining an equal playing field on the areas of education, and land attainment. As mentioned by Chao-Romero, this pride in one’s identity has lead many to recognize that the Chicano@ community face harder circumstances in terms of access to the “pond” (Romero, PPT, 10/12/15). Nonetheless cultural pride to this day motivates many to work towards equality. This aspect of the definition in itself is immensely crucial because…

Many of these groups would actively protest the war for example the “Chicano moratorium” which was a anti war protest in the 70’s.They were outraged by the high amount of casualties of the minority groups in the Vietnam war.Around 20% of the casualties during the war were chicanos while only being 10%of the population of the military(PPT:Vietnam).this was due to segregated units and those units being placed on the front lines…