Chicano

Rudy Acuna is one of the founding fathers of the Chicano Studies Department that supported the incorporation of Ethnic Studies in our college education. In his interview composed by Dr. Gabriel Buelna, Acuna mentioned all the work and effort that has been put into building Chicano studies. Acuna declared that the future of Chicano Studies is in jeopardy due to the great diversity of cultures and the ignorance of Americans. In my opinion,…

He wanted to promote the equalization of schooling for Hispanic children, so that they would be given a chance to pursue future careers and more productive lives. March of 1968 rattled the pedestrian homes of East Los Angeles, when a mass of Chicano students walked out of their schools in retaliation to the injustice, and maltreatment…

During the twentieth century: these years represent the height of racism and segregation in the United States of America. It is signifying a time when black, Chicano and white Americans were detached from one another. These years symbolize a moment where interactions among the races appeared morally corrupt. Which led to the playwright of A Raisin in the Sun, where the author portraying the relation of her play to the racism that white Americans have toward the black. The play explored not…

how they kept their habits and traditions. -While not being able to comfortably speak in her native tongue, Anzaldua had experiences of conflict with her sense of self, she describes the economic discrimination people would face when speaking in Chicano Spanish, and how being told from childhood that one's language is wrong can devastate one's identity and self-estimation.…

II Numerous racial groups participated in World War II such as African American, Native Americans, Chicanos, and Asian Pacific Americans. Each racial group played a big part in helping with the Second World War. They all served for the military, mainly so they would be recognized as American citizens and finally get the opportunity to be treated equally. African American, Native American, Chicanos and Asian Pacific Americans like the Filipinos were discriminated, and treated unfairly, many went…

High School who before him had never had a calculus class before but he decided to take the students a step farther and believe that all of this students could pass the AP test for calculus. Unlike other savior movies in these film the savior is a Chicano/Latino who only wants to make his students succeeded. These shows that minorities don’t need a white savior that they could help themselves and they could overcome the adversity of other not believing that they accomplished their…

‘nosotras’, I was shocked. I had not known the word existed. Chicanos use ‘nosotros’ whether we’re male or female” (168). This quote shows that not all Spanish speaking countries are the same so they should not all be lumped together as Mexican because that is robbing millions of their identity, linguistically and ethnically. This quote is also evidence that different languages do show differences in cultures and upbringings. Here Anzaldúa, a Chicano, overhears two other Hispanic women speaking…

I. Summary It starts off in 1960, when a Mexican movement is created in response to anger and frustration. In California and Texas they urged better human treatment in the fields and in New Mexico fought to reclaim once owned land. They soon realized that without political power they would remain second class citizens. So they began a Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. They eventually accomplished there movement through the Raza Unida power. Poll Taxes and literacy and the incapability to…

compact commentary, Melissa taps into a few major themes discussed in Borderlands.” One of which is the spiritual vs the physical frontier, “The author uses an amalgamation of both English and Spanish discusses the internal tribulations she and other Chicanos face when it comes to fitting the mold…

wrote “Gloria Anzaldúa: La Gran Nueva Mestiza Theorist, Writer, Activist Scholar” to address the theories and concepts that have influenced and transformed her personal life and academic work. The author claims that Anzaldua became the voice of the Chicano community and has made an unforgettable…