Chicano

need to just to fit in. In the story Always Running by Luis Rodriguez, it shares the themes of equal opportunities , poverty, and violence, which also the poems “ I am Joaquin” and “Watts Bleeds” share. Equal opportunities means that each one of the Chicanos fought to be treated the same as the Americans, “Gringos.” Poverty was them…

they have to do. Sandra Cisneros’ short story collection Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories discusses the issues that most Chicana women go through in this country. Sandra Cisneros portrays the sense of otherness, fears, battles and worries Chicano women experience in their lives. The two barbies in the story “Barbie-Q” the little girls play with portray the oppression of one culture by the dominant culture. When they play with the dolls, one of the girls tells the other one, “Yours is the…

The racial conflicts between the south and the west in the 1900's had its similarities and differences. In the South, African Americans were being segregated and they were living in a closed society which eventually led to the civil rights movement (Henretta Pg 817). In the West Mexican Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans were being discriminated for their race and background which led to movements and nationalism (Henretta Pg 845). Even though many African Americans in the…

Some people believe the key to fixing a judgemental and prejudiced society is to rid ourselves of the idea of diversity, and to believe we are all the same. While I do agree that that we are all human beings and should be treated as such, I do not think we should discard the idea of diversity. Ultimately, I believe that we should celebrate diversity, not ignore it. As a child, my parents encouraged me to, whenever I felt out of place or different, tell myself that if everyone were the same, the…

“Si se puede” slogan of the movement. She is a recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Award, a recipient of the Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship, and the founder of the Dolores Huerta Foundation. Dolores Huerta is an incredibly inspiring Chicano figure whose legacy has no doubt been undermined by the fact that she is a female. On April 10, 1930, Dolores Huerta was born as Dolores Fernández in the town of Dawson, New México. Her parents, Juan and Alicia, were divorced by the time…

speech. In Gloria’s essay, she informs the reader how she experienced sexism. “The first time I heard two women, a Puerto Rican and a Cuban, say the word “nosotras”, I was shocked” In other words, Gloria had no knowledge that the word existed since Chicanos have always used the “nosotros” whether it be male or female. Many believe that females were robbed of the female being by the masculine plural. The Spanish language is a male discourse. Another educational issue in America is schools not…

promises and injustices that followed the negotiation. I am researching the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo because I want to know more about the motives for why it was proposed, the consequences that followed, and the effects on the Euro-American and Chicano societies that are still affected by it many decades later. The Mexican-American war began in 1948 after the United States claimed that American blood had been shed on American land. But many politicians continued to question why American…

My parents grew up in the only neighborhood in 1960s Phoenix zoned for Blacks and Mexicans. That neighborhood, South Phoenix, was also the only place in 517 square miles of city zoned for waste dumps, sewage treatment, and mercury-spewing cement plants. The federal government began trying to desegregate Phoenix in the 1970s, but my parents stayed south. They didn’t have much of a choice: they were priced out of anywhere else. Right out of high school, my dad began putting in long hours driving…

“Segregation in the judicial branch is the timeless bellow of racism in the USA” Segregation on all levels based on race and ethnicity was inalienable in the american society all the way up until around the 1950’s and although the NAACP as well as the Chicano (hispanic civil rights movement) countless times tried to reason with judicial authorities, the political position in which these groups found themselves until the 1960s made it difficult for them to advance their interests through a…

Sylvia Morales served as the producer in Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement, a 1996 documentary which illustrated the Mexican-American civil rights movement.Migrant farmer workers were plagued with nothing but the consequences of poverty. In their environment, they made only a few dollars a day, sacred resources, and limited opportunities for an education. The farm workers were stuck in a trapped cycle of hard work with barely a chance to move up socially. There was…