Chicano

rights was almost like tell a white man come here and kill me or beat me. King would eventually be killed be Charles Ray; however his cause would live on and set in motion for other minorities to fight for the rights like the Lincoln high walkouts and Chicano movement for equality. Martin King Jr. proved to be a positive person who fought for the rights of others and risking himself which basically makes a hero too many others around the United States of America. And although minorities still…

In Shadow of a Man, the author focuses on a more specific racial group, Chicano families. And in addition to that, the major character Lupe is a lesbian. This double-marginalized identity gives Lupe even more confusion and frustration than characters in Death of a Salesman. Fortunately, the suicide of Manuel, Lupe’s father, at…

fifties and sixties, despite their eagerness to integrate more fully into American society, Mexican Americans were still treated as "outsiders" by mainstream American culture. Despite their push for civil rights throughout the 1960s and the 1970s, many Chicanos still faced discrimination that limited opportunities for advancement. By 1983, when The House on Mango Street was published, stringent U.S. immigration laws had long limited the number of Mexicans who were allowed to immigrate to the…

The House on Mango Street. By. Sandra Cisneros. New York: A Division of Random House, Inc., 1984. 110 pages. Paperback. $5.00. In her book, “The House on Mango Street”, author Sandra Cisneros documents through a series of vignettes the life experiences of a young girl, Esperanza, whose living situation is not one that she prefers, she describes the struggles, dilemmas and embarrassments that this young girl has to endure throughout her life in a place that is difficult for her to call home. The…

between Pachuco and Henry, “Pachuco: Forget the war overseas, carnal! Your war is on the homefront. Henry (with the new resolve): What do you mean? Pachuco: The barrio needs you, carnal. Fight back! Stand up to them with some style. Show the world a Chicano has balls. Hang tough. You can take it. Remember, Pachuco Yo! Henry (assuming the style):…

side. However, Gloria believed that the only traditionaly customs she wouldn’t follow we’re the one’s that hold her back from reaching her goals. Upon reading the book, Gloria mentioned: Humildes yet proud, quietos yet wild, nosotros los Mexicano-Chicanos will walk by the crumbling ashes as we go about our business. Stubborn, persevering, impenetrable as stone, yet possessing a malleability that renders us unbreakable, we, the mestizas and mestizos, will remain. This quote…

learned that we should be aware of what other communities have in relation to what we have available to us. I agree with the author that all people deserve food security, which means the ability to have access to food. It made me happy to know that Chicano families could grow food relative to their culture, because being of Mexican descent, I know how important it is to keep our culture alive through the foods we eat. I also I agree that growing organic is important because then you are…

I learned to stand up for my beliefs and values because my beliefs and values make up a huge part of my identity. The first time I noticed my conversion was in my CHS-100 class. One day, our class was having a discussion on prejudice of Chicanos and how Chicanos have to hide their heritage. In my opinion, I thought the discussion was interesting because I can relate from personal experience of prejudice in the United States as being a Latino. Based on the discussion, I realized the prejudice I…

Spanish fluidity. On the last part of Caramelo (2002) Celaya comes to terms with her bicultural identity and goes over the experience of living in the United States zona fronteriza where the debate between what it means to be Mexican, American and/or Chicano was very relevant. Lala defends her identity by arguing that she is “Mexican, even though [she] was born on the U.S. side of the border” (353). Her identification as Mexican caused her confrontations with her Chicana peers due to her…

Second wave feminism was also part of a widespread social change movement such as the Black Civil Rights Movement, Anti-Vietnam Movement, Chicano Rights Movement, Asian-American Civil Rights Movement, Gay and Lesbian Movement and many other groups fighting for equality. Second-wave feminism spread through small groups where women joined together to discuss how sexism affected their life, work…