Chicano

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…

used in war zones to kill innocent men who are assumed guilty of being a terrorist because it is against our international laws. Drones should also not be used as surveillance in societies where terrorism is the governments last concern—such as the Chicano communities in California, and all around the United States of America because it is a violation of the Fourth Amendment. If they could spy on us, why are we not allowed to spy on them? What are they hiding that we cannot know? Also, what are…

A Rude Awakening Despite the fact that today we live in a nation full of opportunities for success and an upward social mobility achieved through hard work, many people want more. Oftentimes in life, people wish for things they do not have. Regardless of how hard people wish on a shooting star or on birthday candle, the wishes never seemed to be answered. Many people have felt that disappointment on their birthday when they realize that they were never going to get what they wanted. This novel…

we see how the Honest Sancho is trying to make a living in something that is clearly rightful in many ways. The dialogue between the Secretary and the Sancho reveals that although she has a history of Chicano heritage by her last name she is not very fond of the people or culture of being a Chicano. She has an “Anglo pronunciation” of her last name. When the Sancho speaks Spanish is asks “”Don’t you speak English? What’s wrong with you?”” (Valdez, 1990). The dialogue that each of the four men…

Slide 1 This is Carmen Lomas Garza a Chicana artist who depicts a cultural lifestyle of your everyday Hispanic family. Garza’s artwork places me in a trance of my own life as a child and now as an adult. Her paintings take me to a wonderful place which is mi familia. Slide 2 Carmen Lomas Garza was born on September 12, 1948 in Kingsville, Texas. Where she and her family resided in a tight-knit Hispanic community where both English and Spanish was spoken. However, Spanish was not allowed to…

1. The films I watched were Stand and Deliver directed by Ramon Menendez and Walkout directed by Edward James Olmos. Both of these films are similar with one another in some aspects. To begin with, they both take place in Los Angeles and depict Chicano students’ struggles in education. First, they both portray student experiences with the language barrier at schools. To further explain, students first learn Spanish at home, as their first language. Later, when they attend school, these children…

Gender roles and masculinity are social themes that are frequently discussed in our society and apply uniquely to Latin@ culture. ‘Macho’ is simply the Spanish translation of ‘male,’ but it has taken on connotations that relate to having masculine qualities. In the context of Latin America, ‘machismo’ is a term that relates to male sexuality; it is “a concept that dictates many aspects of Latin American male behavior,” (Kobashigawa). Such qualities are performative in that men and women are…

High School vs. College; Oh no they are different! Many people may think college classrooms and high school classrooms are the same because they have the primary structures of a classroom and both of them are considered to be a learning environment. The truth is they do not contain as much similarities as people may think such as appearance, classroom sizes, and the age difference. Doctor Drew C. Appleby, from the psychology network states, “College classes and professors are going to be…

Jose City College, I have taken many useful courses that led to various outside experiences, which have resulted in my preparation for Community Studies. I took an ethnic studies course that was called Chicano/a Studies, where I learned about the cultural history and its application to the Chicano/a community. This course not only broaden my knowledge about my own history, it led me to join MEChA. MEChA is a student organization that promotes involvement in both education and politics in order…

The climate for hispanic in North America, particularly in the United States and Mexico during the 19th and early 20th century were riddled with racism and the oppression often overlooked, despite their contributions to the United States. There were some variation to the severity of the racism and to the extent that the people worked together. To understand this hostility we must look at the underlying causes, which stemmed from the Mexican War. The end of the Mexican War was called to an end…