Chicano

cafeteria. That incident cost him recess and a fieldtrip. Dad says he didn’t care; he just wanted to defend his Spanish name. It wasn’t the first time he had gotten into trouble for speaking. I agree with Anzaldua, we need to withhold our language as Chicanos, “tenemos que acer la lucha.” We must try to continue our language so that it does not die out. Our tongue, our culture, and traditions are too…

questions about human smugglers, is dangerous. For example, individuals were unable to ask any questions about the catastrophe because it elicited three different warnings about being “shot in the head” (p. 60). Urrea explains the days of the “Chicano” heading home to the barrio after “hitting the bars” is extinct because these large organizations are taking over the market and if anyone gets in their way they will not hesitate to tie someone to put a .9mm luger in their brain" (p. 60). In…

bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” He later adds, with Mexico’s money he would build a very inexpensive great wall that would be built on the southern border of the United States causing him to lose the Hispanic, Latino, and Chicano votes. Furthermore, in his Foreign policy speech he says that a new immigration policy…

direct ways to move up the economic ladder, which was what I consider pursing before I decided on medical school. Education is a less rigorous field compare to medical school, which provides Latinos economic mobility. We saw this back during the Chicano movement. The G.I. Bill allowed many Latinos attend higher education where they became professor, which influence the youth to start the…

listed as a previous option],” (“About-About Hispanic Origin”). The first category on the census pertaining to ethnicity, was for individuals who did not identify as as Hispanic/Latino and the remaining categories included, “Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano”; “Puerto Rican”; “Cuban”; and “another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin,” along with write in answers that the OMB would later use to define the Hispanic category (The United States Central Bureau). Using the racial and ethnic categories…

Over the course of this semester we have looked at several ethnic groups and their adversities. Although we have seen them separately that is not to say that their challenges have solely affected them as a single group. In actuality we have seen similarities in the ways that the oppressed are marginalized, across both time and space. This ushers in the notion that races are relational to each other, these groups although seemingly having different histories can actually show more resemblances…

Delano Agricultural Worker Organize Committee was mostly Filipino grape picker went on strike for higher paid. The AWOC's leader Phillip Vera Cruz knew that to have a successful strike not only Filipino worker involved, but also adding Mexican and Chicano workers in Delano. He reached out to Chavez and the NFWA, which give him the support to expand the strike and form a union…

The Asian American Movement The Asian American Movement began in the late 1960s and continued throughout the 70s and 80s. The earliest and key moments of this movement began in California. Many factors contributed to the movement as Americans of Asian descents joined together to fight their shared persecution and to rally for acknowledgement and acceptance. The term “Oriental was replaced by “Asian American” as a clear message that Americans of Asian descents should be recognized as equals and…

Introduction: Do you ever get that feeling you’re not being treated equally, as if the odd aren’t in your favor? Do you ever say “This isn’t fair?” Racism is still prevalent in today’s society, we see it almost every day. Walking past your television and reading “Cop guns down unarmed Black/Latino/Asian.” It’s hard to think that it used to be worse, but it was. Imagine living every day being oppressed, not being able to use most bathrooms, not getting an equal education. Building you up to fail.…

Los Vendidos Analysis Culture Clash consists of a group of comedians, playwrights, performers, and combinations there of. This groups strives to create plays that discuss social and political issues and embrace different cultures. One of the plays that fell under that category, and helped influence the creation of Culture Clash, is Los Vendidos. Los Vendidos, is a play written by Luis Valdez in 1967, was created help to communicate a message to audiences about how Mexicans are often viewed…