Chicano

The slides were very clear and clean, what had surprised me the most was that chicanos or lower class students wanted to be treated equal as everyone else. The students would protest because they were receiving books that were torn and ruined, the desks were all torn and broken. One of the ways I related to the walk outs is how our…

When we use the word normal to describe someone, some may take it to mean that they are valid while others may take it to mean that they are bland and not special. Depending on the context, it can mean either of those things. Normality cannot exist without its counterpart, abnormality. Abnormality can simply refer to something that is different, something that is uncommon or unconventional but many times there are certain connotations associated with different words synonymous to abnormal. Words…

Starting school at WVC has made me stop being such a big procrastinator, even though there have been occasions where I have left my work aside for later. Starting college was a big wakeup call meaning I have been trying to stay on top of everything including studying and getting my work done. When I work I usually don’t have time to do my homework so I leave it for the next day. When I skip my homework, I tell myself that I will do it soon, or wake up early in the morning to do it. Anther times…

The image of La Virgen has been present throughout most of our lives. From our homes to the murals in our communities. Growing up in a Hispanic/ Latino community it’s the norm to see her image either in tattoos, candles, shirts, posters, cars as well as in our churches and grocery stores. Historically, speaking her image has been used politically for instance, Cesar Chavez used her image, during the Mexican War for Independence her image was used as well. The image of La Virgen has evolved…

Project 1 For this project, I decided to do research on American sociologist, W.E.B Dubois, and American teacher of Latino studies, Julian Samora. I chose W.E.B Dubois because he was one of the first to influence sociology by performing exploratory research in African American communities during the time period of the civil rights movement. I also choose to write about Julian Samora because I found the topics of his research on Mexican Americans interesting. William Edward Burghardt Dubois was…

The essay “Only Daughter” by Sandra Cisneros was taken from the book “Latina Women’s voice from the Borderland”. Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954. Born to a Mexican father and a Chicano mother. During her childhood, she moved frequently and she also visited her paternal grandmother in Mexico a lot. Cisneros novel "The House on Mango Street," about a young Latina woman coming of age in Chicago has sold more than two million copies she also won two fellowships from the National…

Fortunately, the neighborhood where they reside is an immigrant neighborhood. This, in a way, helps them to adjust to the U.S. life. A lady took Rosa to work in a clothing factory where most of the employers are the undocumented immigrants. Even though Rosa could not speak English, she can get the job by having other immigrants as her ‘sponsor.’ As illustrated in this film, immigrants tend to reside in a certain area. Flor Moreno (Spanglish) feels at home, once she arrived at the neighborhood…

Two Worlds, One Cause We live in a diverse world, where by culture migrate and interact with each other. There are benefits to it such as sharing of traditions and interacting with new surroundings but the deeper root if the problem is very evident in many situations. Wooldridge explains that less than thirty years ago, persons used to refer to themselves as simply “Americans” but now they are divide themselves as being: African-Americans, Korean-Americans etc. In other words, they do not hold…

The Clean Water Act was passed by the Congress in 1972. This Act protects all the “waters of the United States” and it still remains one of the most important tools that is used to try and protect our waters. This a good example of one public policy in place now that aims to improve some aspect of environmental sustainability because it regulates pollutant leaks into the water. With lots of streams at risk of pollution, our drinking water also is at risk with fish and wildlife species being at…

American trade union leader, born March 31, 1927 near Yuma (Arizona) and died on April 23, 1993 in St. Louis (Arizona). Cesar Chavez was the founder of the unit of agricultural workers, who, since 1964, brought together migrant laborers, most of them Hispanic, to fight for the improvement of their working conditions. Cesar Chavez belonged to a family of Mexican immigrants employed in agricultural work. His childhood was stage a succession of fields of work between California and Arizona, which…