Mexican American

The transition of Mexicans into American communities is full of issues. Many Mexicans do not speak English, and do not try to learn once they’re there. This is due to them living in a closed Mexican community which means they have less exposure to English speaking Americans. The segregation of the Mexican community can create tension between migrants and locals, which in some cases can lead to crime and violence. A large amount of people in America are fluent in Spanish, so the necessity to learn English is not there. However, it is now more common for Spanish to be taught in American schools, which widens the skill set of the younger population and improving potential career opportunities. This does slightly ease the social tension as it enables…

Foundation Mexican Americans have a substantial history. There are some components of economical, political and social history of Mexican Americans. First, there are many economical events and factors that have been apart of Mexican American’s history. For instance, The Great Depression had a tremendous effect on Mexican Americans. In the time of the Great Depression, many businesses, farms, and factories went out of business. Because of this, many people lost their jobs, including many Mexican…

a better life. For many Minorities specially Mexican American 's this means a better life than being a farmer, construction worker or homemaker as their parents have done in order to bring their children to a better country with much more opportunities than their homelands. The wanting for education to be Americanized and to match the level of resources due to the students race and parents income is where the structure is failing. CRT (Critical Race Theory) and Community culture wealth are the…

Identify each person’s class, race, and gender. Class: Lower Race: Haitian American (migrated to the U.S. in 2000) Gender: Male I will be calling my first interviewee Jason. Jason migrated to the U.S. in 2000 he came to American for a better opportunity. Class: (Lower) today (Higher) Race: Mexican American Gender: Male I will be calling this interviewee Paul. Paul was born in the U.S. he owns his own landscaping business. What role has class, race, and gender played in their lives? How do you…

Mexican-Americans have been labeled socially in America numerous times and each one hasn’t been much different than the previous. With this being said, Mexicans in America have had difficulties trying to establish themselves into American society while either assimilating into the Anglo-Saxon culture or defying the Anglo-Saxons’ by enforcing their own. Regardless they were heavily faced with discrimination among the Euro-Americans throughout the course of Post Mexican-American War and up until…

Becerra, “The traditional Mexican familia (“family”) meant an extended, multigenerational group within which specific social roles were ascribed to specific persons.” Which is by dividing the functions and responsibilities among different generations of family members, “la familia was able to perform all the economic and social support chores necessary for survival in the relatively Spartan life circumstances of the rural Mexican environment” (Becerra). Mexican American families usually work and…

Mexican Americans role in the war a vital need for the fight against Nazi fascism their role in the war changed how things went during the war. Since they were vital to the war they often were placed in certain areas that spoke Spanish. Since many Mexican Americans spoke Spanish their skills were utilized for example, the nationalww2museum.org wrote an article stating this very fact that I would like to reference “their fluency in Spanish was invaluable when serving with Spanish speaking…

is a community of small Mexican restaurants painted in reds and greens… where people and their complicated lives spill into the streets” (p.15). From the Mexican students who did attend school that did not live in LA “just over a quarter had completed high school, while in Los Angeles as a whole 62 percent had high school degrees” (p.16). The Mexican community was tired of discrimination, and had to put a stop to this even if it called for walkouts and marches. A new generation was about to…

Mexican American Women The first Mexican immigrants migrated long before any records can identify. This is true for most native American people. “Latino culture has been apart of “American” culture longer than the United States has existed.” (Urbina, 6) Traveling in hopes of more resources and to escape tragedy. People from all over the world began to travel to the United States; a melting pot free from war and famine. Upon beginning a new life in the United States, Mexican immigrants quickly…

Generational Status and Mexican American Political Participation, was written by Wayne Santoro and Gary Segura in an attempt to examine the assimilation of Mexicans from different angles than often exposed. When one discusses assimilation, the talk of benefits coming from it on the Mexican side is rare to hear. The primary benefit that is brought into discussion is the fact that it could get Mexicans more involved with politics. The authors are making a claim that a benefit from assimilation is…