Mexican–American War

Misuzu Hatano HIST 2328 Julie Downing. Mexican Americans and the Question of Race. University of Texas Press, 2014. The purpose of this book is to indicate how a generation of Chicana activists of 1960’s to 1970’s, especially Chicana female activists created several aspects of liberation that continues to reverberate recently. In addition to that, the author Julie Downing tries to reveal untold history of individuals, organizations and political formations that encourages readers’…

in counter. Cesar said “the love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being but it also the most true to our nature”. Like I said this man had the mentality of someone you read in “LA OPINION”. In my dark eyes Cesar was “the Mexican”, white people feared him left and right and prayed that Cesar would look the other way or they would lose their fortune. To me that is an accomplishment beyond a lot of people’s reach. As a young child Cesar did not like school that much, I…

his countrymen paying their entire wages just to dance with women (Bulosan 105). During his second job, he seemed to have learned about how whites treated his kind in central Washington, suspicion at the least, murder at its worst (Bulosan 107). Carlos had to deal with untrustworthy and shifty Filipino bosses, while also fearing the white lynch mobs (Bulosan 107). After his second job, Carlos would take trains from here to there, never finding a place to call home, always being mistreated…

Ana Elizabeth Rosas, the author of the A Chicana History Perspective, attempted to provide the best possible way to educate students about Chicana history. When Rosas wrote in regards to “accessible and humane continuum of sources” (Rosas, 2012, ¶ 3), she purposely wanted to engage the students in both a simple and emotional way. As Rosas elaborated, “crafting and facilitating introductory discussions of the motions entangled in the Chicana experience has been imperative to teaching the…

In the Chicano community, children are an integral part of how the community can be developed due to the fact that they’re still learning things while young. For this reason, works created by Chicanos are especially important because children and young people can see themselves in the different modes of media. A book that helps this endeavor is Loteria by Mario Alberto Zambrano, where a young girl tells the story of her family’s demise using a deck of loteria cards. This book can be considered…

“You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your friends.” - Unknown. Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Pena is about a boy named Danny who went to Mexico for the summer. When all of a sudden, an unexpected fight goes when playing a game of baseball with someone he just met. That particular someone doesn’t realize it’s an accident and the conflict begins. This outstanding novel consists of a loyal character, interwoven…

Abyssinian Don’t call me African-American. Don’t call me colored. Don’t call me Ethiopian. Don’t call me Ethiopian American. I want to be called Abyssinian. I am Cushitic - the descendants of the original inhabitants of modern day Ethiopia. My upbringings are of the Nile valley. I am born of the original beings who served to be the cradle of humanity. I stand for my Abyssinian brother and sisters still in bondage of a governmental regime, and who flee their ancestral lands for a better future in…

Mexico and USA have a lot in common, but we also have a lot of our own costumes. Here is 4 differences and 4 similarities us and Mexico have. Let’s start off with a difference their families, unlike us, often all live in their grandparents house and stay their. Only a small portion of them move to live in their own houses. Here in the USA the big portion of us go off to live our lives in our own houses. Here we are the ones with the advantage because we have enough money and wealth to do this…

Cesar chavez Mexican americans and the church Final draft In the speech that Cesar chavez presented himself at a mexican american celebration conference talks about of how he sees the church and mexican americans during the strike.The conference was about the annual discussion what is going on in the hispanic/ latino community. Chavez was committed to carry out his movement with no violence toward the crowd who doubted him and movement, sadly others did try violence on them, for…

Chavez was an effective leader for three main reasons: grassroots organizer and believer in equal treatment, self- sacrifice, and tough tactics. According to Ann McGregor’s book The Legacy Cesar Chavez, published in 2000 Dick Meister was highly skeptical about Chavez’s plan because of all the times people tried to organize the farm workers. According to Ann McGregor’s book The Legacy Cesar Chavez, published in 2000 Dick Meister stated” Some of these groups were the socialists, the AFL and CIO…