Mexican American

so called “American dream” was beginning to look like the real deal for certain people. A lot of factors have gone into this, but a question one might have is did race play a role in the shaping of America during this time and if so, how significant was its impact? I argue that through the use of harmful tactics, such as assimilation and dehumanization, race had a tremendous impact on the shaping of American society during the 20th century. The first way in which race impacted American society…

members tried to free their founder from a courthouse when a gun fight broke out which resulted in the judge, a bailiff and a BGF member were shot and killed (Black). Their rivals were Aryan Brotherhood, Texas Syndicate, Aryan Brotherhood of Texas and Mexican Mafia…

book Disorder and Progress: Bandits, Police, and Mexican Development, Paul J. Vanderwood discusses the Rural Police, also known as Rurales, of Mexico. Vanderwood traces the conception of the Mexican police force to the presidency of Benito Juárez’s. Likewise, Vanderwood explains Juárez’s motives behind the creation of the police force, despite Juárez’s liberal ideology and faith in federalism. Vanderwood also discusses the transformation of the Mexican police force during Porfirio Díaz’s…

the story, " It's that it hurts" by Thomas Rivera, is about a Mexican American boy in the 1950s and 1960s. He got involved in a physical fight and is quite apprehensive about being expelled from school. He yearns to become a telephone operator, contrary to the typical jobs Mexican Americans had at the time, lowly paid agricultural jobs. Now knowing about the high chance of being expelled, he feels even worse. Especially because Mexicans were discriminated at the time period of this story. The…

Doroteo Arango Arambula, was a Mexican Revolutionary General and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution. He was born in San Juan Rio, Durango, Mexico on July 5, 1878, and died on July 20, 1923. He grew up on a family farm and his father died when he was a teenager. Arambula left home and became a bandit. He was running away from the law and changed his name to Francisco Villa so he wouldn't get caught. Villa joined the fight against the Mexican dictator, Porfirio Diaz, and…

The Mexican Revolution allowed for Mexico to develop national heroes in different capacities. Two of these men Pancho Villa and Emilliano Zapata represented the idea of giving a voice to groups that were marginalized during the Porfiriato period. Zapata and Villa never had the opportunity to lead Mexico in a presidential capacity but were still influential figures. Villa and Zapata were two personalities that expressed Mexican sentiment before, during, and after the Mexican revolution. Although…

head of the household at only 15 years of age. Even though Villa was a fugitive and outlaw, he was still seen as a historical person due to the war tactics that he used during the time period. Villa was a national hero and a prominent figure to many Mexicans, he had become a runner of the law, a murderer convicted of shooting a man at the age of 16, a robber, and stole money. Pancho Villa was a revolutionary general that had led the northern forces as well. When Villa was a little boy he would…

the United States. For example, a Puerto Rican and a Chilean would not have a similar culture, however, when placed in the United States, they are bounded by shared experiences and have more in common with themselves than they would with a white American. These common ground allows Latinos to create a sense of community with each other, thus, forming an ethnic group and not a race, because they have more of a mental bond than one based on physical…

Latin@s, particularly Hispanic immigrants pose a threat to the American culture. This argument focuses on separating Latin@ immigrants from other immigrant groups and then examining how they pose a cultural, social, and political threat to America. Although Huntington provides a compelling argument, his simplified understanding of the Latin@ identity and a unified American culture led him an inaccurate understanding of Latin@s in American society. In this article Huntington creates a…

has been a controversial topic for several years, dating back the 1800s. Immigration has positively and negatively influenced the dominant culture. Immigration has also shaped the American society. The controversial topic of immigration has been the headline for years, but recently, due to the news and media, the American people now have a terrible perception of immigration. Immigration has influenced the world positively, but there are negative points of view on immigration. Immigration has…