Mexican Cession

so hard. Having been put into boxes and compartmentalized by white America, the Chicanos wanted to, in essence, name themselves. However, Calderon then notes, “[w]hereas Spanish-American has been acceptable to the larger society, Chicano (or even Mexican-American) was viewed as militant” and that “[w]hen the term Spanish-American fell into disuse, the US Census Bureau and other government agencies, with the blessing of various Latino politicians, replaced it with the term Hispanic” (Calderon,…

to come back. This is what millions of undocumented workers face every day. I can not relate to the theme personally because I have never experienced what it is like to live in fear and be treated as if I am not human. This is what undocumented, Mexican and Central American immigrants have to go through every day. I will probably never understand what it is like, but that doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t care. I chose this theme because when Enrique’s father says “For the rich, the poor are just…

“The Hatred Within” is the story of José as he goes through his adolescent years. José is Latino, but does not identify with the Latino community or even his family for that matter. He, in fact, hates it and all that it stands for, associating more with the white community. Although José never denied his heritage, he always checked off the box for Latino, he never knew what it meant to be Latino or cared to know either. In the beginning of José’s story, there was some obvious problems in his…

La Peor de Todas, The Worst of All, was put on by the National Museum of Mexican Art as part of the Chicago International Latino Theater Festival. The entire play was performed in Spanish with English supertitles. I know some Spanish and was able to more or less keep up with the play without the supertitles, which was also a satisfying experience. However, if I did look to the supertitles, I could tell that they were often too far ahead or behind the dialogue which was a little annoying.…

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…

author also tries to portray the importance of Mexican American history by focusing on the aspect that we are not informed of our own history. Manuel Maderno biography of Americo Paredes is a clear example of how his contributions brought a new awakening towards the civil rights movement which helped laid the foundation of what a true Mexican American really is. The author informs of Paredes early years to try to evoke a significance on how most Mexican Americans in the valley dint continue…

During his presidential candidacy, Donald Trump stated, "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. ... They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists…” It’s hard to believe that our current president, the man who has been entrusted to keep us safe and striving, thinks so negatively about a particular racial group. In Helena Maria Viramontes’ short story “The…

MEChA is a Mexican-American student organization that encourages cultural education and political activism. In their 1969 founding manifesto“El Plan de Santa Barbara”, they outline the basic ideas of what it means to be Chicanx. Using this document, we can determine what Mexican-Americans believed to be the root of their struggle and the type of people it would take to overcome it. The manifesto starts off by saying “For all peoples … the time comes when they must reckon with their history”…

race and representation in this film. Your paper is to be between 5 and 7 double spaced pages in length, with 1-inch margins and using 12pt font. Quinceañera (2006) is an independent film by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland about a 14-year-old Mexican American girl named Magdalena in Echo Park, Los Angeles. She becomes pregnant through non-penetrative sex, but her Catholic preacher father refuses to accept that and casts her out of his home. Magdalena moves in with her great uncle Tomas and…