Mexican Cession

As Mexicans emigrated from the familiarity of their homes and learned new life in the United States, many preserved native culture traditions to aid the transition. Some Mexicans decided to adopt many American customs, while others stuck to their roots. Ultimately, their lifestyles were influenced, but many Mexican traditions were conserved. Some of the customs that Mexicans retained include religion, food, and entertainment. They kept these traditions like a piece of home. It made new life in…

Heroes Among Us is an inspirational book, written by John Quiñones, that is about different acts of heroism. John Quinones chose specific scenarios that best represented his opinion of heroism. This book was very interesting because it displayed random acts of heroism and bravery. Some of the heroes in this book encountered dangerous and fearful situations to help others in need. It takes true bravery to risk your life to help others. Not all heroes in the book risked their life for another;…

myself, know of the major role that Mexican-Americans had in the civil rights movement, especially their impact on the legal struggles on school desegregation. One such case includes Mendez v. Westminster, in 1946, where a class-action lawsuit was filed to represent over 5,000 Mexican-American students in California (Valencia 2005). This case was the first successful constitutional challenge to segregation; actually, the U.S. District Court judge ruled that Mexican-American students’ Fourteenth…

popularity President Cardenas created policies that would make the masses content, regardless of their long-term implications. By disguising the policies with populist rhetoric Cardenas was able to appear to be institutionalizing the ideals of the Mexican Revolution. In reality he was cutting deals right and left in order to maintain his popularity. This political performance resulted in Cardenas appearing to be a reformer who created and passed reforms that would bring about radical change to…

Coeur d’Alene was created by Richard Butler, in 1974, as a white only community. Hate crimes were committed until the 2000’s when Norm Gissel filed a law suit that bankrupted the compound. Because Coeur d’Alene’s past, they are believed to still be bias to white Americans against other ethnicities. While this is what the town was founded upon, they have slowly began to be more acceptable to other races. The media, or video, shows that the town is based upon preserving the white American culture,…

When anyone comes into the United States to make a new life they have to assimilate in order to progress their life here. One way is to learn the English language, but with that sometimes their own language is lost, along with their culture and their true identity. In Gloria Anzaldua, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”, she explains how the Anglo attacks her language and violates the First Amendment, which made way for a new language to form along with a new identity. In the beginning she gives a scene…

time the Latino criminal stereo type has completely strengthened and evolved. The effects of the stereotypes of Latino criminality began after the Mexican American War in the 1840s. The earlier views of the Latino criminality began when Latinos were struggling to keep the land they once owned. After the United States acquired the land from Mexico, the Mexican people had to learn how to go from communal ownership to private ownership of land. The retaliation attempts at the unjust methods that…

[US] prosperity than Mexicans, yet none makes white America more uneasy about the future (Gonzalez, 2011, p. 96). Mexico is at the core of our country’s Latin heritage and every 2 in 3 Latinos in America are Mexican. But, how did Mexicans get to the discrimination that they are suffering today? In this paper, I will show the violence Mexicans endured following the U.S.-Mexico War, and the many Mexicans groups who were fighting back against their Anglo counterparts, and the Mexican groups who are…

Chapters 18 and 19 discuss how people from Latin American countries in America are viewed in a different way than they would be in their home country. And, of course, a label is slapped onto them and they are presumed to act a certain way. 3. Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans all have very diverse backgrounds and stories. They have all come to the United States from different environments and for different reasons. When they get here, however, it seems like they are all treated the same.…

During the Mexican revolution, many Mexicans fled the country to find work and to wait out the war that was being waged for their country. Eventually, some decided to stay living in the United stated for a better life. Despite this many faced discrimination in this country and the…