Mexican Cession

One of the many privileges and freedoms we have as Americans is the freedom to pick the future president of our country. This year our final candidates we had to choose from was either Donald J. Trump or Hillary Clinton. By the end of the race Hilary had more support from the people, so naturally we thought that Hilary was going to win the election. However, when the results of the Election came back, and we found out that Donald J. Trump won it got me wondering how did a person who had the…

What is a revolution? A revolution is a force to stop a government force on how there governing .There is always a cause for. Like the Mexican revolution of 1910. In this research paper I will tell you about it. First, what was the cause of the Mexican revolution? The cause of the Mexican war of 1910 was when liberals and intellectuals began to challenge the regime of Dictator Porfirio Diaz, who had been in power since 1877. In 1910 Francisco Madero drafted the plan of San Luis Potosí. In…

The True Colors of the Revolution The Underdogs is a fascinating story of the Mexican Revolution and its effects on some of the people. It was a perfect blend of fiction in the form of characters and personalities, and history in the form of events and occurrences. Mariano Azuela, a medic during the Revolution definitely infused his personal experiences into the story to make it full and real. Azuela did not clean up the revolution for the reader and make it look completely heroic. He displayed…

Mexican cuisine is an important aspect of the culture, social structure and popular traditions of Mexico and also shapes the national identity as Mexican food is not only famous in Mexico, but is famous worldwide in countries such as America etc. Mexican food plays a major part in the globalization factor of food, with westernised versions being featured almost everywhere from restaurants such as MadMex to fast food outlets such as Taco Bell. Mexican cuisine is a complex cuisine and also…

Macias and his group of rebels during the Mexican Revolution of the early nineteen hundreds. The novel charts Demetrio's rise from farmer to general of the northern rebel army, and his following decline and the fall of his army. The Mexican Revolution started as a series of local/personal fights, then turns into a national movement. Cervantes’ changes from the beginning of the novel to the end. “The Underdogs” is considered both a Latin American and a Mexican classic. There are problems using…

The exhibition looks at the Palimpsest that shaped many of the lives of Mexican–Americans. It expresses the struggles of people who felt like they have been forcefully silenced but in an ironic twist who worked as a community to represent their race. Chicano art has displayed a rage in society, Identity, unity, racism, social justice, education, sexism and culture. In the exhibit, Beyond the Physical Borders of Aztlan: Chicana and Chicano art as a Palimpsest, one can see all those elements come…

an essential way is the color of my skin, my ethnicity, and my heritage. Women with privilege who want a temporary bronzed summer glow covet my skin, yet for me, it is the first thing that everyone sees and what people use to stereotype me. As a Mexican-American woman in Southeast Texas, I often face different types of prejudice, stereotypes, and racism. As a young girl, it was rather difficult to feel comfortable with who I was, even though my ethnicity was something I could not control.…

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…