Mexican Cession

Some of my favorite foods are La Tropicana’s famous Cuban sandwich. I also like Cuban toast and Spanish bean soup. Hispanics and Latino Americans have and are still influencing the United States. They influence all areas such as: Politics, History, Education, Business, and Food. However, since I am only twelve years old with very little knowledge of Hispanics and their accomplishments, I decided to do some research on the computer to see what I could find. I would use interview information…

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…

In The House of the Scorpion, the main antagonist is El Patron. He owns a piece of land between the United States and what used to be called Mexico. El Patron created Matt for the purpose of using him later in life when El Patron was going to die. However, he allowed Matt to live a life as close to him as possible to brainwash Matt into thinking that his motives were good. He prevented Matt from being pricked into being an eejit, which is an almost like robot being. El Patron grew up in a poor…

In my family Christmas time is the best time of the year. We always gather together and celebrate with a big beautiful tree and great food. The one food that is always a must have is tamales. My great grandmother started this tradition in her house, located in Durango, Mexico, because it was the one and only food she could always get the youngest child to eat. The children always enjoy cheese stuffed tamales while the adults enjoy red pork tamales. While some food might have been cooked days…

With the family surnames of Rasmussen and Anderson it is clear that the beginnings of my Family of Origin are mainly Danish, so describing my family as a taco might be shocking. Both, my family and a taco are structurally cohesive. (Olson, 2000) We have boundaries, yet we aren’t enmeshed. Often the ingredients try to slip out of the tortilla and some ingredients can be eaten without anything added or taken away from them, such as cheese. When each ingredient is included and stays in the taco…

about a historical event is through good collection of primary sources. Mark Wasserman’s The Mexican Revolution: A Brief History with Documents is just that. It is a good academic representation as well as a good teaching tool; while it has it shortcomings overall, it is a good collection of documents for the time period it covers. To start, this book gives a good academic representation of the Mexican revolution because it uses a variety of sources. Wasserman uses several firsthand accounts…

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…