Mexican Drug War

while now so I don’t really have much diversity as I would in other places around the nation, that have more diversity then a small town like Dalton. I could say that my family has been a middle class during our time here. My house has been based on Mexican- American culture, we speak both English and Spanish, but the primary language is Spanish since my parents are not very well with English. My father has been in the United States for more than 20 years…

especially if I am Mexican-American. The term Latinos is described as, “Persons whose national origins, or whose ancestors’ national origins, are in the countries of Latin America-that is, Mexico and much of the Caribbean, Central and South America” (Feagin, 209). Despite I was born here in the United States, I grew up most of my life back in Mexico…

building with a couple of plants, and a parking lot in need of some repair. Upon entering the restaurant it has the feel of traditional Mexico which includes, brick lined walls with traditional Mexican artwork and color schemes. A comprehensible view of the Rio Mirage restaurant which serves fine Mexican cuisine with friendly service, an inviting atmosphere, and cultural tradition can be understood through the reviews of myself, Google review contributor Sue Lantz, and Yelp contributor Brad S.…

Redrock Canyon is probably more formal if I would say so Mama Roja is formal, but also a Mexican restaurant not a typical Mexican restaurant though. Mama Roja and the red canyon, sometimes have long waits to be seated down, especially in an event like mother’s day and father day. Though, this restaurant are both alginate. This restaurants is places people usually go to celebrate something like a birthday party obviously not for kids, anniversary, and business meeting or if not just a place…

All over the world, people have stereotypes that dehumanize a certain group of people. The government can do all they want to make a certain group of people to be valued more than others. Society has valued or made to value lighter skin as prettier and better. People have privileges that others don 't have just by the way they look. For example, in our class discussion we had many examples about how young children were given the task to describe two dolls a white and a black one and everyone…

As mentioned by Tim Roemer, ”The American dream is based on perception on the way someone imagines how to be successful” (613). People in today’s society believe that the American dream is not attainable, contrary to popular belief I do believe that the American dream is a possibility. While some skeptics believe this so-called dream has passed, the American dream is possible by making the right connections, and having the desire be great. One of the first things that we must do in order to…

in any given area, we can use lyrics, pictures, and prose to ascertain the state of affairs and how the common people as well as the government felt about it. The Mexican Revolution, lasting from 1910 to 1940, inspired a plethora of historically significant, meaningful…

Beating all Odds Growing up you feel like anything is possible, you are given certain ideas that any dream or goal you have can be met with hard work behind it all. Is this always true? Maybe, maybe not? I want to introduce you to my cousin Melina. This young woman, I viewed as my oldest sister. She was born and raised in the Coachella Valley to a teen mother named Diana. Melina grew up in a broken latino family, with her father leaving her as a child. She then had a stepfather who wasn’t the…

Ethnic Labeling and Identity among Mexican Americans In Buriel’s essay, he writes about the ethnic labels that the Hispanic population has dealt with in the past. He starts off by defining ethnicity as an individual’s membership in a group sharing a common ancestral heritage. In his article, Buriel states that the population is biologically Mestizo, which is a genetic mixture of European Spanish and New World Indian. Early on, there were labels put on the Mestizos and by the 1800s’ they…

In the book “The Legacy of Americo Paredes” the author Jose Lopez Morin described the experiences of Americo Paredes a Mexican American whom was a great asset to the Chicano Folklore and the Mexican American history. The book focused on Americo Paredes work which eventually led to the challenge of Mexican American stereotypes since the U.S literature had annotated for many years otherwise. The book is organized in five different chapters, which emphasize The Lower Rio Grande, His Life and Work,…