Mexican Drug War

The Fine Line from Stereotypical and Reality The society that we live in today where males and females are treated equal, has evolved over the years of liberal incorporation into the government. However, families, more specifically Mexican-American families, are still raising their children with conservative roles in which they believe in. The conservative ideology that the Latino families uphold also fit into stereotypical roles. Undoubtedly these stereotypical and conservative roles do…

From the start, Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, is driven by food. The plot of each story is characterized and based upon the recipe of each specific chapter. Esquivel often combines magic realism with the traditional mexican dishes to twist the plot and reveal her themes throughout the story. The main character Tita is passionate about cooking and in turn, her own emotions often boil over into the food itself. This causes the food to take on magic realistic properties and effects…

“Introduction” and “What Is So Different about Mexican Immigration?” Victor Hanson’s presents his historian viewpoint of California's immigration issue in “What is So Different about Mexican Immigration.” Hanson goes into depth on how Mexican immigration into the United States has changed over the course of a century and how it is different than other countries immigration. . He supports his argument with four key points that explain his viewpoint and how Mexican Immigration is different from…

According to Becerra, “The traditional Mexican familia (“family”) meant an extended, multigenerational group within which specific social roles were ascribed to specific persons.” Which is by dividing the functions and responsibilities among different generations of family members, “la familia was able to perform all the economic and social support chores necessary for survival in the relatively Spartan life circumstances of the rural Mexican environment” (Becerra). Mexican American families…

Latinos by about 6%. Racialization of Latinos goes as far back as 1848 when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed into effect and it bought 50,000 Mexican people into the country. Immediately people began to discriminate against them. Instantly, policies were placed in effect making it hard for Mexicans to enter the country legally. In 1995 the “War on immigrants”(349) began, we militarized our southern border and we massively expanded our immigrant detention system. Throughout history,…

The subject of this article is to investigate the “salmon-bias effect” for older immigrants, which suggests that Mexicans in the U.S. return to Mexico due to poor health, as an explanation for the “Hispanic health paradox,” that is, Latinos/Latinas in the United States are healthier than their socioeconomic status suggest they would be, and non-Hispanic Whites. Three proposed explanations have arisen for the Hispanic health paradox; data artifacts which reduce the validity of mortality rates,…

from the Mexican War. The end of the Mexican War was called to an end with the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, which was signed in 1848. Guadalupe-Hidalgo called for the states of Arizona, Colorado,California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Texas in itself was gained and was one of the starting motivations behind the…

“We are farmers! Bum bad um bum bum bum bum!” I went to interview Javier Villegas from Farmers Insurance. Javier Villegas is 36 years old from Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. He currently lives in Wichita with his wife and daughter, also another child on the way. Javier graduated from college in Mexico, moved to the United States, and began a new journey in his life. I can say that Javier has done many things to be successful. To be successful in life one must know the importance of motivation,…

Alameda Park” being painted from 1946-47. “Emiliano Zapata’s aim was to bring about agrarian reform and freedom to the poor and working class citizens. But how successful/how lasting was the influence of Zapata and/or agrarian reform on both the Mexican Revolution and present day Mexico. Both the murals I chose convey the same message but in different forms for instance “Liberation of the Peon” describes the conditions for the poor/ lower class citizens. Through both the imagery of what looks to…

On one hand, we have the poem ‘Medusa’ by Carol Ann Duffy, in a dramatic monologue based on a mythical creature, Medusa, whose insecurity and jealousy leads her to believe that her husband is cheating on her. Consequently, she turns into a gorgon who turns anything she looks at to stone. On the other hand ,we have ‘Les Grandes Seigneurs’ by Dorothy Molloy which is about an aggrandized woman’s romantic relationship with men there to entertain her and to support her self-aggrandizement. However,…