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to the U.S at a very early age. This distinction is important to note because I face discrimination on both sides of the Mexican-American border. There are many Latino stereotypes in the U.S; I am listing the ones most prevalent to me. Latinos are gangbangers, they are lazy, they are undocumented immigrants, they are gardeners, and they are also hardworking. Native Mexicans hold their own stereotype of Chicano Latinos, which is that they are rich and snobby. I should also address the two…

white American and my own personal experience with racism. However, through my spiritual journey, I have learned to look at the individual character and not a race as a whole. Since reading the required books for this class and learning how the Mexican people have been treated by the US, I have again started to feel hatred towards white America and white skin people in general. I have to ask God for forgiveness. It is hard thinking that people hate, oppress, and think they are superior to…

At times, many of us are unaware of when stereotypes become our perspective. A lot of the times we do things without a thought. We can stereotype people without even noticing that we are doing it. Stereotypes can be presented to us in a statement or a movie, and we may not even notice it is being presented to us. We tend to take ideas as they are, without really using our critical thinking skills. A big part of this country is movies. When movies first came out, everyone wanted to go to the…

countries around the world, Mexican immigrants dominate the statistics. Between 1820 and 1930, Mexicans constituted over half of the documented immigrations. Like many immigrants before them and certainly after them, they experienced discrimination in the United States. Stereotyping and bouts of xenophobia sparked deadly riots against the most prominent minority group in the United States. Early experiences for foreign-born Mexican immigrants, and even first-generation Mexican Americans, was…

practices but used as alternative therapy. One of the most important Mexican American cultural practices that influence health care is called “curanderismo” or folk-healing. Several research studies shows that Mexican American culture used these practices consistently with conventional medicine, but tends to settle for modern medicine if illness is chronic or serious (Padilla & Villabolas, 2007). Apart from folk medicine, Mexican American culture also have set of beliefs or rituals that is…

“The Devil’s Highway” by Luis Alberto Urrea reveals a horrific true story of twenty-six immigrants crossing the Mexican border trying to find hope in the world. The Devil’s Highway is 193.9 miles of dry Arizona dessert eating lives of innocents. Luis Urrea describes in depth the voyage of twenty-six Mexicans with the death of fourteen immigrants who devastatingly failed to reach the United States for a better life. The government policies of United States and Mexico has contributed in the loss…

From 1846-1848, the United States was engaged in an armed conflict with Mexico. The recent annexation of Texas in 1845 had already resulted in a substantial loss of territory claimed by the Mexican government. By the time the Americans had seized control of Mexico City after twenty-one months of fighting, casualties for both countries were over thirty-thousand. The war resulted in the U.S. acquisition of a majority of the modern American southwest. The U.S. expansion led to much debate over…

In the movie “the exiles”, Kent Mackenzie illustrates the urban life of a group of young American Indians living in Los Angeles after urban relocation. They struggle to overcome many obstacles and try to survive in the city, yet they all hold their own visions for their city life. Many American Indians left the reserve, hoping to find a good job, a nice home and education for their children (Rocky Mountain PBS). However, when they arrived at the city, they found that everything they knew was…

clerk will not look at her, but when white, blonde girls walk in, she goes immediately to help them (Garcia, Pg. 92). Furthermore, when Hispanics are referred to as “Mexicans”, they believe that means a skin color (Garcia, Pg. 95). A good example of this is that one young Hispanic overheard some white girls saying they do not like Mexicans, and the reason she gave for being hurt was that she cannot change her skin color (Garcia, Pg. 95). Being racially identified…

yourself. The agency I am working at IDEA there clientele base provides a wide range of diversity. Although I am mainly at the Brighton location, once a month I do hours in the Denver office. The majority of client’s I deal with at the agency are Mexican American; African American and European (White), Asian and a few clients that represent the LGBT community. My experience so far has been positive; the majority of clients are polite and receptive about receiving treatment. The clients I am…