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Chicana is defined as a woman either born in Mexico or of Mexican descent. Most people would just leave it at that but a Chicana is so much more than that. Elizabeth Martinez is a feminist author who wants to change how “La Chicana” and women everywhere are treated. One of her famous works La Chicana shows the struggle Mexican-American women have endured and are currently going through. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how Mexican-American women have been oppressed and how their community…

I will be comparing the two films in regards to prejudice, racism and discrimination due to their ethnicity. The documentary, “Latino Americans Prejudice and Pride” and the movie, “Mississippi Burning”. According to the documentary, “Latino Americans Prejudice and Pride”, they protested to receive better treatment for Latino farmers, rights in political office, and better treatment in education. The farmers in the field of California protested for equal pay and humane working conditions. A…

According to Brigid Harrison, Jean Harris, and Michelle Deardorff, although the Mexican Americans became citizens of the United States, their civil rights still were not protected. Latin Americans received a separate education. In 1945, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) challenged school segregation in California (Harrison…

Throughout life many can agree on hearing or reading a quote about the importance of the youth and how they will affect the future. The fact is that a large percentage of the U.S. underestimates the influential power of the youth, and decide not to listen to them due to their “lack” of knowledge or experience. Aside from the younger populations, minorities are also some of the most overlooked people in the U.S., especially Latinos/as or those of Latino descent, and as a result the younger Latino…

multiple issues consideration will be given to the primary issues, challenges, impact to the individual and cultural differences and finally an intervention will be considered. Primary Issue(s) A case study is reviewed of a 45-year-old Mexican-American woman, Lupe, who has presented with depression (Broderick, 2015). She is in a circumstance, which is sometimes called the…

Alberto Urrea describes the seemingly impassable struggles immigrants must overcome when travelling from Mexico to the United States. The story follows the deadly journey of a group of undocumented male immigrants who in 2001 attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona through a desolate area known as the Devil’s Highway. Urrea provides the reader with not only a compelling story but also a complex historical compilation of information on the Mexico-United States…

the US has had a greater number of Latinos in metropolitan cities, it has also tried to limit it growth through deportation and stifling its influence over US society. Mike Davis in Magical Urbanism tries to present the contemporary experiences of Mexican and other Latino groups in the US, whether it is the higher demography, the racism faced by many, or the chances for the Latino group to succeed in the US. The experience of Latinos in the US has followed the same experience as those of Latin…

Another widely known fact is that an individual can only join one of the gangs which fit his ethnicity and background. Six of the biggest gangs, in which most inmates belong to, in California 's prisons are, "Nuestra Familia, the Mexican Mafia, the Aryan Brotherhood, the Black Guerrilla Family, the Northern Structure, or the Nazi Lowriders," the last two mentioned are branches of Nuestra Familia and the Aryan Brotherhood, respectively (10). Gang violence is so extreme that prison…

of a person, or the feelings of the person who wrote the song. Some people criticize people by their songs, or people criticize the artist for their lyrics either way. Donald Trump had a similar thoughts about criticize other people he stated “On Mexican immigrant – They are rapists, and some, I assume, are good people.” The lyrics of these three distinctive songs, “Por el Mexicano”, “justicia”, and “illegales”, easy illustrate the life of many people who leave their country. When I was a child…

of how American people see Mexican Americans is played through a drama. A secretary from Governor Reagan, Miss Jimenez, comes to a shop in hopes of finding a Mexican to bring to a gathering to create diversity in the crowd. The “shop” owner, Honest Sancho, is a business man trying to sell these Mexican Americans. Miss Jimenez is looking for a Mexican who is perfect. While Sancho is trying to help find the perfect Mexican, Miss Jimenez points out that none of the Mexicans Sancho describes will be…