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the story, " It's that it hurts" by Thomas Rivera, is about a Mexican American boy in the 1950s and 1960s. He got involved in a physical fight and is quite apprehensive about being expelled from school. He yearns to become a telephone operator, contrary to the typical jobs Mexican Americans had at the time, lowly paid agricultural jobs. Now knowing about the high chance of being expelled, he feels even worse. Especially because Mexicans were discriminated at the time period of this story. The…

Fernando Luna Professor Christina Leshko SOC 101-052: Principles of Sociology February 9, 2017 Mexican Tacos: The Americanization of the Taco The Mexican taco can easily be recognized almost anywhere in the world. As tacos have various simple methods of preparation, they have become one of the most loved foods in America. According to Boyer (2014) the history of the Mexican taco has been traced back to the early pre-Hispanic times when Mexico City street vendors would feed urban workers. Tacos…

Mexican origin people have interlocked with the beginnings of the United States since the Anglo-saxon’s era of Westward Expansion. This little known fact has affected and continues to affect the identities of these people. Within the Great Depression, the identity of Mexican origin people was categorized as part of the Mexican race and then later, with continuing changes in politics in the World War II time period, their identification as part of the Mexican race shifted to that of the white…

intersectionality and understandings of “justice seeking” create internal layers and divergences; indigenous movements are not the exceptions. For example, the Zapatista Movement began to protest against the North American Free Trade Agreement and the neoliberal Mexican government; as the movement grew, different groups from over the world supported it. The government sought to…

Hispanic Americans have a wide range of backgrounds and nationalities. Of the total Hispanic group, 60 percent reported as Mexican, 44 percent reported as Cuban, and nine percent reported as Puerto Rican. Mexican immigrants form the largest Hispanic subgroup and also the oldest. Mexican migration to the United States started in the early 1900s in response to the need for cheap agricultural labor. The length of Mexico’s shared border with the United States has made immigration easier than for…

Angel Cinetros: Latino Identity and Political Attitudes The second presentation on ethnic identity was very interesting. It was stated that Latinos possess many Republican traits. They are socially conservative, middle of the road, and ideologically religious. The presentation went on describing how race and ethnicity are the same thing but tend to only matter politically, like on the census. Furthermore, group membership is not the same as identity. People can choose their own identity even…

Chicano is a very common word in a Mexican American population dense area. Many say that the word Chicano is slang for Mexicano, and others say it’s a unique way to call those first-born Americans that come from Mexican parents. To historians and sociologists, the word “Chicano” was used for those who struggled between identifying themselves as Mexicans or as Americans. This word represents everything that we’ve overcome since WWII and before that. This word first came as a movement, The Chicano…

The Experience of African and Mexican Americans During World War II To most Americans, World War II began when President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. During the war, minorities such as African, Japanese, Jewish, and Mexican Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces and worked to support the war effort. However, many were treated differently because of their race or religion. Two of the most notable groups that faced prejudice includes blacks and…

proudly called myself a Mexican-American. I don’t know anymore. I would call myself a Mexican-American such as I did back then, but I can’t. It’s not an answer that is accepted by anyone. Not by my family, my friends or my classmates. I have to choose between these two options, but I am not accepted in either one of them. If I call myself an American, there will people telling me that I am not a true American because my parents are not from here. If I call myself a Mexican, there will be people…

American, sailors in the riots may have associated “Chicas Patas Boogie” with the minority group and attacked them during the riots. The song can also be linked to Mexican American community because the lyrics of the song are in Spanish with a hint of Calo. However, the vocal in the song was sung in a blue and rhythm manner rather than in Mexican American’s style like the corridor. The subtle clapping and the fixed rhythm scheme in the song make it an ideal song for the dancing clubs in downtown…