Mexican Revolution

because Mexican American Civil Rights are underrated. It is a very important part in history that most instructors tend not to express as much or even skip the chapter. In high school, I remember learning about the Renaissance Era, Civil War, WWI and WWII, Cold War, African American Civil Rights, slavery, even wars in other countries that don’t involve the U.S.; however, I’ve never had a chapter or even heard about Mexican American Civil Rights. Schools need to instruct and teach about Mexican…

disenfranchised struggle for equality of Latin Americans and the extent to which it is applicable in the context of the current standings of political reform today. Indeed, as there was positive reform implemented into the employment issue amongst many Mexican-Americans, there was also a few characteristics which remained the same. Many of these Chicanos were subject to discrimination, abuse, and injustice as they moved forward with these changes to improve employment. DO I NEED TO MENTION THE…

history and have been carried through today as racism has been imbedded into American culture. As the ideology of whiteness is practiced in American society, white supremacy has led to the oppression of those who are not considered white, especially Mexican immigrants, and has disadvantaged non-whites in almost all aspects of American life, including education, labor, and the protection. The white race, defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as "[having] light-colored skin and [coming]…

The criminalization of the Latino population had started early on in American history and to this day, criminalization of Latinos has not waned, but has grown exponentially. In order to describe and analyze social practices that induce criminalization, looking at historical situations, while comparing them to modern day situations and theory, one can see the exponential criminalization of Latinos, exhibited by a multitude of authors, researchers, and personal experiences. In order to correctly…

what they would want to work in, because the hardships of the white men would always be blame at the black men. Which is what happened during the great depression for many Mexicans, they were blame for why the Great Depression was happening. Also as Acuna puts it “the ugly head of racist nativism revealed itself” (216). Many Mexicans were deported back to their homeland, even if their children were born in America, it didn’t matter,…

The day of the dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico in the central and south regions with wearing wood masks and honoring deceased relatives. 2. Two 50-word short paragraphs about 2 different traditions: one of these traditions is honoring loved ones that passed away. People make this important because people tell stories about their family members. They also make food for the dead and decorate the dead’s gravesites. This whole holiday includes much of honoring the dead and…

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…