Throughout the poem Baca points out different facts that can not be avoided by the people that are
Throughout the poem Baca points out different facts that can not be avoided by the people that are
2. In Baker's profile on Jimmy Santiago Baca, he provides information on Baca's troubled upbringing. Baca grew up in and going through difficult times. In the profile, we learn that Baca grew up drinking, fighting, and doing drugs. he was never interested in education or learning so he never really attempted poetry. However, that all changed once he was in prison and began writing poetry to avoid prison conflicts. In Baca's hardest times he wrote his way out and ended up saving his life with poetry. Through educating other troubled people about expressing themselves through poetry he is making sure that others do not end up in prison like he did.…
Throughout life we identify ourselves with fundamental traditions that correlate with us from the early years of our lives. A practice we learned from our ancestors and remains in our families for decades, symbolizing our great legacy and pride. In a distinctive poem “Green Chile” (1989) by Jimmy Santiago Baca, he exhibits a solid connection between his grandmother and chiles. A unique relationship that goes beyond pride and respect for a man who shows appreciation for his native country, despite of who he is today. Baca’s (1989) poem “Green Chile” is an example of how a simple dish has an immense value, expressing appreciation and love for the land where he grew up. In this unique poem, culture and sacrifice are two important messages the writer emphasizes.…
Maquiladora workers were primarily victims of femicide; used as a tool to establish control, men brutality raped and then murdered maquiladora workers. Given employment practices and wages of the maquiladoras, female workers sometimes got involved with prostitution. Moreover, I condemn notions that aim to justify non-intimate or any other forms of femicide by victim blaming, essentially stripping the women and girls of sympathy from society, both internally and internationally. Police officials make a series of moral judgements about the victims of femicide; instead of responding to the brutality, they focused on the generalization that all maquiladora workers led double lives—working in the factories by day and as a sex slave by night (Wright,…
“Our America” is a philosophical and political essay that was written by Jose Martin in 1891. Martin discuses were to fight for independence from the Spain Empire. Also, the threat of the American imperialism. Martin references to the new America as the union of Latin America countries. This essay is showing us in a metaphoric manner the way to understand Latin America at that time. Through the essay Martin gave a comprehensive analysis on continental issues and offered the prospects for solutions. He focuses on the findings and evaluations of the autochthony of the population, and/ Our America is, form beginning to end, a dramatic call for continental unity, which bases undoubtedly the consideration of this text as an essential contribution…
Henry Payne's cartoon "For Illegal Immigrants by Illegal Immigrants" shows us the Irony of Donald Trump wanting to build a Wall/ Fence, to keep illegal immigrants out of the united states. Payne's cartoon is ironic because Trump wants to get rid of immigrants but yet immigrants are the ones that do the dirty jobs other legal people don’t want to do. Trump wants illegal immigrants to build the very wall that will keep the out of a country that offers liberty and many opportunities for all kinds of people. Payne’s cartoon has bias against the fact that Donald Trump Wants to build a wall to keep immigrants out of the United States. Payne’s cartoon will help my paper because it tells people that are in favor of the wall being built that without…
In the satirical piece “Immigrants are Here to Steal Your Jobs,” the author adopts a disgusted tone to convince her audience that the logic behind the theory that immigrants are here to steal jobs is flawed.…
¡Cruza la frontera ya!There is a serious circumstance that is troubling America: the inability of we Americans to accept our Hispanic counterparts. This is no forgivable matter; it is surrounding our country. Sure they "illegally" cross the border but is there really a difference between the America-Mexico border and the Texas-New Mexico border? I didn't think so. These citizens who come to America benefit us in so ways; many of which we have never even began to consider.…
Julia Alvarez and Cathy Song both convey the life of an immigrant and how they are a symbol of their cultures when discovering a new lifestyle in the United States. Even though both poems being set in the past, they have stories that the reader can relate to today. Whilst the authors portray the search for identity, they articulate the reason to leave their home, write in different formats, but have similar themes.…
Walt Whitman is sometimes considered a pioneer of free verse and non-esoteric subject matter with focus on the working-class using realistic imagery. Whitman’s poem “I Hear America Singing” demonstrates no end rhyme, but we hear a sense of melody in his repetitions and rhythm in the length of his lines that substitutes for the pattern we would expect to perceive in conventional poetry. Though beyond that we can tell that the tone of the poem is muscular, its beat vibrant, and its mood proud. Each tradesman in the poem performs his labor with the same pride and triumph that one might hear from a singer. There is no promotion of importance attached to the jobs performed or the performers who carry out those jobs. In the end of the poem he mentions the inclusion of female voice with “delicious singing” (10) along with “the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing” (10-11). With attention to include both sexes, Whitman seems to be taking in all aspects of America’s working class, but it has been drawn out many times that this poem does not specifically detail African-Americans as part of the cluster. It is this detail that Hughes believed should have been incorporated and led to his follow-up poem, “I, Too”.…
Both Julia Alvarez and Tato Laviera come from countries and cultures that are looked down upon by many people. Though each of their poems portray dramatically different points of view. In Julia Alvarez’s poem the girl she describes (herself) seems suppressed, she does what she can to fit in even if it means not doing something that she otherwise might have done. In Tato Laviera’s poem he is very positive and hopeful, he has come here to make a better life for him and his family and even though he is oppressed because of his skin color and culture he creates a new equality for himself and others.…
"Legal Alien," a collection from "Chants," is a short free versed poem written by Pat Mora. The poem explores the lives of Mexican-Americans and the cultural tension they have to face. The poet discusses a bi-cultural person whose parents are from Mexico but the person was born and raised in America and is an American citizen by law. Although he can speak fluent English and Spanish, he still has a hard time being accepted by both or one race. Mora's use of poetic techniques such as metaphor, tone and antithesis emphasizes her concerns in regards to the issue.…
This is one of the quotes that has made Donald Trump gain so much attention and fame in the last two months. Why? Because he is stereotyping the Latin American race. Unfortunately, Mr. Trump is not the only person in the world to stereotype against the Latin American race. Many people around the world may assume that the Latin American race is all about the spicy food, the distinct mariachi music, and the clothes, and the language. In the United States, the stereotype that many people have against us have changed over time. Now, it’s that we only work as carpenters, lawn mowers, restaurants, and any other type of leftover job that other people do not want; and we all know what Donald Trump’s stereotypes of Latin Americans are: drug dealers,…
This paper examines the trials and tribulations faced by Mexican immigrants in American society. My paper argues that Mexican immigrants constitute a social class of individuals who are at the bottom of the social hierarchy. The paper attributes this to the fact that they are subjected to racism and exploitation when they cross the border and come to the United States. Information from my paper comes from secondary sources, including but not limited to the Internet and interviews.…
In the introduction of the book They Take our Jobs!: and 20 other myths about immigration written by Aviva Chomsky, Chomsky picks apart the words in the United States Constitution to support her belief that although immigrants, specifically Latino/Hispanic immigrants, are a large part in today’s U.S. society, they still do not have any rights or protection from the laws of the Constitution. She states that many of the arguments against immigrants in the United States stem from “serious misconceptions” that have been rooted from history up until present day. The view that immigration only brings about more problems and segregations for the host country has been on-going in history. When it comes down to it, a simple analogy could be made: it is difficult for the…
The “Race Politics” by Luis J. Rodriguez. It’s about 2 guys that are brothers. Luis is the younger brother and he is six. Luis has an older brother that is nine. They both went to go buy food for her mom and they decided to get the “good food” which it implies a high end market.They went to a place where only americans were allowed. Along the way they had some conflict because they had found five “white” boys that were teengaers on their bikes riding around and they beat them up because they were latinos and they entered their neighborhood after they weren’t allowed to. Then, they went back home after everything had happened and they promised to each other they would never talk about it again. This poetry’s purpose is showing the discrimination…