continue to plunge ourselves in countless never ending conflicts‚ we are ignoring our own ongoing war next door. Mexico‚ our neighboring country to the south has been waging a war for years that has seemed to have gone unnoticed. This war is between the Mexican government and the cartels that seem to run the country. Just like the USA has people that support its politicians‚ the same thing happens in Mexico with the cartels. These politicians seems to be acting as puppets of the cartels that do anything
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Mexican Educational System The Mexican Constitution‚ established in 1917‚ outlined the necessity for public education‚ creating a definitive forum for addressing the educational needs of the country at the beginning of the century (Althaus 1). Though the Constitution addressed the issue of education‚ it did not provide a directive for promoting educational systems‚ and Mexico has had to address the difficult problem of providing an educational system for hundreds of different indigenous languages
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parties‚ music and dancing. All three of these activities are important to one another because they occur at the same time and it’s a way created for family and friends to get closer with one another. The Mexican culture is filled with delicious foods‚ beautiful architecture‚ and colorful clothing. Mexican culture are very communal and not for the individual. They see work as part time and leisure time full time. It’s very different from the work ethic in the United States. Every society has a different
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Bill Clinton’s unofficial campaign motto works well to answer this question “It’s the economy‚ stupid”. Economic pressures are the most immediate force; families think about money daily no matter their situation. In a capitalist society‚ the ability to make money directly correlates with standard of living. For this response I will focus on Mexico as the example of a third-world country sending immigrants to the United States. The average GDP per capita of the United States is the highest out of
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Asian family‚ the tradition is to value elders and other members above one’s own individual self. Especially in patriarchal Asian communities‚ family is defined as the “central institution” for a woman’s place and identity (Fan 81). Within Mexican American families‚ young women were expected to uphold certain standards. Parents often assumed what they perceived as unquestionable entitlement
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The Mexican food tradition began more than 5‚000 years ago. By 3500 B.C.‚ the most important foods in the Mexican diet‚ namely corn‚ beans‚ squash‚ tomatillos‚ and chile peppers‚ had been domesticated and were being cultivated by Mesoamerican farmers. Over the years‚ this basic diet has served the Mexican people well. It has provided them with whole- some food; a nutritious diet; and sufficient energy to live‚ work‚ and re- produce‚ as well as to maintain good health. This book attempts to explain
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Who is this subcultural group? Where are they from? Describe them. The subcultural group is The Mexican Americans‚ They are from Hidalgo‚ Hidalgo is close to mexico and 15 % of the populations of Hidalgo are Mexicans. Mexicans had a hard time to live in the country because of how judgemental people were towards them. The Mexican had many wars It was hard for the Mexican to make a decision either to stay in texas or to move back to their homeland Mexico. Mexico won their independence with Spain The
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embroidered cotton garments‚ cotton or wool shawls and outer garments‚ and colorful baskets and rugs are seen everywhere. Between the Spanish conquest and the early Twentieth Century‚ Mexican fine arts were largely in imitation of European traditions. After the Mexican Revolution‚ a new generation of Mexican artists led a vibrant national movement that incorporated political‚ historic‚ and folk themes in their work. The painters Diego Rivera‚ José Clemente Orozco‚ and David Alfaro Siqueiros
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The Mexican Drug War South of the United States across the border in Mexico there is a current drug war. According to Solomon Moore of The New York Times‚ the United States has helped the Mexican governments with over $1.5 billion dollars (1). The Mexican government is battling their drug cartels and the cartels are battling one another. The illegal drug market has never been so unsettled. There are small elite killing squads now operating on both sides of the Mexican-American border. Law enforcement
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expansionism under the guise of Manifest Destiny. As early as the 1820s‚ the enduring racial stereotype of Mexicans as an “idle‚ thriftless people” was used to justify the rapid influx of White Americans into the Mexican territory of California‚ with the eminent statesman Richard Henry Dana reported to have exclaimed that “in the hands of an enterprising people‚ what a country this might be!” After the Mexican-American War claimed around 40‚000 lives in less than two years
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