! ! My recently deceased grandfather was a doctor‚ professor‚ and military man. He grew up in Trenton‚ New Jersey with two deaf parents. Being African American he couldn’t go to the nice schools and get the best education. He went to the african american elementary school which was under funded. He grew up extremely poor and in a segregated community. He took becoming a great student into his own hands. He had a hard childhood‚ but worked as hard as he could. He became a Lieutenant in
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There Are Black BY JIMMY SANTIAGO BACA There are black guards slamming cell gates on black men‚ And brown guards saying hello to brown men with numbers on their backs‚ And white guards laughing with white cons‚ and red guards‚ few‚ say nothing to red inmate as they walk by to chow and cells There you have it‚ the little antpile‚ convicts marching in straight lines‚ guards flying on badged wings‚ permits to sting‚ to glut themselves at the cost of secluding themselves from their
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The Symbols and Significance of “Green Chile” Jimmy Santiago Baca’s “Green Chile” is a poem of love and sacrifice‚ symbolized in the course that there’s two types of chile peppers. The poet expresses that he prefers “red chile over my eggs / and potatoes for breakfast” (Lines 1-2)‚ but his grandmother “loves green chile.” He states in his poem that “red chile ristras decorate my door‚ / dry on my roof‚ and hang from my eaves” (Lines 3-4)‚ resembling the red as a southwestern mexican
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Natashia Waramit Arts & Cultural Diversity November 14‚ 2012 Cultural Project #2 The 2004‚ Paul Haggis film Crash and Jimmy Santiago Baca’s sort reading‚ “So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs from Americans” surprisingly have many connections on racism‚ prejudice and stereotypes given the length of the excerpt and the details of the movie. The multiple correlations are easily identifiable within specific scenes and a few lines from the reading. These correlations include ties between all race relationships
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intense feeling of deep affection‚ and all three of these poems‚ and songs contain the definition of love. First‚ I found a connection with the poem “I Am Offering This Poem” and song “All of Me” by John Legend. In “I Am Offering This Poem” Jimmy Santiago Baca writes‚ “I have nothing else to give you.” In this poem the poet has nothing else left to give her because he gave her all his love in the poem. In the song “All of Me” by John Legend‚ he sings‚ “Cause all
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Louie Saenz 9/25/12 Jimmy Baca Prison Rules As I continue to read Baca’s works it all starts to make sense. I am enjoying his novel more than I did his poetry. I don’t think its because he’s a bad poet‚ but because I do not enjoy poetry as most people in this day and age. A place to stand continues to be a very good novel that explains everything quite well. I am extremely interested in this weeks reading because of what a breakthrough Jimmy finally has. The devils butcher shop by Roger Morris
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There is a mysterious connection between grandparent and grandchild‚ one that transcends all ethnicities‚ religions‚ and socio-economic groups. In Jimmy Santiago Baca’s poem "Green Chile"‚ he explores this connection via the use of chile peppers as a medium. Baca personifies both green and red peppers to illustrate not only that special bond‚ but also the historical significance of said vegetable amongst the Mexican-American community. The speaker in "Green Chile" begins the poem by stating his
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1970s was full of controversy. Riots‚ protests‚ and strikes were appearing all over the news throughout the nation‚ and the discrimination against Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the workforce was finally coming to light. During this time‚ Jimmy Santiago Baca wrote about some of these issues in his poem "So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs from Americans." The poem speaks volumes to what was occurring in America. Although the title may give one impression of the poem‚ the true meaning lies within its satirical
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key issues that we should consider when thinking of getting education. The more we are trying hard to achieve academic success‚ the more we are starting to grow apart from our love ones and it is changing everyone in certain way. According to Jimmy Santiago Baca in‚ "Working in The Dark‚" "Only by action‚ by moving out into the world and confronting and challenging the obstacles‚ could one learn anything worth knowing." Usually we have to go out in the world in order to get education and even face lots
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Prison or Education? Mrs. Kolb Comp. II 12 March 2014 America is ranked number one in the world in the amount of people they incarcerate. On average for every 100‚000 U.S citizens there are 500 citizens incarcerated (Tsai). A high percentage of the inmates are illiterate and about seventy percent of them dropped out of high school (Tsai). The government continues to increase funding for prisons as their population grows and at the same time the funds for education decline. As one might see there
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