Ramon Quezada Professor Romo Chicano Studies 8 December 9‚ 2012 Take Home Final Exam 1. Two historical events that I observed in the museum were the California Gold Rush and The Signing of the California Land Claims Act. The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought large numbers of new immigrants from Mexico‚ Central American and South America to California. The presence of gold made California tremendously valuable to the United States. The Gold Rush funded money for the union to buy supplies
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bottles and rocks. Riot was one way that change the city and made the people temerity. The theme of my essay is how riot brought courage to the black people and vicissitude the society . Firstly‚ a police traffic stop in the watts area of Los Angeles‚ a largely black populated area‚ provided the spark that ignited rioting which lasted for six days‚ leaving thirty four dead‚ more than one thousand injured‚ almost four thousand arrested‚ and hundreds of buildings were destroyed. The riots was
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Cited: • Lepore‚ Mike. Rodney King police brutality case and the 1991 Los Angeles riots. 2000. 22 Sept. 2004 . • BBC – History – The Troubles. 2001. 22 Sept. 2004
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The Asian American communities dealt with many race relation issues during the contemporary period. The Los Angeles Riots was caused by a combination of events that built up to the tension in the black community. The beating of African American motorcyclist‚ Rodney King‚ was not the only event that ensued the L.A. Riots. A few weeks after the Rodney King beating‚ the murder of fifteen-year-old Latasha Harlins‚ a Black teenage girl‚ was heavily broadcasted in the media because King’s beatings were
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growing‚ dangerous gang in America. To understand MS 13’s power in this country‚ one has to consider its development as a major crime organization‚ its control over its members‚ and the power it holds. Mara Salvatrucha was organized in Los Angeles in the late 1980’s. In the 1980’s‚ El Salvador was engaged in a civil war. Men attacked as guerilla fighters‚ training and learning how to kill anyone for anything. To escape the civil war‚ these men migrated to the United States. At first
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How Films affect different Social Environments Cerritos College Miriam Rios Gonzalez 2017863 Professor Robert Campolo Theater 150 Motion Pictures- Television December 9‚ 2014 Introduction In life‚ we realize that we all have different views and that is what makes our thinking different. When it comes to watching a movie; whether it is horror‚ action‚ or comedy‚ we tend to think of the movies differently based on the way we think of life. People do not go see a movie for the same reasons.
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masses and the youngest of children. Over the years‚ Hollywood has grown to surpass the imagination of the world‚ creating wonders‚ taking the movie-lovers to space and light years back in time. According to Wikipedia‚ Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles‚ California‚ United States of America. Before going further readers or surfers of the site would register a smile and wonder tagging that definition down as a joke to share with some friends. The world as we know‚ has been constant in shape since
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Defining Hate Crimes Hate crimes has become an increasing problem here in the united states ranging from racial hatred to gender discrimination but what are hate crimes? According to Dr. Jack McDevitt‚ a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston Hate crimes are message crimes‚ Hate crimes are defined as crimes that are violent act against people‚ property‚ or organizations because of the group to which they belong or identify with. The coined term "hate crimes" was first used No matter
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Bloods was created. The name of this gang was the Piru Street Boys and they were actually a set of the Crip gang‚ today’s biggest rivals of the Bloods. When the Piru Street Boys began their operations they were working on Piru Street in Compton‚ Los Angeles. After almost two years of peace however‚ a feud began between the Piru Street Boys and the other Crip sets neighboring their territory. The fued later turned violent as fighting evolved between former allies. As the battle continued into the end
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Chinese diplomat’s bodyguard‚ Lee‚ helps perform a big police bust to recover a bunch of stolen ancient Chinese sculptures after many years of chasing them‚ and on the same night the news is revealed that the Chinese diplomat will have to move to Los Angeles for his job. When the Chinese diplomat moves to America‚ his daughter is kidnapped by the men who stole the sculptures on her first day of school. The Chinese diplomat demands for Lee to fly over and assist the FBI with finding her‚ but the FBI
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