the term originate? Why have Mexican-Americans in the past objected to being known as Chicanos? Why do so many Mexican-Americans today take pride in being Chicanos? There questions are frequently asked when the subject of the Chicano Movement comes up. This paper will seek to clarify the origins and meaning of the term Chicano and attempts to explain some of the implications of being a Chicano. A Chicano is an individual (usually with a Spanish surname) of Mexican parentage or ancestry who lives
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dissertation of Tijuana and cross border consumption. The word hybrid describes a mixture between two different objects. In Magali’s dissertation hybrid describes the Mexican/American people and their culture which they have cultivated living in Tijuana. The quote mentioned earlier accentuates this concept of “Hybrid Identities” in terms of Mexican/American’s. In Magali dissertation she talks about how families in Tijuana cross the border to get food‚ clothing‚ and other basic necessities for survival. The
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stanzas. It does have a few words that rhyme which are “English” (5) and “Spanish” (6) and also with “Mexicans” (14) and then with “Americans” (15). The poem also has rhythm‚ it is a low steady beat. It is a straightforward poem about how life is for a person with the same race/ethnicity as others and at the same time‚ different from others. The poem “Legal Alien” is about a woman of Mexican parents‚ who is born and raised in America. An American citizen established by law‚ but at the same time
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Edwards was a Texan settler and land speculator. In 1824‚ he received a land grant from the Mexican government‚ allowing him to settle families in East Texas. His grant had included the city of Nacogdoches and he soon angered many previous settlers. After his contract was revoke‚ he and his brother‚ Benjamin‚ declared their colony to be called the Republic of Fredonia. Edwards was forced to flee Texas when the Mexican army arrived to put an end to the rebellion. He did not return until after the Texas Revolution
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Set in the environment of ethnic and racial paranoia that defined the early 1940s in Los Angeles‚ California‚ the "Zoot Suit Riots" were a defining moment for Zoot Suiters and the Mexican American community. The ethnic populations of California as a whole‚ and Los Angeles in particular‚ were under siege. In March and April of 1942‚ the entire Japanese and Japanese American population on the West Coast of the United States were deported to "relocation centers" (mild euphemisms for concentration camps)
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import temporary field workers (Rodriguez). By 1964‚ more than four million Mexicans worked under the Bracero program (Rodriguez). Like communism‚ the Bracero Program‚ was created with the intention of benefiting both sides. As Mexican workers became a burden and competition for work increased‚ the United States implemented Operation Wetback to deport undocumented bracero workers (Rodriguez). The negative view of Mexican workers would become a lasting image for the Latino community as a
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The Bracero program is attempting to reduce illegal immigration. This was a system of contract labor whereby farmers could hire young Mexican men‚ pay them low wages‚ and send them back to Mexico when they were not needed. It was about a year after World War. It was a contract that the united states and Mexico had agree on which was on August 6‚ 1942 when Mexico and United States which was a binational agreement. Allowing them to be able to work from six weeks to six months. It had reestablished
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what being a “Mexican” is all about‚ and that ties in with what is California image really trying to say. The next story “Of Cholos and Surfers” is a depiction of a young boy also‚ but he is having trouble trying to break out of the tradition of being a normal “Mexican” and do what he is more comfortable doing. In the story of “My Latino Heart” it is about a young teenager who is having trouble finding what the Mexican culture is all about. He is not sure on how to fit in with his Mexican culture. The
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“Why Blame Mexico?” Fred Reed’s article about immigrant controversy has caused great impact for a long time over the years in the United States. Mr. Reed explains that all the problems that Americans blame the Hispanic or Mexican people are just a matter of finding all the benefits that being on this side of the border can offer them. The author utilizes the metaphor and a little of sarcasm when he said: it’s like putting out a salt lick and then complaining when deer come‚ immigrant parents
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California where Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make up the largest group in the Latino community. When asked about the Central American community‚ the interviewees commonly stated they did not know much and often associated Central Americans to Mexican/Mexican-Americans generalizations. One of the interviewees mentioned that “Central Americans are similar to Mexicans” when asked why she feels that way she explained that “…since I don’t know much about them I can only connect them to Mexicans because that
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