Like Mexicans Gary Soto (1952 -) My grandmother gave me bad advice and good advice when I was in my early teens. For the bad advice‚ she said that I should become a barber because they made good money and listened to the radio all day. “Honey‚ they don’t work como burros‚” she would say every time I visited her. She made the sound of donkeys braying. “Like that‚ honey!” For the good advice‚ she said that I should marry a Mexican girl. “No Okies‚ hijo”—she would say— “Look‚ my son. He marry one
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Type of Concert: Pau Hana; Music and Dance from Asia and the Pacific General reaction: Overall‚ I was somewhat impressed with the majority of the performances. There were many different instruments‚ costumes‚ and music expressing the different cultures. There were a few musical instruments that seemed out of the ordinary‚ and also wasn’t very pleasing to the ears‚ but they did a great job. The UH students in the Chinese‚ Japanese‚ Korean‚ and Hawaiian music courses performed at this concert. Composition
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the boundary of the United States‚ has invaded our territory‚ and shed American blood upon the American soil." Four days later‚ Congress declared war against Mexico‚ and across the nation large shows of support for the action followed. So began the Mexican-American War that resulted in acquiring of lands that today make up the American southwest; the states of California‚ Nevada‚ Utah‚ Arizona‚ New Mexico‚ and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. Many attempts have been made to rationalize the war as just
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Steve Zissou WS 3220 12/16/2010 Dr. Karen Women Migrant Workers: From Mexico to the U.S. Migrant workers have long played a crucial role in the economy of the United States‚ there has always been a rather heavy flow of both legal and illegal immigrants to the United States. There is a large variety of different jobs available for both legal and illegal immigrants in the United States‚ many women find work with more affluent families and are employed as nannies or maids. Some women
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Introduction Texture is one of the basic elements of music. When you describe the texture of a piece of music‚ you are describing how much is going on in the music at any given moment. For example‚ the texture of the music might be thick or thin‚ or it may have many or few layers. It might be made up of rhythm only‚ or of a melody line with chordal accompaniment‚ or many interweaving melodies. Below you will find some of the formal terms musicians use to describe texture. Suggestions for activities
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Egyptian and Mexican Pyramids The creation of the Egyptian and Mexican pyramids both had many purposes in their societies. Each type of pyramid and the use of each had some similarities. They each served as a purpose for ceremonies‚ which was held for religious gatherings. This ties into rituals as well. Certain pyramids in each society had murals and writing on them. They were used for symbols to explain or show something. All pyramids were used for burials‚ however‚ the Mexicans buried priests
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Becoming Mexican American: A study into the cultural developments of Mexican immigrants to the United States The purpose of this paper is to review and discuss the inviting work of George Sánchez‚ Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity‚ Culture and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles‚ 1900-1945. While reviewing this work of Sánchez‚ the essay will make use of an article written by Grace Peña Delgado relating to the immigration issues of the United States in the early twentieth century. Delgado`s article
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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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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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