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    Mexican American War

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    The Mexican-American War was driven by the idea of "Manifest Destiny" (Which is the belief that America had a God-given right to expand the country’s borders from sea to sea) This belief would eventually cause a great deal of suffering for many Mexicans‚ Native Americans and United States citizens. Following the earlier Texas War of Independence from Mexico‚ tensions between the two largest independent nations on the North American continent grew as Texas eventually became a U.S. state. Disputes

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    1929‚ between 400‚000 and 500‚000 Mexicans and their American-born children returned to Mexico. More than half of these departed from Texas. (The term Mexican is used in this article to refer to all Mexican-heritage repatriates‚ although a significant number of them were Mexican Americans since they had been born in Texas. For Mexican Americans‚ the term repatriate is actually inaccurate‚ for one cannot be repatriated to a foreign country.) Depression-era Mexican repatriation from Texas began in 1929

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    Mexican Subcultural Group

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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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    How White People Became White Paula S. Rothenberg William Paterson University of New Jersey Abstract Biologically speaking‚ it’s just as possible for a given white person in Florida to have genetics similar to his neighbor down the street as it would be for the same white person to have genetics similar to a black person in Nigeria. We could just as easily disregard skin color and pay attention to hair and/or eye color. Sociologists make this claim because they argue that the definition

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    Mexican drug war

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    Mexican Drug War Background ! Mexico has had a reputation for trafficking drugs to the United States and South America since the major trafficking started in the early 1960s‚ but the drug trade between the United States and Mexico started in 1933 when the United States revoked the alcohol prohibition. It is easy for the drug cartels and traffickers to move the drugs through Mexico because of its prime location between the United States and South America. Also do to the cartels in nearby

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    BOYS WILL BE BOYS: GENDER‚ OVERCONFIDENCE‚ AND COMMON STOCK INVESTMENT In this paper researchs overconfident for trading of women and men investors. There are some specific subjects. First of all‚ is gender effected to the people who are overconfident ? Rational investors make repetitive contributions and withdrawals from their investment portfolios and trade to minimize taxes. If people are expected lower return and who wants to more trading Greater overconfidence level

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    Mexican American Family

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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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    White Privilege

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    White Privilege A variety of factors within our society prevent equal opportunity. We still live in a racialized society where the color of our skin often determines how we are treated. Many white people do not recognize‚ or want to recognize that race still significantly impacts lives. Many white people are taught growing up not to think as racial beings‚ and this may contribute to many denying the privileges that go along with being white. Historically‚ the goal for equality and opportunity

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    Mexican Independence Day

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    On every street corner there are vendors selling flags‚ balloons‚ sombreros and rehiletes -shuttlecock‚ all with the green‚ white and red‚ our National Colors. Food is always a very important part of these festivities. Literarily hundreds of stands are set up several days before and offer the traditional antojitos‚ most aptly described as a variety of finger foods‚ Mexican candies‚ and punch. Ponche is a drink made of fruits that are in season: guavas‚ sugarcane‚ raisins and apples. Lighted decorations

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    reality‚ Coates’ tells his son that “racist violence has been woven into American culture (Coates).” This violence has been following them since the day they were born and they have been running from it ever since. Gunnar Kaufman from the book The White Boy Shuffle‚ by Paul Beatty also encounters this violence after being mostly left alone at his previous home. Both of these men

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