Per. 1 – Synthesis Essay‚ Originality October 14‚ 2011 “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind” as the famous Dr. Seuss once said about originality. The society we live in today always seems to promote the idea of being original and different. And why shouldn’t it? Had it not been for Martin Luther King Jr.‚ America still would have had the mentality that segregation was right. Had it not been for Elvis Presley‚ the rock and
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and lists examples like the literature of colored women‚ how women of color are the lowest paid wage earners in America‚ that they are targets of abortion and sterilization abuse‚ and homophobia among black women. In Borderlands La Frontera‚ Gloria Anzaldua she explains her culture and how females were supposed to be subordinate to males and how she chose a different route‚ entering the world by way of education and career and becoming a self-autonomous person. She talks about how society says that
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at organizational meetings‚ boycotts and before protest marches. The first Chicano poets included: Abelardo "Lalo" Delgado; Ricardo Sanchez and Alurista (Alberto Urista). Alurista coined the term Aztlan as the Chicano homeland. It gave Chicanos a sense of place. Aztlan had been the mythical homeland of the Aztecs which was north from Mexico‚ probably somewhere in the southwest United States. In 1967 appeared the most influential Chicano Literary Magazine‚ El Gallo‚ initiating the publishing
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Gloria Anzaldua‚ who was an activist and writer that grew up in Texas and endured several forms of oppression‚ covers several topics in her essay “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” including her feelings on the social and cultural difficulties that Mexican immigrants face when being raised in the United States. Among one of the things Anzaldua describes Mexican immigrants must endure is the judgment from other Mexicans for the way they speak Spanish. Anzaldua describes the situation
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Mesoamerica Before the arrival of European Colonists Mesoamerica consisted of many different types of cultures‚ one of which were the Aztec. This culture is interesting and important to look at specifically because of their hierarchal government and society. Social stratification is developing during this time period and through archaeology‚ we can see the progression and evidence of this development. The Aztecs had a distinct social structure that consisted of nobles‚ commoners‚ and slaves
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Bibliography: Anzaldua‚ Gloria. The Borderlands - La Frontera: The new Mestiza. Aunt Lute Books‚ 1999. Beittel‚ June S. Mexico’s Drug-Related Violence. DIANE Publishing‚ 2010. Edberg‚ Mark Cameron. El Narcotraficante: Narcocorridos and the construction of a cultural persona
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Language has a major influence in originality. People share their thoughts through their language which is sacred to them in a way that makes them feel unique and have an intimate bond within the family. In How to Tame a Wild Tongue Gloria Anzaldua said that ethnic identity is twin skin to linguistic identity. A person is their language in other words. Language breaks down culture and limits and will be apart of an individual which will always connect them to their heritage. Language establishes
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Morgana’s preface to A Bridge Called My Back is personal to me as just this year I have defined myself as a woman of color. I am a diverse mix of African-American‚ French‚ and Hispanic descent. Most of my ancestry came to American as non-speaking English. My upbringing shared a large‚ colorful mixture of environment and cultural practice that I am blessed to experience. Thus‚ I have an open mind to accept all races and ethnicities. However‚ after reading the preface‚ I was unaware the context and
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Latinas in Hollywood: Reinforcing Racial Stereotypes Hollywood is a space that promotes life in the United States. Hollywood is the space that creates stereotypes that create the notion of the “typical Latina‚ Asian‚ Black‚ etc.” Hollywood wants to create racial authenticity for each race‚ and it has been able to successfully as it has differentiated races. There is an attempt to create and manufacture racial authenticity through ethnic women in Hollywood. Hollywood pretends there is authenticity
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remembers the Aztecs as an advanced‚ elaborate and wide-ranging empire which was later destroyed by the Spanish. At first‚ the Aztecs were a relatively small and unknown tribe who called themselves the Mexicas. In the year of 1100 they left their homeland of Aztlan and came into the Valley of Mexico. And from their humble beginnings‚ the Aztecs rose to become the greatest power in Meso America by the time the Spaniards arrived‚ in the 16th century. In the year of 1325‚ the Mexica tribe founded their first
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