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Oseguera, Shanyle PLS 2080 MIdterm Midterm Section 1: Question #1: What is Intersectionality? According to our in-class reading Uneven Roads, intersectionality is defined and described as, “ the presumption that more than just one group identity, group experience, or form of discrimination matters in explaining an individual’s or a group’s citizenship status and opportunities.”(pg.6) and from what I understand is that intersectionality is the research approach that examines how a person's identities interact when they engage in politics and other factors create a form of discrimination for a community. These factors are race, ethnicity, gender, social class, and form of identity which all wrap together hand in hand. Question #2: In what ways did Latino social and political opportunities change in the civil rights era? The civil rights era for Latinos was one of the biggest civil rights movements for the Latino community. During this era, the 1986 Walk Outs, Zoot Suit Riots, Chicano Movement, Mendez v. Westminster, and leaders made an impact like Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta. Some of these events are based on my knowledge I know the Zoot Suit Riots was a fight between white servicemen and young Latinos and Anglos; the servicemen viewed the violent attacks as a form of patriarchy ripping their suits reminding them of segregation. When I was younger my mother always talked about how she was around for the La Riots and it was a repeat of previous historical events like the Zoot Suit Riots but a different fight. I never knew Latinos experienced segregation until I learned about the Mendez v. Westminster case and I was in the Westminster school district. I remember thinking how could events like that even happen but the reality is that nobody ever talked about it and the school system lied. Caesar Chavez and Delores Huerta led the 1960s United Farm Workers Union by demanding better pay and working conditions. According to the book, “UFW was a 1966 merger of the Filipino-led Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) and Chávez’s earlier National Farm Workers Association (NFWA)” (pg 285). question #3: Discuss United States v Baghat Singh Thind and the Immigration Act of 1924. Who was Baghat Singh Thind? What was his case about and what was his argument? Furthermore, what was the Court’s ruling and their justification behind this ruling? The Immigration Act of 1924 also known as the “ National Origins” Act, was an act that limited the amount of immigrants allowed for entry into the United States through a national origins quota and Asia was completely excluded from the act. According to the book Baghat Singh Thind was an “Asian Indian man who

demonstrated that even when some Asian immigrants were considered Caucasian, their road toward citizenship and opportunity could still wind toward a dead end.” (pg. 156) Thind fought and supported his claims to be considered white because Indians were technically classified as Aryans. The United States Supreme Court denied Thind’s application for citizenship because even though he was considered white he was not viewed as white so ultimately it was discrimination and prejudice because he did not fit the “white” color. This then led to the elimination of all Asian and South Asian descent and the denying of any naturalizations happening at that moment destroying so many lives. Section 2: Explain the role race played in cannabis prohibition and in the “War on Drugs” that followed. Furthermore, explains the role of race in the emerging legal cannabis market. Race was divided when it played a role in the cannabis industry. Not only were African Americans and Mexicans targeted as the ones only consuming cannabis, but they were also seen as criminals who could harm others. Once the government was able to see the vision of how easily they could corrupt war and drugs they knew making cannabis an illegal substance would create an influx of incarcerations which led to the— industrial prison complex. In reality, every race was consuming cannabis, especially whites. I wanted to use some input from our book, “We believe race still matters in substantive ways, meaning it can still structure opportunities and outcomes that determine the quality of life for U.S. citizens and residents alike—their education, housing, health, and so on. For instance, the criminal justice system has long produced discriminatory outcomes. Currently, African Americans are 13 percent of monthly drug users, but they represent 55 percent of all persons convicted on drug charges and 77 percent of all those who serve prison sentences related to drugs” (page 5) What I understood is that 17 out of 100 percent of the population are African Americans which completely blows out the theory of “all” drug users are African Americans and Mexican Americans when statistically that is no the case. The fact that 55 percent represent African Americans in the prison system shows how corrupt and race-driven the government is. In the movie we watched Grass Is Greener, we learned that Henry J. Anslinger was in charge of the U.S. Treasury Department's Federal Bureau of Narcotics and implemented the Marijuana Tax Act in 1937. The tax act made it physically impossible for any minority to own, grow, and distribute any type of cannabis because it cost millions to even get the license. Anslinger knew that placing race with Marijuana would create a war on race and drugs. From a political standpoint, most minorities during this

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