Cesar Chavez 1984 Address Summary

On March 18, 2008, Barack Obama gave a speech addressing racial issues facing America, as well as the reason behind his candidacy. Cesar Chavez, in his speech on November 9, 1984, dissucessed the discriminatory conditions being faced by Hispanics, mainly farm workers, of America. He also includes his plans meant for improving the lives of Hispanics across the nation. Barack Obama, the speaker of "A More Perfect Union" and Cesar Chavez, the speaker of "What the future holds for Farmworkers and Hispanics" present arguments housing claims, reasoning, evidence, rhetorical appeals/devices, and structure, creating similarities and differences amongst the speeches altering the effectiveness of their

By using strong pathos, Chavez is able to evoke emotion and illustrate the harm that comes from violent actions. In his passage, the author uses pathos to evoke emotion in order to deter violent actions. Chavez says, “Our conviction is that human life is a very

By persuading the audience to sympathize with his point of view, Chavez develops emotional appeals through pathos. In the beginning of the article, Chavez focuses primarily on his side of the argument, but he does not forget to acknowledge the views of the opposing side. He recognizes the conflicting side’s emotions when he says, “We advocate militant nonviolence as our means of achieving justice for our people, but we are not blind to the feelings of frustration, impatience and anger…” (Chavez). By appealing to the audience’s emotions, Chavez creates an understanding relationship with the reader, making them more accepting of his

The Cesar E. Chavez Foundation describes farm worker’s living conditions as, “thousands of farm workers living like savages, beneath trees and amid garbage and human excrement--near tomatoes fields in San Diego County, tomatoes fields which use the most modern farm technology. They walk miles to buy food at inflated prices and they have to carry in water from irrigation pumps” (Chavez Foundation 1). It is unbelievable that Farmers treat their workers as agricultural implements or plow animals to be used and then discarded. Furthermore, is it vexing that farmers can afford expensive technology for their tomato fields, yet lack the insignificant amount money required to provide their workers with drinking water that is clean and doesn’t come from an irrigation water

On the tenth anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination, Chavez utilizes King’s association with civil rights in order to give foundation to his own words. Chavez knows the anniversary is “...the best possible opportunity to recall the principles with which [their] struggle has grown and matured…” (ln 5-7) because King has values regarding civil rights that are synonymous to his own. Both Chavez and King possess the value that the human life is special and no one has the right to take it away. By referring to a well-known, wildly respected, and successful leader with a similar cause, Chavez has ensured that the audience will be receptive to his message that the use of nonviolence is a better solution to a problem than violence. A later reference to Gandhi further strengthens this effect. Chavez praises the effectiveness of a boycott, an act in which people forbid relations with a group in order to achieve change, made popular by Gandhi. The allusion to commonly revered supporters of the principles Chavez has built himself upon, gives him the credibility to gain the attention of the audience.

Dolores Huerta has made many contributions to our society and the social work profession. While her title is not a social worker, she presents to be one at heart. Huerta is a union leader, civil rights activist, and lobbyist. For many years, she worked closely with Cesar Chavez to organize farmworkers. Huerta’s drive and motivation to correct social injustice is seen in her actions and words. The reason Huerta was selected to be have this paper written on is because the writer attended a speech of hers in May, 2013, and found her to be a big inspiration for anybody who is passionate about social justice. Many people have knowledge of who Cesar Chavez is, but not as many are aware of who his partner, Dolores Huerta, is. This paper is written

The use of pathos that Chavez incorporated really helped him develop his argument. He says, “If we resort to violence then one of two things will happen: either the violence will be escalated and there will be many injuries and perhaps deaths on both sides, of there will be total demoralization of the workers.” He describes the end results of what violence can do which produces a sense of fear to the audience; it is also obvious that the two options he gave were both unfavorable. When talking about violence, he uses pathos to bring out the negative in using violence. Likewise, he says, “Examine history. Who gets killed in the

Our topic for this years NHDis Cesar Chavez. He is remembered everywhere because of the brave thing he did. Cesar Chaves was a union leader and a labor organizer. He started a union that changed many migrant farm worker’s life. Cesar Chaves went through a lot as a kid.

Throughout the era of the great depression, migrant farm workers were put at unfair labor. A man named Cesar Chavez helped migrant farm workers by boycotting the fruit companies they worked for and forming unions for them. The beginning of Chavez’s life, striking and boycotting fruit companies, and his new projects were the biggest impact in changing farm worker’s lives.

Even when it looked tough from when people fought the United Farm Workers, “Chavez remained personally committed to nonviolence despite...outbreaks of violence during UFW strikes" (Ribera 390). This showed true determination from César even during the dark times because he kept pushing forward. A famous activist quote made by him about putting himself in front of others was when he “declared that the ‘truest act of courage ... is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally nonviolent struggle for justice.’” (Ribera 389). This quote helped make Chávez’s true goal known, a non-violent way to achieve fairness for others by putting oneself before another with determination. In order to have their voice heard to the public, the United Farm Workers, with César, launched a “national TV special, ‘The Harvest of Shame’” ("César E. Chávez Middle Level Biography"). The purpose of the special was to have the cruelty of the unfairness the farmers dealt with as it “showed America the miserable working conditions that the migrant workers had to endure" ("César E. Chávez Middle Level Biography"). César wanted to make known of what the farm workers had to go through, Chávez proves to be a role model of true leadership and determination through his tireless efforts as he fought for the rights for others and never gave

When Daniel Alejandrez was a young boy, he noticed his father bowing his head to a superior and thought to himself that he would never do that. The reason behind this was anger. Fast forward to around the age of seventeen, he and a few fellow coworkers had noticed that they were being paid four times less than his older coworkers who were using machines and not their bare hands. On the radio, a voice called “You must organize. You must seek justice. You must ask for better wages.” The voice was Cesar Chavez. With this quote in mind, he and his coworkers went on strike against the contractor and they raised the wages from $1.65 to $1.95. The point was not to raise wages, but to call attention to the unfair treatment that they were enduring.

The farm workers’ rights issues were also a major matter that the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement dealt with along with the other issues. Mexican-American migrant farm workers had to endure the harsh working conditions while traveling from farm to farm in the United States in search for work. While working, the farm workers tended to be exploited by farm owners while also receiving low wages that kept them below the poverty level (Ramirez). Due to certain

Holmes’ purpose in conducting his fieldwork with the migrant workers (specifically the Triqui of Mexico) of California and Washington fruit agriculture was to gain understanding from a perspective many do not consider and that has not been assessed in this way before. Similarly, the goal of this book was to pass that understanding to the common reader, the average American, those who are affected directly and those who are believe they are unaffected by the migrants of American agriculture—and to distinguish that they are not unaffected. Doing so creates the potential for change, even if by only a small factor like

Cesar Chavez was born March 31, 1927, near Yuma, Arizona. He was the son of Librado Chávez and Juana Estrada Chavez. He grew up in Arizona with four siblings; Richard Chavez, Librado Chavez, Rita Chavez Medina, and Vicki Chavez Lastra. His home was a small adobe house on some 40 acres of land. This house was taken by Anglos. Cesar's father offered to clear 80 acres of land to earn the house back. This agreement was broken and the house was sold to another man named Justus Jackson. The Chavez's would get the house back, but not for long.

In “Wrath of Grapes Boycott Speech”, Cesar Chavez emphasizes that “We farm workers are closest to food production.” (690, Chavez) He highlights he is a farm worker working closest to food