El Chuco

As you walk down the streets of Arcadia, Nebraska, you look from side to side and see nothing more than a quiet little town. What you probably aren’t aware of is the history behind this “little town”. Arcadia is built off of determination, character, and distinctiveness. As you make your way down Main Street, you start to grasp a glimpse of the past. Arcadia, Nebraska is a village with quite a story to tell. Not many people know how Arcadia was founded or even how it came to be. Arcadia has dealt with struggles and overcome tragedies, whereas most towns simply would have died away. In addition to the charm of Arcadia’s perseverance, there are also many fun

In Mexican culture we deal with a lot of superstition and folklore, but one of the most famous to go around Mexico, Central central America, and South america is El chupacabra.

Imagine a place where past and present meet, a place where there are many cultures and a myriad of things to do. El Paso, Texas is just that, a place where cultures don't clash, but, instead, mix. Although some might see El Paso as a ghost town filled with run-down building in the middle of nowhere, this city is replete with fun activities. El Paso presents a great escape, gives vast job opportunities to young people, and offers wonderfully affordable housing.

Question 1 1 out of 1 points Since passage of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, all __________ of controlled substances have themselves become controlled substances. Selected Answer: Answers: b. analogs a. agonists b. analogs c. antagonists d. designer drugs

On Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m., the Los Rios Street neighborhood of San Juan Capistrano was relatively quiet with some young Hispanic adults waiting at, and walking to a bus stop. Many young Hispanic children were playing outside in the front yards, sidewalks, and alleys. Middle aged and older adults were out walking, and several groups of bicyclists (probably not from the neighborhood) were riding down the main roads. While driving through the streets and alleys, four garage sales were noted. The appearance of the residential areas varied between neighborhoods, however, most homes and yards were well maintained. In some of the less affluent neighborhoods there appeared to be more brown patches and dead grass in the yards, but most properties were in good condition. The streets were free from trash, and the alleys with garage entrances were the only areas where litter was noted. Many of the male residents were repairing their cars in the alleys

Bobby Lefebre says, “Watching everything I love about my neighborhood slowly walk into a mere memory is disheartening. It seems like every day there is a new institution, business, or mural being cleared away to make room for the new.” This quote not only helps you understand just how upsetting gentrification is to people who were rooted in these areas, but also how the original atmosphere is no longer apart of the neighborhood. These Chicanos, are not saying that people of other races or backgrounds cannot live in these neighborhoods as well, they just want it to be the same tight knit group of people who are able to help each other out and provide information to people of the same background. The idea of a tight knit community plays an important role in preservation and is imperative to these individual’s survival. Bobby Lefebre also writes, “Let’s honor our past by ensuring Northside communities of all backgrounds are not erased. Let’s work together to preserve our diverse traditions and cultural artifacts; even if preservation means creating things anew.” Even though gentrification is happening in multiple neighborhoods, there is still ideas for how to keep the original feel and the historical value that people who have lived in the area for a long time would benefit from and help give peace of mind, with the changes that are happening in their neighborhood. The ongoing stories of these people can remain in the neighborhood and will grow with them as well as the growing communities. Jolie Diepenhorst comments at the end of Bobby Lefebre’s article and her comment is another voice for how truly upsetting gentrification is to people and the history of the area. She says, “This is a beautifully written piece that illustrates everything that is

Adding to the inequalities and misfortunes within communities of color, gentrification has taken the Bay Area by a storm. Gentrification is the purchasing of deteriorated urban homes and areas, then the renovation by higher-end and middle class communities. An abundance of high-end people rush into the Bay Area and purchase up the real estate. Incoming middle and higher class take the Bay Area real estate and revitalise it into up-and-coming neighborhoods, then increase rent prices. Therefore, reducing affordable housing for communities of color. Therefore, this revitalization is changing the character of communities because the Bay Area may appear nicer, the communities of color are unable to afford the standard of living. Communities of

A quarter mile from my house there was an entire plaza of Southeast Asian stores and restaurants and a half mile away was another, larger plaza with mostly Mexican and other Central American businesses and spaces. In spite of this economic activity, the predominance of apartments, with 66.7% of occupied housing units being renter occupied and nearly 80% of the total population living in these units, in addition to 82.1% of the Spanish speaking population over the age of 25 having earned less than a highschool diploma are emblematic of the relationship between being a person of color in this country and the barriers to accumulating wealth. This is supported as well by the fact that 11.4% of those who speak only English at home are below the poverty level whereas this number is 32.8% for those who speak Spanish or Spanish Creole.

Out of all the location poems we read, my favorite poem was, “San José: a poem,” by Cynthia Gomez. It is my favorite poem because of the voice that the poet gave the poem. From the voice of this poem I have concluded that the author created a character that feels resignation towards the change of his or her hometown. They see that the town is experiencing a lot of gratification, and this gratification is pushing the town towards a culture change. This could mean the loss of a way of life for many of the town’s residents, and these types of changes are never easy. In the beginning of the poem the author describes the culture of San José that the character is accustomed to. She states that the town is “a land of quinceañeras and taquierias and Our Lady of Sorrows Church.” From this phrase it can inferred that this town has a prominent Latin culture. Further into the poem, the poet states, “This land wants expresso to flow in its, veins, not blood, Wants to be made of foccacia dough instead of earth.” From this phrase it can be inferred that the new culture in the town is more hipster like. Her ending phrase is, “As a proud sign proclaims a new San José.” I find it impressive that poets can express their thoughts with a limited amount of words and they still make the poem engaging for their readers. This is exactly what Gomez did, she sought out to express an idea and she did this by putting words together in the most strategic way; creating an intriguing poem. For this

“In the vast Latin American backcountry, everyday life could seem to outsiders to be stuck in a pre-Columbian time warp” (page 120). A few hundred to a few thousand people resided in rural towns, settled far away from the hustle and bustle of the cities. Described as “miniature version of the great cities” (page 116), each town had their own central focuses which ranged from trading to military outposts to mines. Geographically isolated mining camps were in places that would never undergo urban development and played a large role when contributing to society. These mines were usually staffed by indigenous workers or by African slaves and owned by the wealthy (page 119). The center’s influence on the fringe was extremely slow but the fringe

There is an area in NYC named El Barrio within El Barrio there is a large group of working-class Puerto Rican residents living their lives but struggling with facing street cultural and their ethnic background. Living in harsh situations put a toll on the residents that were trying to live and make it out. In El Barrio, street culture is clustered and influential and is challenging for them to continue the traditional Puerto Rican culture. In this paper, I agree that street culture has a significant impact on the resident than their traditional Puerto Rican culture, I demonstrate by looking at their jobs, relationships, drug usage. Also, looking at substantial, significant residents Primo for a male aspect, Candy for a female perspective, but connect to the whole community in El Barrio. I believe this is significant because these are the three-main topics that was brought up also the two main voices for each gender, which helps the reader read about the unique way street culture had started to have more of an influence of tradition.

For this assignment I chose to examine one neighborhood in particular, the far north housing community named Cabrini Green (Chicago’s biggest housing project). The community is ideal for study due to its proximity to the heart of Chicago, as well as its intractable poverty, which since the Great Depression has steadily worsened. Cabrini Green was initially designed to house veterans and their families after the end of World War Two. The apartments made up of a series eight stories high raises, designed to house a total of 3,600 housing units. Due to

In Puebla, Mexico, along with many other places, the idea of gentrification in neoliberal times is intertwined with the importance of culture representation and recognition. In Mexican cities, the culture of the city took priority over how ‘valuable’ it was economically. In Puebla, early gentrification caused an uproar from lower class citizens because they thought it was the upper classes response to the perception of the centre as being ‘popular’, Indian, and having lost all of its ‘dignity’. The inhabitants of the city were infuriated at how little attention was being given to the barrios “which were, after all, the ‘natural’ space for the popular class and represented as indigenous even though this was inaccurate of their ethno-demography”(Lees,

For this project, I chose to go see the film “El Acompañante” or otherwise known as “The Companion.” The film was shown here on campus in the Nelson Mandela auditorium inside of the Fed-Ex building. There were many people in the film, including some in our class. They are Anna, Wade, Josh, and Megan. This film focuses on the lives of two individuals, Horatio, a famous boxer, and Daniel. Daniel has HIV and is forced to live in a sanatorium and Horatio is his companion whose job is to try and make Daniel follow the rules in the sanatorium, this also allows for him to prove he is now clean of drugs. In the end Horatio wins a boxing match and Daniel ends up dying because of his disease.

Discuss Garcia Marquez's portrayal of the coronel in the novel "El Colonel no tiene quien le escriba".