Justice In Colonias

The populist governments, seen in the 1950’s and 1960’s in South America, spurred industrial growth and a sense of “consciousness” amongst the inhabitants of the Latin American countries. The industrial growth greatly benefited the middle-class and the working-class; however, the poor were driven into shantytowns and rural areas. To illustrate the great poverty of this time in Latin America, people living in “shantytowns” resided in vast settlements built of cardboard and other available materials such as metal and sheets of plastic. These “towns” frequently lacked proper sanitation. One could imagine how living in these shantytowns would degrade the human spirit and foster a sense of worthlessness. The abrupt shift in the social classes

In The Republic, the great philosopher Plato attempts to reveal through the character and dialogues of Socrates that justice is better when it is the good for which men must strive for, regardless of whether they could be unjust and still be rewarded. His method is to use dialectic, the asking and answering of questions. This method leads the audience from one point to another, supposedly with indisputable logic by obtaining agreement to each point before going on to the next, therefore, building an argument.

I do not fit in one box on a federal checklist, I am of several cultures. My experience of listening to my Grandmother’s stories made me acutely aware of this fact. I am not just an American, I am a Mexican-American. Living in the Rio Grande Valley, I am part of this “third country” that Anzaldua calls the borderland (Anzaldua Borderlands 1987, 3). In this third country where the “third world grates against the first and bleeds”, the spilt blood creates a new country; an uneasy fusion of both cultures (Anzaldua Borderlands 1987, 3). In my case I was born to a father from Mexico and a mother from America, I am part of the third culture, the Mexican-American. I am proud to be an American and a Hispanic, yet America devalues me because of my heritage.

Stealing From The Poor: During the bracero program Mexico collected money from braceros that they were supposedly going to

While The Little Book of Restorative Justice for Colleges and Universities has many merits it also posses some off-putting weaknesses. Karp opens his work up for criticism and makes it less likely to be accepted or seen as a serious alternative to the traditional disciplinary systems with the inclusion of frivolous illustrations and talks of the spiritual. The Little Book also lacks much evidence outside of personal testimony or the authors own reasoning —while that can be strong evidence, empirical evidence have a place in this discussion.

Looking at the current socio-political-economic issues of the world, the once self-sufficient jobs of Mexicans and Ecuadorians, such as farming, has become inadequately scarce to even provide food on the table for their family, much less send their children to school. As such, the need to provide the necessities for survival and a better life for their family has driven these individuals to illegally cross this vast terrain of land between Mexico and the United States, a

League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and Just Neighbors have undertaken on barriers that have restricted Hispanic families from receiving supportive programs. Many undocumented Hispanic families have been left behind. Without legal documentation, many were excluded from receiving employment, food, financial or health assistance. LULAC’s encompasses a community-based program that has helped improve families’ employment, educational, economic empowerment, housing, health, and civil rights. Also, by establishing the ten-month program called the Hispanic Immigrant Integration Project (HIIP) through LULAC, noncitizens are able to attain various immigration services in the

There are policies in actions to help the lower income and those of colonias, but they are working at a snail’s pace. Although, there is poverty all around the country and has been for decades, it is still there. “For basic health and human services, environmental services and capital improvements, colonia residents must rely on an often-confusing combination of local, state and federal programs, many of which come and go, depending on the political and economic climate.” In 2005, the Texas State legislature put out a bill signed by Governor Rick Perry to get government based agencies to help colonias better their living conditions. “To establish and maintain a statewide classification system to track state-funded projects related to water/wastewater, road paving and other assistance to colonias”, also, bills signed to eliminate the creation of more colonias on the border. In order for there to be no colonia growth those existing need to be

Restorative justice (RJ) is the practice of trying to restore the victims of harm or trauma back to a state of peace and contentment. It is used to benefit the victims so they can in a way reclaim a part of themselves. Restorative justice has three main models/practices; Victim Offender Conferencing (VOC), Circle Processes, and Family Group Conferences. Victim offender conferencing is the most common application of restorative justice in North America. In, The Little Book of Victim Offender Conferencing, Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz explains, “the victim offender conferencing process brings victims and offenders of crime together in a face-to-face meeting prepared and led by a trained facilitator, often a community volunteer, to talk about the impact of the consequences of the crime.”

Inhabitants are reluctant to go out because of a paranoid fear of becoming entangled in the crossfire. Individuals move their homes and businesses over the outskirts to bordering cities such as, Laredo, Texas, deserting their shops and diners behind them. Numerous inhabitants who remain have taken part in the crusade for peace, however with the rumors of citizens being shot if they had a peace sticker on their cars diminished their efforts. At the point when 68,000 unaccompanied minors, and a comparative number of moms going with kids, crossed into the U.S from Central America illicitly, but they simply do not vanish into the shadows. The majority of them handed themselves over to border authorities and request refuge or some other type of human assistance (TRAC). The savagery and terrorizing that accompanies the continuous drug cartel war drove most individuals from their homes. A portion of the brutality is impelled by warring

How has gender inequality affected women in Latin American countries? Gender inequality has affected the women of Latin America in a multitude of ways, but it can be argued that the division of gender equality is extremely prominent when analyzing reproductive rights and health care access. Compared to countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, Latin America is far behind in terms of civil rights and reproductive rights. The lack of rights is not in question; women’s barrier to reproductive health can be seen through anecdotes and statistics. The question thus becomes, is there a definite answer to why these rights are absent? Factors concerning the absence of reproductive rights include cultural norms and religion, but the one that plays the biggest role remains the lack of female political leaders in Latin American countries. What exactly is it that is keeping Latin America behind other countries in terms of being progressive regarding reproductive rights? Women’s political absence in Latin America has shaped reproductive rights and health care services immensely.

Prisons serve a purpose to retribute and then rehabilitate. But when it comes to true rehabilitation of the prisoners, there is no denying that it is not being done correctly. In the last decade, the unfair incarceration has increased, showing that many people wrongfully accused in to be proven innocent based on the conclusion that the evidence found indeed the felon’s fault. (Mitchell) When these times come men and women to be proved innocent they are surely at lost for words knowing that all this time they were innocent of the crime committed. But even after all this happens, it seems that people are not gaining any type of benefit for going through rehabilitation. Because of the increase in incarceration has occurred, the increase in poverty

It could take place in Poland, Latin America y may be in another post-conflict zone of the world.

“Open Veins of Latin America” by Eduardo Galeano primarily focuses on historical events following the “discovery” and colonization of Latin America. This book however, unlike many others has very distinct and contrasting ideas. In his historical piece, Galeano incorporates many peculiar ideas that have since caused controversy following the publishing of the book in the year 1973. As we examine the cover, the subtitle (“Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent”) gives us an antecedent of our authors viewpoint on the subject and what’s to come later in the book. Without a doubt, one of the major themes and the books main purpose is to clarify the events that took place in Latin America involving the pillage of land and natural resources by foreigners. In his “Seven Years Later” segment of the book, Galeano claims that he wanted to uncover lies and things that have been hidden in the history books. Galeano also wants to uncover the social, economic, and political disparity that Latin American indigenous people were/are facing compared to and as a direct result of foreigners who were/are benefitting and prospering from Latin American land and people.

Over the decades, the concept of justice has been continually evolving. This is occurring based upon different moral or legal interpretations. Evidence of this can be seen with observations from Burke (2011) who said, "Few things are of more importance to a society than its concept of justice. This is because it is justice that provides criterion for the legitimate use of force. In the name of justice people are detained, arrested, handcuffed, put on trial and punished. This concept is used to provide every society with some kind of social order. Over the last 200 years, a revolution has taken place with these principles. Our idea of it is what we employ, when dealing with ordinary individuals in daily life including: making agreements, paying bills, resolving disputes and putting criminals in jail. This is a concept that is as old as recorded history and it is familiar to people everywhere. What makes it so unique is that these ideas are constantly changing which focuses on society as a whole and how people are interacting with each other. " (Burke)