Legal And Social Justice For Hispanics And Women

During the 1970’s, Mexican Americans were involved in a large social movement called the "Chicano movement." Corresponding with the great development of the black civil rights movement, Mexican Americans began to take part in a series of different social protests in which they demanded equal rights for themselves. Composed mainly of Mexican American students and youth, these activists focused on maintaining a pride for their culture as well as their ethnicity to fuel their political campaign. Left out of this campaign initially though were Mexican immigrants.

Unfair laboring and immigration in the United States has affected Latinas/os lives for decades. In the United States millions of Latina/o citizens, emigrants, and immigrants have dealt with bias, racially segregated, and limited positions in regards to labor. They have been limited to blue collar jobs with low wages, no benefits, and hardly any raises. In the article, “Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy”, Andrea Smith argues, “This framework does not assume that racism and white supremacy is enacted in a singular fashion; rather, white supremacy is constituted by separate and distinct, but still interrelated, logics.” (Smith 67). I believe that Andrea Smith’s two of the Three Pillars of White Supremacy: Genocide/Colonialism and Orientalism/War fits with Latina/o labor and immigration. I also believe that her first pillar of Slavery/Capitalism could be displayed slightly differently to be more suitable with Latina/o labor and immigration. In this paper I will argue how the two out of the three pillars fit with Latina/o labor and immigration. I will also argue and propose a new pillar to represent Latinas/os labor and immigration. I will also argue how sexuality, power, and gender play a role in these three pillars.

Finally after many deacades of suffering the Chicanos decided to make their voices be heard around the country and fight discrimination and to demand the rigthts they desrve as Americdan citizens. The Chicano movement began since the U.S took hundreds of miles from Mexico at the end of the Mexican War in 1848. The thousands of Mexican that were living in the territory that became part of the U.S became American citizens overnight and since then countless Chicanos have confronted discrimination, racism and exploitation in their own country.

The Chicano movement, also known as El Movimiento, was a civil rights movement that began in the 1960s with a primary objective of attaining empowerment and self-determination as well as rejecting and confronting the history of racism, discrimination and disenfranchisement of the Mexican-American community and was much more militant than movements prior to it. Some issues the Chicano movement dealt with were farm workers’ rights, political rights, better education and restoration of land grants. Additionally, the movement sought to gain social equality and economic opportunity. The movement strove to tackle the stereotype the media and America synonymized with Mexicans. The Chicano movement was influenced by progress made in movements such as the Black Power Movement, antiwar movement and various others.

The “coveted black analogy”, which Rodriguez states that Hispanics “insist[ed]” on, can be viewed as an acknowledgment to the suffering that African Americans experienced. Due to this struggle, African Americans were one of the primary groups that affirmative action was meant to help. As a result, Rodriguez implies that by seeing the benefits that African Americans were receiving, Hispanics wanted to be included as well. In Rodriguez’s perspective, this led Hispanics to “claim the spoils of affirmative action” even though they were not the group that affirmative action was initially geared toward.

In American history, civil rights movements have played a major role for many ethnics in the United States and have shape American society to what it is today. The impact of civil rights movements is tremendous and to an extent, they accomplish the objectives that the groups of people set out to achieve. The Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement, more commonly known as the Chicano Movement or El Movimiento, was one of the many movements in the United States that set out to obtain equality for Mexican-Americans (Herrera). At first, the movement had a weak start but eventually the movement gained momentum around the 1960’s (Herrera). Mexican-Americans, also known as Chicanos, began to organize in order to eliminate the social barriers that

Chicanos felt that as a nation, the history has had some significant Chicano influence that also needed to be recognized and taught within our school system. They also felt that the institutions that let this country function like law enforcement, government and education, were set up to systematically work against the Chicano. This was their way to identify themselves with the struggle against such entities.

A diverse minority group of Latino and Spanish-speaking peoples has played an important part of what it means to be American and what it means to be a citizen in the United States today. Moving into the future, in order to analyze the trajectory that this group is in, we must first understand the group’s history in the United States and in territories that would become the United States. In addition, we must look at the origins of the most recent wave of Latino immigration in order to understand their current effect on American society and the intersection between both minority and majority groups. Finally, we get to the apex of this investigation: what lies in the future for Latino Americans in the United States? Although Latino

The unequal treatment of races, social classes, religion, gender, and sexual orientation showcased by political representatives continues to plague the transitioning movement of equality for all. However, as showcased on Fighting for Political Power, the contemplation by various organizations and people that seek equal opportunities should be through the proper channels in order to successfully implement their personal agenda. Due to the fact that the ideology of discrimination is embedded within society, government officials and the corporate structure have abuses their authority to display inequality within each sector. Even in recent years many authority officials, such as police officers, are often associated with crimes surrounding prejudice mentality. However as displayed in the documentary, in order to successfully transition society into a fair and equal world the fight must be done within. I believe in social equality and the expression of agency displayed by the Mexican-American community proved to generate positive results (Jamison). Although discrimination still occurs among the governmental sectors, the implementation of La Raza Unida led the way to new opportunities that reformed the labor and education sectors for many American citizens. As new issues arise surrounding civil liberties, it is beneficial to thoroughly examine and properly utilize

In schools today Latino children are punished for speaking their native language during school.They are encouraged to drop out of school and go straight to a blue-collar job. In 1960 only 25% of Latinos in America graduated from high school, but only 2% of those people attended college.These people ran away from the only place they’ve ever known, they came to be free and to have a better life, but what do they end up with? Discrimination and injustice!

America, despite appearing as a beacon of hope for many, possesses very little glory once the American Dream facade fades. Throughout American history, every minority and underprivileged group fought tedious, uphill battles for the freedoms they hold today, yet many affirm America’s undoubted might. African-Americans, Native Americans, women, immigrants, and many other minorities persevered through generations of discrimination and loathing before any legal writ dictated their acceptance within American culture. Even now, decades after these laws came into existence, the xenophobic, discriminatory mindset still infects the psyches and consciences of many average American citizens. While individual freedoms and social issues support the lack

The Latino population has become one of the most growing ethnic minority groups which has accounted for 56 % of the nation’s growth in the past 10 years. This group of individuals has not only expanded but continues to grow as years go by. However, despite this increase in the Latino community it has also lead to an increase in the amount of discrimination towards this group. This has been shown through a higher amount of Latinos who report experiencing everyday discrimination as compared to non-Latino Whites. The reason why it is important to note this difference is because discrimination has

In the United States today, we live in a society that works under the façade of seeming equal, of appearing, outwardly at least, free of discrimination and applying equal opportunities to the rights, liberties, and freedoms to all its citizens. However, that’s just it: An external façade. Yes, beneath the gleaming faux-marble exteriors of newly gentrified urban areas, and even within the corporate infrastructures supposedly promoting hiring equity, something is rotting. That is, of course, the neglect and altogether ignorance of the presence of racial and gender inequalities pervading and saturating society. What makes it such an easy issue to disregard today, as many would, is that these inequalities

Racism is a topic that has been the topic of dozens of news reports in the last five years. While a great deal of attention has been paid to racism committed against African American men very little attention has been paid to racism committed against Latino men and women in spite of recent controversies over the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals Act (DACA) that made it easier for children of undocumented immigrants to remain in the United States. This has changed since the 2016 presidential elections. Increasing attention is being focused on Latino men and women specifically due to DACA and they are being targeted by politicians, law enforcement, and Immigration regardless of their immigration status. This has effected them socially, psychologically, and economically. In many ways the targeting of the Latino population by racist is more insidious than that against African Americans because there are not always visible racial differences between the Latino population, and the African American population, or that of the Latino population and the white population depending on the individuals nation of origin (e.g. people from Argentina may have blond hair and blue eyes while people from Haiti are African-Caribbean). While blatant racism does occur in relation to the Latino population in most cases it is subtle and institutional in nature, particularly in relation to areas such as law enforcement, healthcare, and education.

The concept of “whiteness” is a social construct used as a hierarchical method to give privilege to a group of people in society and to oppress and discriminate against people who do not belong to that group (Battalora, 2013). It is very relevant to learn about what “whiteness” brought to the United States in the past, how that oppressed and marginalized Latino Americans and how this still prevalent today.