Mexican Americans And Puerto Ricans Have Been Faced With

The events of 7 June 1969 were but one of many moments in the history of New York City 's Puerto Rican community that gave rise to and lent support for the Young Lords Party.[4] Indeed over the course of the next five years this ethnic group of radical intellectuals would help bring attention to the plight of the Puerto Rican community in New York City. This essay explores the history of the late twentieth century Puerto Rican migrants in New York City through an examination of the Young Lords Party (1969 to 1974). In doing so, it examines several significant topics, including the growth of the Puerto Rican population in New York City; the unique challenges this ethnic group faced, and the origins, growth and decline of the Young Lords Party.

America is most known for its diversity, with immigrants from almost everywhere on Earth. The American Dream has lured many minorities to the land of the free and home of the brave, in search of opportunity. Though the U.S. is known for its “American Dream,” America does not have equal opportunity for all of its people. Women and Latinos, specifically, have been denied social and legal equality, with both movements starting in the 1960`s. Latinos had the Chicano movement while women had the second wave of a feminist movement, with similarities and differences in their goals, means, and results. Although Latinos focused on reforming education and work conditions and women wanted to reform their image in society, both educated the public through organizations and used protests to gain limited success of better job opportunity though are still viewed as inferior to white men.

The Puerto Ricans in New York were being submerged in racist repression and a severe economic exploitation. There Puerto Ricans faced filthy and dangerous tenement housing and a school system that denigrated their language and culture and offered little opportunity for higher education. The Latino population could not get ahead because of the daily repression to which they are subjected. In the streets they faced an occupying army, the New York City Police Department, which was openly racist and used violence liberally. “Puerto Ricans were good enough to die in the jungle of Vietnam, but were treated like the Viet Cong on the streets of New York,” according to to “palante brief history of the Young Lords”what the young lord tried to do oster seeing all the events that were helping to denigrated the latino community they began to clean the streets. Gave

One of the many similarities about the Mexican American Civil Rights movements and the Chicano Movement in the 60s- 70s is that they fought for what they believed they had a right to have. Many in the 1940’s and in the 1960’s stepped up to show their loyalty to the United States by joining the military and sadly manly lost their lives during World War II and the Vietnam War. They were many Mexican Americans who were stationed in infantry and many dangerous areas during the war. They all fought with courage and fought with heart to accomplish the same goal each soldier had. Even though both the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement and the Chicano Movement seemed to have many similarities, they had many differences. I argue that The Chicano Movement and The Civil Rights Movement are different in many ways because they fought for different motives and wanted a better life for themselves as Mexican Americans in America. They of course had many similarities but took different extremes.

In 2009 after the retirement David Souter from the Supreme Court president Obama appointed Sonia Sotomayor as the replacement judge. “The judge is the daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants...She is a first Generation Americans.” According to multiple multiple American news outlets such as CNN, Fox News, Msnbc, etc. To these news outlets this was the info that was groundbreaking the daughter of immigrants was both groundbreaking to the media as well as inspiring. The true definition of what the American dream stands for.The media thought the info was important enough that they covered this story on the “top of the newshour”, and relayed this information to people of the the US as a matter of fact. Yet this claim was false and the truth being that her parents aren 't immigrants didn’t it wasn’t before 1917. Yes it is true that Judge Montemayor is born of people who came from Puerto Rico but according to US law established 1917 called Jones-Shafroth Act people born in Puerto Rico are US citizen as well as a person from any other state. So this doesn 't make her parents immigrants as multiple news outlets say. So all her parent’s did was move they didn’t imigrate to a new country they like a lot of Americans moved to a different place. Through this spread of false information the pride of puerto ricans were angered.An example of this angerement came from my father the person who is hardly takes offense anything. Was infuriated by the 60 Minutes news report that he made me watch

When watching the documentary “Pa’lante” it showed a lot of struggle in the community as Puerto Ricans tried their best to maintain it. Although, no vicious acts of violence was presented, authority says otherwise as well as the government. These people fought a lot for a better being and not just for themselves but for everybody as well. They took action into their hands and tried their best to provide Medical Insurance, better Sanitation conditions, food, clothing, and much more. Even though the Young Lords lost their power and the people in the community drifted away, they will always be remembered. The Young Lords created such a big impact that because of them many people receive all those benefits they were trying to provide in the first

The fights are taken to the streets through a form of protest against undocumented Mexicans that have invaded the streets of Farmingville, NY looking for work. The protests were due to Mexican laborers that are not documented to America as well as the laborers overcrowding houses and supposedly harming the local community. The results have led to the dark side of both sides that are fighting the political war. On the side of the People of Farmingville, the citizens that have lived there for a long time live in fear of rape, theft, and tax dollars used toward hiring centers for undocumented day laborers. This led them to protest speeches and violence such as rock-throwing and assault. On the side of the day laborers, it was noted in the documentary that these crimes the Farmingville citizens were worried about had occurred such as a young mother was killed by a laborer that was driving while intoxicated. (Farmingville, 2004) The point being, is that immigration has led to hate crimes, declaration of racism, increase in crimes and civil disobedience in Farmingville,

In politics, civil rights leaders sought to effectively mobilize black voters and also oppose the gerrymandering of political districts that decreased the power of the black vote. (Tuck, 2004) The Congress of Racial Equality used a nonviolent and direct-action approach to politics, endorsing Freedom Rides to challenge segregated transportation and sit-ins in the south to protest discrimination. (Baldwin, 2011) In revolt to the discrimination within the public transportation systems, the black church and social groups organized a one-day boycott in where all black would avoid using busses and public transportation to show the disapproval of actions and hatred being taken towards them all because of their color.

Puerto Ricans face challenges in every aspect of their lives in and out of the island of Puerto Rico. In America, a trip to the hospital and or post offices may make life difficult when this culture of people try to figure out what they need or have had done. The need for medical care to ensure they have received immunizations necessary for school or work poses a problem especially because of the language barrier. If this culture of people find themselves in a courtroom situation they will clean but not with a full understanding of the situation the plead and the full ramifications of the plate even with an

Many of the new movements in the nineteenth and twentieth century began to gain influence in the US. These new movements such as immigrant communities, progressive reformers and women’s movements began to influence mainstream political and social trends. Immigrant communities bred crime, created ghettos and aid societies, and were the backbone of political machines, progressive reformers introduced direct primaries, conservation of the environment and reforms form Robert M. La Follette and women’s movements introduced birth control, prohibition and women’s suffrage. Immigrant communities were one of the first movements to alter US politics and society. One of the way immigrant communities influenced US society was with the creation of ghettos.

There were many moments in this event that showed the pride and determination of the Hispanic community. Even if so they were considered a minority, they still received what the demanded for. This protest proved to be significantly successful and was an

During the 20th century there were numerous riots, protests, and boycotts fighting for the equality and social integration of African-Americans. Some of the stories of individuals endeavoring for their freedom have gone down in history—resulting in laws being altered, regulations being revised, and unimaginable boundaries being broken. Sadly, in order to establish justice in this world, violence and death usually occur due to conflicting ideals. In Southern Los Angeles, even after African-Americans were issued their “Civil Rights,” underlying racism constructed barriers such as “racial restrictive covenants” that ensured that blacks were still not welcome there. The two biggest social disturbances that have taken place in the West have taken place in Los Angeles—where unemployment, overcrowding, poverty, and segregation have become increasingly prevalent. The first of these social disturbances is the Rodney King riot of 1992 and the second is the Watts riot of 1965. The racial bigotry, which was backed by the racial restrictive covenants and racial discrimination of LAPD throughout Southern Los Angeles; as well as the events that sparked the Rodney King riot and the Watts riot; clearly illustrate the racial segregation and the overall struggle that African-Americans faced during the 20th century.

As a Puerto Rican who was born and raised in Hartford, I did not think much about how or why my parents are here in the United States. It was after reading the articles in Hist 247 Reader: Latinos in the USA that I began to question the reasons and conditions of my grandparent's migration. Many think that Puerto Ricans began to migrate to the United States after 1898 when the United States took over Puerto Rico but Puerto Ricans have been migrating to the US since 1840's. The Puerto Rican migration is best described in two different experiences. The first experience from later 19th Century to early 20th Century is the migration due to the economic and social situations in Puerto Rico

During the films, the only film that I found a difference was the film “A day without Mexicans”. This film focused more on the idea of how California would be if the Latino population disappear out of thin air. The film wanted the viewers to focused on the idea of how Mexicans play a huge role in the American culture. This film doesn’t really focused on the idea of immigration and how individuals struggled to get to America. This film wanted to inform its viewers, how the Latino culture does so much for the American culture. The film did not talk about how the Latinos came to America, and the struggles they faced.

At the end, the boycott that would supposedly last a day was so successful that extended for the following months. Proving the efficiency of Ms. Robinson, and the influence of blacks in the city’s economy. Blacks felt powerful and motivated, and they would not surrender their position until complete satisfaction of their demands. Essentially, they were asking for better treatment in public transports, and the elimination of the reserved seats. Whites were outraged to implement a measure that seemed so close to integration and stand their ground of maintaining segregated