Proud My Heritage

As a Latina from a Mexican family I struggle to find a middle ground between pride and confidence. The Hispanic culture stresses not to forget your roots and be proud of who you are so I was raised that way, my parents and grandparents really valued our culture’s beliefs we may live in the US now but I should still be proud to call myself Mexican. Both my parents taught me to be confident of who I am and not let myself be affected by the strange world around me, to have a sense of pride in my originality and be proud of the gifts I was given by God. Religion is imperative to the Mexican culture, if you are Mexican then it is essential to be a Guadalupano, a person who is devoted to the Virgin de Guadalupe (Virgin Mary) you must take your religion

At this point in time reflecting on my past experiences I think the first thing I would do differently with my life is believe in myself and not doubt my decisions or my looks. Growing up I have always been made to feel ashamed of my dark skin, my bigger body and my hispanic heritage because it was different from what society had taught me and my family. If I knew no one would judge me I would embrace the darker pigmentation of my skin, accept my body for how it is and wear my heritage with pride. During the summer might go out swim Instead of staying inside and worrying about getting a little bit darker; I would stop wearing long sleeve shirts on the hottest day to avoid having people see the darkness of my skin. I would wear red lipstick

I really did not think there was anything extraordinary about my culture and heritage because I have lived in a Crystal City, Texas my whole life. Being Mexican American was really the usually thing so I did not consider anything special of it, but my history has shown me otherwise. Living in a small town has shown me that I can leave a legacy, keep the heritage of my family alive, and still strive to have an education.

In the United States, these concepts were achieved through Jim Crow laws as well as the implementation of Ghettos. The inherent white supremacy that was present was constant and maintained through the perpetuation of cultural inferiority among African Americans, violence, and economic deprivation. The Black Power movement definitely took on a rather aggressive stance when it came to goals and defining the movement. They believed that without self-determination in the African-American community, the attempt to integrate inevitably became an issue of white supremacy and its effects rather than an issue of equality and rights for the black community. The overarching goal was liberation from racial colonialism however, it seems that the Black Power movement sought to emphasize that without self-determination, the goal to integrate becomes an aimless and insignificant feat. With this in mind, it could be said that the Black Power movement reiterated that the Black Community must be guided by their own determination to succeed rather than necessarily the idea that racial liberation would come to them by waiting and not acting. This was intertwined in one of Stokely Carmichael’s critiques of Martin Luther King Jr’s movement. Although he respected the man greatly, he emphasized that King’s argument was flawed because the United States did not have a true conscious, unlike King noted. As the United States had no conscious, it could be said that integration was not necessarily achieved fully through NVDA. The Black Power movement steered the issue away from whether or not African Americans should be nonviolent but rather projected the idea of whether or not white Americans can acknowledge the hundreds of years of racial violence that occurred towards African-Americans. The main political

What organizations, ideologies, and leaders did Africans create and engage in the 20th century to promote and advance their liberation?

Many blacks holding elective office from over 45 states were invited as delegates to the convention, along with others selected from each state to develop a unified political strategy for blacks from that day forward. They set out to develop a National Black Agenda and the theme was to be “Unity without Uniformity”.

Black Nationalism is a belief system that goes for freeing African americans from mistreatment and setting up self-determination for the black comunity. Harris touches on Classical Black Nationalism and Contemporary Black Nationalism. Traditional Black Nationalism is essentially as slave rebellions. Be that as it may, Contemporary Black Nationalism can be partitioned into four sections: instructive, religious, social and also progressive patriotism. The Black Panther Party, a standout amongst the most well known progressive patriot associations, held the conviction that the administration around then should have been be changed to meet the requests for the black community. Under the comprehension of a "communist point of view", two youthful black activists, Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton established the Black Panther Party in a general sense for

As an African American I am reminded every day that I am different from someone white. Because of slavery my people have had to fight for equality. Despite that slavery occurred over a hundred and fifty years ago, the racist attitudes and practices that slavery was a part of continue to be embedded in our country�s

When wearing an American flag on my backpack I felt like we were all united and we're proud to be part of America, but this took time because in the beginning everyone was ashamed to be wearing the flag and no one was really proud of being American, but everything changed. For example, before Hitler came into power, Germans were ashamed of being German because they lots the war and the Treaty of Versailles took away most of the money, reduced their army, and took away power so they felt ashamed, but once Hitler came into power all that changed. Germans started to be proud of their country once again. I honestly did care that everything I did was for the improvement of the state because I benefited from it too. When we got to work with others

Despite the large amount of stereotypes and disdain held for black people, being African American is something that I have become extremely proud of. My deep seeded pride stems from the accomplishments of my ancestors and the immense amount of responsibility placed on my shoulders as a black person. As a people, African Americans have endured and persevered through a large part of history where they have been mistreated and exploited by others countries. Therefore, when I look back at the lives of my ancestors, I am humbled, as I see the enormous amount of perseverance and fortitude needed to get through through the times they lived through. Moreover, I am astonished when I look at their accomplishments such as the White House, the Washington

During the war for my freedom as well as many other patriots was much needed, no matter how much people had to give for our country. King George III was already hated by so many colonists when he imposed unfair taxes and unjust laws, without any representation in government, on us, but he had crossed the line with the Intolerable Acts. Being a man who had been dedicated to making the colonies a place where everyone had liberty for over 50 years, and being from Boston, I had seen many who agreed with me in the fact that we needed war. King George III closing the ports of Boston with the Intolerable Acts and secluding Boston from the rest of the colonies crossed the line and made almost everyone in my city want to fight. I was ready for

This was not only popular in the United States but was used as a form of resistance to European imperialism in Africa. Carmichael released a book in 1968 named Black Power: Politics of Liberation, where he was able to explain the meaning of black power. "It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations.'' Carmichael shows how he breaks away from Kings doctrine of nonviolence and the goal of racial integration. Now he associated Black Power with the doctrine of black separatism, which was something that was mainly hit by Malcolm X. "When you talk of black power, you talk of building a movement that will smash everything Western civilization has created,'' Carmichael said in one speech. Black Power became something that white Americans feared, Martin Luther King thought of it as an unfortunate choice of

Being part African-American, my skin and hair have the color and qualities of “blackness.” My African-American descent is not a hindrance in my life, in fact, I love my caramel colored skin and nappy hair,

In many ways it could be argued that Marcus Garvey was the most significant African American civil rights leader of this time because of his role in tackling the social issues African American’s faced. He aimed to improve the lives of African Americans by encouraging them to take control of their own affairs and education. His role surrounding this issue is illustrated by his founding of the UNIA. This Universal Negro Improvement Association was an organisation dedicated to racial pride, economic self sufficiency and the formation of an independent black nation in Africa. Through this and the magazine the ‘Negro World’ he urged African Americans to be proud of their race, and argued “a people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots”. It has been said that through Garvey’s dedication to social improvement for his race he managed to capture the imagination of many blacks for whom the American Dream was a dirty joke.

It’s crazy to think that the way you were raised is what has made you become the person you are today. Everyone has their own story about how they were raised, where they were raised, and who they were raised with. Each person has their own type of heritage with how they are raised based upon their family, where they were raised, religion, family traditions, values, and beliefs. The way you were raised in life has influenced your personality. The way you act and the way you are viewed as are both influenced by your family’s heritage.