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Gutiérrez’s analysis spans almost a century worth of history between Mexican Americans and Mexicans and how their relationship developed. Throughout his discussion he argues that the root of the conflict between these two groups long existed. He argues that “although most Mexican Americans retained their Mexican cultural orientations and maintained strong affinities to Mexico,” factors of American assimilation and essentially ideals of nativism

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During the 1960’s, the Civil Rights Movement wasn’t the only one occurring. Struggling to assimilate into American culture, and suppressed by social injustices convicted by their Anglo counterparts, the Chicano movement was born. In the epic poem “I am Joaquin” written by Rodolfo Gonzales in 1969, we dive into what it means to be a Chicano. Through this poem, we see the struggles of the Chicano people portrayed by the narrator, in an attempt to grasp the American’s attention during the time of these movements. Hoping to shed light on the issues and struggles the Chicano population faced, Gonzales writes this epic in an attempt to strengthen the movement taking place, and to give Chicanos a sense of belonging and solidarity in this now

The short play Los Vendidos portrayed by el Teatro Campesino shows the history of Mexican-Americans. It shows racist perceptions and actions towards Mexican-Americans. The title itself implies the exploitation of Chicanos. In translation from Spanish "Vendidos" can mean either those who sell-out others, or those who are sold. In the play either meaning can be applied. Those who are sold would be the eleven different characters that Sancho describes. But, the "sell-out" could be Ms. Jimenez, a main character, who is the exemplary "white-washed" Mexican-American.

Mexicans immigrated to the United States back in the 1800's (Stanford, 2006). During 1848 the United States took over a part of Mexico which is now the Southwest (Stanford, 2006). Mexicans living in these areas were Mexican citizens before the acquisition. The United States even went into agreements with Mexico to have Mexicans work in the United States. Mexicans were treated with cruelty, while working the agriculture fields for years. The United States made several agreements with Mexico to have the Mexicans come work in the United States while American soldiers were fighting in the world wars. The labor shortage that the United States went through was reason enough to have Mexicans migrate to the United States as laborers. The United

The reason why there were so many Mexican was because after the Mexican-American War, when the United States (US) took two-thirds of Mexican land, part of this land became California. Many Mexicans who lived in that land were still allowed to stay, but they were stripped of their property.3 Thus, most Mexican Americans became poor. One of the few jobs that would allow Mexicans to work in were in cannery farms. These jobs, however, did not pay enough for the Mexicans to afford their living expenses.4 Many Mexican families needed to live with other families in small houses to keep up with the rent.5 Since these Mexican families were living in such poor conditions, they felt they needed to negotiate with the companies and get better wages. There is also the possibility that the effects of American culture on Mexican women swayed them to unionize. Women were becoming more independent, and teenage girls, including Mexicans, wanted to be able to go on dates without chaperones. These teenagers needed to argue with their parents or get around them to succeed in doing this.6 It is possible that these rebellious attitudes toward their parents would create that mindset needed to “rebel” against companies by forming

Throughout the play there are underlying theme that suggest different ideas. The themes I will discuss is how Mexican American men are portrayed in relation

In Richard Rodriguez's essay “Blaxicans and Other Reinvented Americans," Rodriguez argues that using race as a base for identifying American’s is not valid; but that culture should be what defines a person's identity. As stated in the essay “I am speaking to you in American English that was taught to me by Irish nuns-...My brownness is the illustration of that collision or the bland memorial of it. I stand before you as an Impure-American, an Ambiguous-American (37-43).” This signifies that Rodriguez identifies himself as an Impure-American an Ambiguous-Americans. Rodriguez also states in the essay “I answered that I am Chinese and that is because I live in a Chinese city and because I want to be Chinese… I see photographs

“Blaxicans and Other Reinvented Americans” DOUBLE CERERR What Richard Rodriguez's claim about a person’s identity in his essay “Blaxicans and Other Reinvented Americans” that using a race as a basis for identifying Americans is not valid; culture should be what defines a person’s identity. Evidence to support Richard Rodriguez’s claim is “I answered that I am Chinese” (Lines 163-164). This piece of evidence proves Rodriguez’s claim that people should be identified by culture since he identifies himself as chinese rather than Mexican since he practices Chinese culture. More evidence to support Richard Rodriguez’s assertion is when he states, “I wear an Indian Face; I answer to a Spanish surname as well” (Lines 38-39). This piece of evidence

During the Mexican-American War the border moved, but the people didn’t. History has shown us that no matter how thick the border might be Latino Americans have a strong connection to their culture and roots; instead of assimilating, Mexicans live between two worlds. The film, Ballad of Gregorio Cortez gave us a perspective of two cultures; “Two cultures- the Anglo and the Mexican- lived side by side in state of tension and fear” . Cortez is running for his life as he heads north, while the Anglo believe that because of his Mexican ethnicity, he would travel south to Mexico. Throughout the film there were cultural tensions and misunderstandings; language plays an important part of someone’s identity, and for many Latino Americans Spanish is their first language. The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez also shows us that language plays an important role, and can cause confusion between two different groups. For example, Anglos refer to a male

Mexican Americans in Texas have a long and detailed history spanning from the arrival of Cortez all the way to the present day. Through historical events, the culture and identity of Mexican Americans have shifted, diverted, and adapted into what people chose to identify as. The rise of the Chicano identity during the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement was an adaptation as a culture to oppressive and unjust treatment from white, Anglos that had almost all political and social power over all minorities. To stop the oppressive voices from silencing and oppressing the Mexican Americans, they had to stand up to fight for their rights as American citizens that also had Mexican or Spanish heritage to be proud of. In Oscar Zeta Acosta’s novel, The Revolt of the Cockroach People, he dives into the Chicano Movement as a witness and an active participant. His larger than life character is on the front lines of the movement and examines the shift in identity among the group. It was particularly rising of their Chicano identity that gave the people cause to organize politically and socially in order to fight for a worthy cause.

In the Preface of Major Problems in Mexican American History Zaragosa Vargas writes, "Nearly two thirds of Latinos in the United States are of Mexican descent, or Chicanos- a term of self definition that emerged during the 1960's and early 1970s civil rights movement. Chicanos reside mainly in the Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, and the Midwest. Their history begins in the precolonial Spanish era, and they share a rich mestizo cultural heritage of Spanish, Indian, and African origins. The Chicanos' past is underscored by conquest of the present-day American Southwest first by the Spanish and then by the United States following the Mexican American War" (xv). When one thinks of a Chicano one thinks of the Mayans and Aztecs, the conquests,

Luis Valdez wrote “Los Vendidos” in order to address his view of the Mexican culture and in reference to the prejudices that surrounded him. The play defines four versions of Mexican men, shop owner Honest Sancho is trying to sell to a Secretary in Governor Reagan’s political office. The buildup of characters: The Farmworker, Johnny Pachuco, The Revolucionario, and the Mexican-American, symbolizes an evolution of what society deems the “ideal” Mexican-American should be. “Los Vendidos” translates to "The Sold Ones" or "The Sellouts” which is a solid interpretation of Valdez’s opinion on Mexican’s conformity to the American culture. Valdez creates a distinct characterization of all four models, Miss Jimenez, and Honest Sancho with snarky

In Luis Valdez’s short play Los Vendidos, it is clear that there was a stereotyping issue as well as symbolism throughout his play. I have analyzed his symbolic demonstrations on how Mexicans are labeled and how stereotyping affects the way Americans view Mexicans. In an article by an anonymous writer titled “Los Vendidos”, Luis Valdez: Using stereotypes to end racism, there was a quote stating, “Theater as a weapon”, Valdez used theater as a weapon to attempt to highlight latino stereotypes and their effects on society on those stereotypes. Valdez was the second born out of 10 brothers and sisters. At the age of six he began working in the fields with his parents. Valdez began writing plays to express his lifestyle and his family’s life style when he was growing up. When he attending school he noticed that in all the school book, only whites and Europeans were mentioned in the United States. Although Hispanics are well

MBA level of thinking is the ability to think more deeply about business administration concepts and techniques, as well as applying them to an organization structure. In the Business Administration program, I learned the foundational concepts of organizational change, critical thinking and teambuilding lays the foundation for MBA thinking. Critical thinking in order to ensure a business maintains an effect competitive advantage by engaging behavioral model skills: questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting. This helps to determine: timelines, appropriate vendor selection, make best for the organization, asses the organization to current resources to determine human capital, and project risk what are the potential impacts and/ or effects (Klein,2004). In addition, within the critical thinking phase this will also determine if organizational change is necessary. Furthermore, decision making can play a crucial role to organizational change; however, analyzing the findings of the