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past. As a teenager growing up in Mexico I wasn’t really interested in listening to music, as my interest were sports and television. The musical influences that I can recall in my early childhood, were those of my parents. Who would listen to Corridos and Rancheras, which were a type of folk Mexican revolutionary music, they would sing about the struggles in life during the Mexican civil war. As I grew up the type of music my friends listen to were Cumbias Colombianas and Rock En Espanol those

CALS 165A FINAL EXAM Fall 2014 Final Exam Huynh, K CALS 165A, Section Monday 2:00-3:50pm Fall 2014 #1. The Pachuco figure is viewed as both a hero and villain when compared to the border-corrido hero. There is a generational difference of Mexican Americans’ perceptions of the pachuco and zoot subculture. To begin with, the Mexican American generation belittled the pachuco and zoot subculture. Due to this, Chicano writers began to point to zoot subculture specifically to the Sleep Lagoon incident

In America there’s different types of labels that people consider themselves for example Hispanic, Latina Chicana, or Mexican American. The way I consider myself is being a Hispanic, immigrant and paisa and having a minority meaning that us has Hispanic people we have a less amount of Latinos and every state. A reason why identity is important is because some people may see you like a different type of person they may think you are Chicano, Chicana, or Latino when you are really considering yourself

Writing Assignment #6 “The history of more than fifty million Latinos in the United States is your history too,” Suarez stated in his book. His argument was that no matter how you see it, the Latin culture is part of your life in the US no matter what ethnicity you are. He wrote this book to let his readers learn and know about the Latino history in the territories, where it is now considered as California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. Suarez wants his readers to know that the Spanish culture

Do you ever wonder how people label you? I would always think myself as a Latina; I never knew there was a difference between Latino and Hispanic. Now I know I’m Hispanic, a Spanish speaker. I consider myself Mexican-America; i believe that being Mexican doesn't come from a place of belonging to some predetermined cultural / ethnic/ racial category. It comes from a huge family and feeling at home. It comes from my mother freshly fried pinto beans and homemade tortilla. From my father stories when

Oppression of the Truth When a person grows up, they are in constant search of their identity, of who they are. Yet, the identity of a person is too complex for anyone to form assumptions about it because it involves more than one factor. The assumptions themselves may be insulting to others who has experienced the truth of their marginalized group. According to the poem Nikki-Rose by Nikki Giovanni, “I really hope no white person ever has cause to write about me” (73). People can never enter the

In the United States, there are over 500 federally recognized American and Native tribes. All which study and practice their own set of cultures and values. Religion, language, food and way of dress are what makes every tribe different in their own unique way. The “Indian Wars” of both the 18th and 19th century caused many of these tribes to relocate thus causing them to not only lose their homelands but also their cultural identity. Native Americans were prohibited from practicing religion and cultural

Different Type of Mexican Who am I? I ask myself this multiple times a day when I’m unsure about myself or of my decisions that I choose to take. When I think about the answer to this question I come up with many answers about myself and I embrace them. So who am I? I am a Mexican with some Irish blood too. I am someone who was raised with mostly Japanese food and the occasional Mexican food. I’m someone who speaks English (without a heavy accent), Spanish, and learning Japanese, French, and Korean

Danzantes Unidos is a festival where Folklorico groups across the country come and demonstrate their dancing skill, we also come to take classes from the best teachers in Mexico. This event unites us as a community, but I want to highlight as how the appreciation of your hard work can make you feel. In this moment I felt appreciated and joyful as chills ran through my body. I understood this feeling is what I wanted. Many people state that dancing is not a sport; although we don't compete for a trophy

“We are moving to America” my parents told me. As soon as my parents told me that we were moving, I was excited and couldn’t wait to move. I was excited because I would get to move to a new house and what kid wouldn’t want to move to a different house. Though I did not knew anything about America I couldn’t wait to move. Moving to a different place is always exciting because there are new and exciting experience to have. All countries have their own culture, with their own unique foods, music, religions