Indígena

conquistadores crearon una mezcla racial entre la totalidad de los españoles nativos, los habitantes indígenas y los nativos africanos que se introdujeron a la esclavitud por los colonos portugueses (Fox, 2010). Cuando los conquistadores llegaron por primera vez al Nuevo Mundo, fueron introducidos a lo que algunos denominan "mujeres exóticas" que era un término comúnmente utilizado para describir a las mujeres indígenas. Debido a esta introducción, las dos carreras creado lo que hoy se conoce como ' criollos

Summary of Reading In Indigena as scribe: The (W)rite to remember. A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness Writings, Cherrie Moraga emphasizes the importance of writing, as people of color. Moraga makes us aware of how much we deny our culture, practices, and myths because we are so afraid to be like our ancestors. Although we fear this close proximity to our ancestors, to Moraga, that same proximity is what makes our narratives valuable. The fear carried within us silences us and makes us forget

a legitimate representation of their culture. Although Garcia states that video indigena is “loaded with symbols and codes” and tackles such community-building concepts such as language, intimacy, and family (Wortham 2004: 365), the medium, which has garnered a positive international reputation, struggles with “their limited acceptance in their home community where the apparent self-evident capacity of video indigena to represent culture has been challenged with accusations of personal and fiscal

The novel, “The Queen of Water” is comparable to the other two pieces of literature because Virginia, the main character, had to make many choices such as attending school. In order to attend school, she had to flee from her bosses. “Eventually the banging stops. Niño Carlitos curses and stumbles down the metal stairs. I take a deep breath and open the door a crack, peering out. All clear. Now’s my chance. I run across the dark terrace, climb over the wall, and head toward the neighbor’s glass doors

are the result of European, Asian, African, and Native Americans combining to create new ethnicities. Native Americans, called __Indigena__, came to the land at about 60,00 to 8,000 BC. They were hunter/gatherers and semi-nomadic. Some of the Indigena were cannibalistic. Many ultimately became farmers and settled. They did not create advanced civilazations like the Incas of Peru. There were approximately 2000 tribes of natives when the Portuguese arrived. The Portuguese accidentally found

El impacto social del Colonialismo En el proceso de colonización, el colonizado y el colonizador cambian sin tener conciencia de lo sucedido. Las caracterizaciones se crearon cuando los colonizadores empezaron a poner rangos de superioridad. Por consiguiente, el colonizado paso a ser categorizado inferior y el colonizador alterno de ser inferior a superior. Para comprender lo discutido, tenemos que explorar el inicio del colonizador. ¿Porque ellos eran inferiores? Si observamos que tipo

The Brazilian Cycle The act of slavery has been embedded into the foundation of Brazil for centuries. However, it is this past which contributes to the present, and provides the identity of the common Brazilian. Even in its destructive manner, the origin and cultures of the slaves, which built Brazil, are now the forces which unite a nation. The cycle of slavery in Brazil is exemplified by several events. For example, the Tupi-Guarani people. Before the influx of the Portuguese in 1500, this clan

Chapter four, Racial Classifications demonstrated the ambiguity in Brazilians racial classification which comes form the categories themselves, by the way in which persons are labeled in particular categories and through the use of district classifications systems. With that in mind, blackness is differently understood in Brazil, when compared to the United States. Under the “one-drop” rule, a person in the United States is considered black even if they have a drop of blackness in them, but it does

en la región. La situación geográfica del Chocó al limitar con dos mares, ha sido explotada de manera ilegal para el comercio de armas y sustancias ilícitas. Esto se ha hecho por medio de usurpación de territorios y propiedad de las comunidades Indígenas y negras que habitan el departamento. Además utilizan los caños y ríos para sacar dichos productos del país. Por otro lado, el hecho de que sea una selva húmeda y espesa, ha sido un factor positivo para los delincuentes, quienes encuentran refugio

Maximiliano de Hasburgo. Finally, the artist expressed the Porfiriato. It was denoted by the newspaper “EL IMPARCIAL” one of the most important newspapers in those years. Therefore, the mural has a lot of details and symbolism that focuses on the claim of Indigenas and on the social classes. For this reason, is important know that the mural was painted during the presidency of Miguel Aleman in Mexico. This period was relevant because he fought against the social classes such as Diego Rivera. He was also