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On December 20, 1994, in an attempt to make Mexican products more competitive, Mexican President, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Len, devalued the Mexican Peso. Unfortunately, attempts at keeping the Peso to only a fifteen percent devaluation failed. The Peso dropped almost forty percent (Roberts, 1). It went from 3.5 to almost 7.5 peso’s to the dollar before it stabilized. The devaluation not only sent shockwaves through the Mexican economy, but through the rest of the world. Why should the world

African American culture. The story of a struggling people and the abandonment of their American dream It's a tale of two cities l with similar beginnings and endings. Los Angeles with the thriving Mexican culture in the early 1930's and the African American culture in a new era of rights. With the Mexicans they felt free and

underrepresented. The Anglos representing for Mexican-Americans were just representatives in name. The inequalities and unjust treatment were evident for these citizens in Texas. The unfairness resulted in emerging of some Mexican-American leaders who sought for reforms. These few among the many have seen the poverty, and inequality conditions of their own people. They understood that some measures must be done to improve the lives of Mexican-Americans. The early Mexican-American leaders began to form organizations

The subject of the website entitled The Films of El Santo is El Santo. Numerous years after his death, El Santo is still an icon of Mexican popular culture. Even though the comic book that originally facilitated him to gain an enormous celebrity status is long gone, his films are still available on tape, DVD, and on the internet. El Santo was born Rodolfo Guzman Huerta in 1917. Huerta would go on to be the most celebrated wrestler in lucha libre. Santo is featured in 54 films, and in these B grade

The Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution was the culmination of a mass of political, economic, and social tension that accompanied the regime of the dictator Porfirio Diaz. The Revolution began with the aims to overthrow Diaz, but the Revolution had a pronounced effect on the organization of Mexico's government, economy, and society. Porfirio Diaz was the president of Mexico when the Revolution broke out. He was elected in 1877, and although he swore to step down in 1880, he continued

Mexican origin US residents and non- American citizens become the target of immigration policies and endure structural racism at the US-Mexico border. The military law is enforced and people have to deal with random identity inspection, abuse and arrests on daily basis. For self- defense, these communities often stay quiet and continue to cope with the anti- immigration strategies but continuous formidable situations increase the risk of physical and mental health problems. All Latinos in US are

Although, our battles of being a Mexican Americans are not spoken about as much as other, there has been a lot of discrimination towards us in this country. Even more now than there was a few years ago. A lot of the way African American got discriminated against during that era like the name calling and getting physically attacked are similar to way we got mistreated in the past. And the sad part about that mija, is the fact is still happening today. Growing up as a Mexican American in this country can

national academy investigated genome-wide patterns of Native American population structure within and among Hispanic/Latino populations. They observed Mexicans have the highest Native American ancestries with 50.1 to up to 64 percent (Development of a para.18). With such strong evidence pointing to Mexicans being mainly indigenous, there are still some Mexicans that deliberately identify as just European. The repercussions are the never ending chain of prejudice in this society which affects the country

Mexican Immigrants Imagine you running or walking from Mexico to the United States border where you nearly died or suffered from making it to the border with little food or water. When the group made it to the border it was scary a little bit because they have dogs to smell or check you if you have drugs and they have cameras to check your vehicle and they make you show them what items you have brought. It is mostly secured when you’re at the border, but when you reach the border from Mexico or

families. Mexican immigrants, welcomed as laborers during the economic boom of the war years, were scapegoated during the depression and subjected to racist attacks and severe immigration restrictions. Over one million immigrants came from Mexico to the United States between 1900 and 1930, filling the demand for low-wage, unskilled workers in the growing U.S. economy. Most Mexican Americans were farmers and they settled in the communities in California and the Southwest. Many Mexicans and their children