Rodolfo Gonzales

“What it Means to be an American” Freedom. Freedom is a word that most people use to describe America, and for a time it was accurate. Consequently, 19 other countries outrank the U.S., Hong Kong being in first. There are many other words to describe America dedicated, ignorant, sheltered, lucky, powerful, revolutionary, and so on. Although there are countless words to describe the great United States three really pop out, those being unjust, patriotic, and ambitious. Those three words seem to sum

Chicanos have been ripped from their dignity and viewed as ignorant, lazy, and uneducated. It was not till Rodolfo Corky Gonzalez created a poetic piece, “I am Joaquin”, that would change the way Mexicans thought of themselves for all eternity. No longer were they this broken social identity, but now they embraced being both the Mayan prince, and the sword and flame of Hernán Cortés, as stated by Gonzales, ultimately giving birth to the life changing social identity of Chicano. Over the decades, traditional

Civil Right movements have played a major role for many underrepresented groups such as, The American Indian Movement, The Black Power Movement, and The Asian American and Pacific Islanders Movement, in the fight against exploitation, racism, and oppression.In particular, The Mexican American Civil Rights Movement also known as the Chicano/Chicana Movement was one of the many who sought out to achieve and obtain equality in the midst of such an unjust and prejudice society. During this time of great

movement began in the 1940’s and was able to unify far more Mexican American people than previous movements. Many famous historical figures were a part of this movement including Cesar Chavez who was the leader of the United Farm Workers and Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales who explained what it truly meant to be “Chicano” in his poem Yo Soy Joaquin. Mexican-Americans who considered themselves “Chicanos” were proud of their culture and heritage and looked to achieve equality for the Mexican race in the United

Chicano Literature is a relatively new literature movement whose writings focus on the documentation of Chicano history in America in the 20th century and in analyzing the Chicano experience through the years of various important socio-political changes. The main event that influenced this type of literature was the Chicano movement in the 1960's, which resulted in a better social environment, both in schools and in work places, and a new established guarantee of human rights for Chicanos. Chicano

In identifying the linguistic, political, social, economic, religious, and familial conventions and/or statuses of four Hispanic groups living in the United States; the following four groups have been chosen, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and El Salvadorians. Each group has a rich cultural identity but has been placed in the same category, Hispanic Americans, on the basis of language. All these groups share the Spanish language, though each has a different dialect and some words spelled

Automated Sales and Inventory System For Joica Trading Hardware and Construction Supply Department of Information Technology and Management College of Sciences In Partial fulfillment of the Requirement in System Analysis and Design Presented to: Prof. Dimaano Prof. Doctor 2nd Semester, S.Y. 2012-2013 Abstract TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TITLE PAGE i Chapter I Background of the Company 1 Organizational Chart 2 Locate of the Study 3 Overview of the system

In the 1960’s the Chicano community undertook a unique, dramatic, and multifaceted social struggle of affirmation. This historic phase became more and more varied and complex then previous struggles (Maciel, 2010). Mexican Americans took movement, defined and took pride in their own identity, asserted their civil rights, worked toward self-determination by improving their financial, social, and political circumstances. “Similar to other movements of this period promoting civil rights, the Chicano

To be or not to be, is a question that many may ask themselves. People are made into individuals due to their cultural backgrounds and thus form what is known as cultural identity, when one establishes their identity based on traditions such as music, food, fashion, language and/or religion ("Common Ground"). Growing up Mexican-American was like living in two different worlds, these worlds shaped the person I am today. It was the culture and beliefs that helped me create my cultural identity. I may

Mexican-Americans in United States and Politics "We need a Mexican but it’s more important that he be American" This quote, taken from the play Los Vendidos by Luis Valdez, well illustrates the ambivalence and hypocrisy Anglos have projected towards Mexicans for the last two centuries. Specifically, this quote refers to the United States government needing a "brown face" in the crowd at one of their meetings to showcase their supposed support and inclusion of Mexican-Americans in the U.S