Chicanismo in Burciaga´s Drink Cultura

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In the book Drink Cultura by Jose Antonio Burciaga talks about how it is not easy to get into one place and get anything you want in this world or something you wish for, but it’s something you have to work for, like any other person. It also explains how it is being an immigrant, and how it is to grow up in the United States as in immigrant and how had it is, and the obstacles that as in immigrant we have to overcome. Antonio Burciaga specifically talks in his book the Chicano history, the language that we speak as a person, the family values and how we as a Chicano stick together. One quote of Burciaga is “Naces pendejo, mueres pendejo --- You were born a pendejo and you will die a pendejo (Burciaga10)”. This particular quote caught my attention because the author gives you a taste of what he experienced, and what kind of language they used. “When the wells of emotion are filled only by resentment, a crying sense of injustice, racist, affronts, deliberately designed frustrations to personal development and social worthiness (Burciaga131)”. This quote talks about how we as Chicanos have the motivation by bringing in our passion from the past, but as soon as someone brings that wall down of us having that one positive outcome, we can go into a lot of resentment towards other people, and think to ourselves at some point that we are worthiness. In chapter “The Motherland” the author talks about the pride people take about being Latinos, he talks about being back in Mexico and how it’s all so different once you’ve lived on the other side, a quote that gives you a mental picture would be “Many white Euro-Mexican will shrug their shoulders, declare they are 100 percent Mexican do not partition or categorize their ancestry. On the contr... ... middle of paper ... ...ll of our lives. We got to change it up a bit, “time for change”. Works Cited Anti-defamation League. “Arizona: The Key Players in the Anti-immigrant Movement.” Adi.org. 2013. Web. 19 Oct 2013. Arizona. House of Representatives. House Bill 2281. Forty-ninth Legislature, Second Regular Session. 2010. Archibold, Randal. “Arizona Enacts Stringent Law on Immigration.” Nytimes.com. 23 April 2010. The New York Times. Web. 19 Oct. 2013. Horne, Tom. “An Open Letter to the Citizens of Tucson.” 11 June 2007. Print. “Proposed Amici Curiae Brief of the National Association of Chicana & Chicano Studies, et al.” Acosta v. Huppenthal. Case No. CV-10-623-TUC-AWT. (United States District Court for the District of Arizona 2012). Burciaga, Jose Antonio. Drink Cultura; Chicanismo. 1993. Cooper, Anderson, dir. "Arizona's New Controversy." Anderson Cooper 360 degrees. 12 05

In this essay, the author

Analyzes how antonio burciaga's book, "drink cultura", explains the challenges of being an immigrant in the united states.
Opines that their book does not promote the overthrow of the united states government nor does it promote resentment toward a race or class of people.
Opines that hb2281 is an unjust law because it violates fourteenth and first amendment constitutional protections for students and teachers.

Analyzes how antonio burciaga's book, "drink cultura", explains the challenges of being an immigrant in the united states.
Opines that their book does not promote the overthrow of the united states government nor does it promote resentment toward a race or class of people.
Opines that hb2281 is an unjust law because it violates fourteenth and first amendment constitutional protections for students and teachers.
Opines that arizona: the key players in the anti-immigrant movement.
Quotes archibold, randal, and the new york times. arizona enacts stringent immigration law.
Cites acosta v. huppenthal, a proposed amici curiae brief of the national association of chicana
Quotes tom horne's "open letter to the citizens of tucson" to explain why he believes ethnic studies should be banned.

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- Analyzes how valdez's "johnny pachuco" model represented the teen caught between two cultures that felt compelled to rebel.
- Explains that the whitest, most anglocized mexican-american model was, in fact, a robot.
- Analyzes how valdez's play, los vendidos, illustrates the ambivalence and hypocrisy anglos have projected towards mexicans for the last two centuries.
- Analyzes how valdez's "johnny pachuco" model represented the teen caught between two cultures that felt compelled to rebel.
- Explains that the whitest, most anglocized mexican-american model was, in fact, a robot.
- Analyzes how valdez presents the play's characters as to correspond to chronological events in history, beginning with a reference to the precolonial era.
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- Explains that the mexican revolution and the accompanying socio-political turmoil caused great concern for u.s. authorities.
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- Explains that the militarization of the border is keeping many illegal aliens from entering the u.s., but many of them get killed in the process.
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analytical essay
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- Analyzes how gonzalez's experience isn't atypical, as many undocumented individuals are detained and deported in public places to send negative messages to people of color.
- Analyzes how the arrest of gonzalez's during her court hearing expresses the ruling class' dominance and superiority through the hegemonic ideals that are prevalent in society.
- Analyzes how gonzalez' deportation reflects the exclusive nationalistic views of the american identity. the latino threat narrative excluded latinx from the sense of national belonging.
- Analyzes how gonzalez's experience isn't atypical, as many undocumented individuals are detained and deported in public places to send negative messages to people of color.
- Analyzes how the arrest of gonzalez's during her court hearing expresses the ruling class' dominance and superiority through the hegemonic ideals that are prevalent in society.
- Analyzes how gonzalez' deportation reflects the exclusive nationalistic views of the american identity. the latino threat narrative excluded latinx from the sense of national belonging.
- Explains that nationalism is a form of oppression or empowerment for the chicanx or latinx.
- Argues that the irvin gonzalez situation illustrates the current political climate and how undocumented latinx are continued to be dehumanized and marginalized.
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War on Immigration
analytical essay
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement, "Setting immigration policy and enforcing immigration laws is a national responsibility," His department added that Arizona’s state law hampered the authority of the Obama administration to enforce national immigration policy and usurps federal authority to protect U.S. bo...
In this essay, the author
- Describes how obama and his justice department declared war on the people of arizona by filing a lawsuit in federal court for the unpardonable sin of upholding law-and-order, practicing self-defense, and seeking relief from the crushing burden of supporting over 460,000 illegal aliens.
- Argues that arizona, the biggest gateway into the u.s. for illegal immigration, faces bankruptcy from the increased health care, education, and welfare costs.
- Opines that obama and holder find it incredulous that american taxpayers, who pay an enormous toll in treasure, would be less than understanding of the federal government’s incessant refusal to enforce immigration laws and seal the border.
- Describes how obama and his justice department declared war on the people of arizona by filing a lawsuit in federal court for the unpardonable sin of upholding law-and-order, practicing self-defense, and seeking relief from the crushing burden of supporting over 460,000 illegal aliens.
- Argues that arizona, the biggest gateway into the u.s. for illegal immigration, faces bankruptcy from the increased health care, education, and welfare costs.
- Opines that obama and holder find it incredulous that american taxpayers, who pay an enormous toll in treasure, would be less than understanding of the federal government’s incessant refusal to enforce immigration laws and seal the border.
- Explains holder's statement that setting immigration policy and enforcing immigration laws is a national responsibility.
- Opines that if these statements don’t smoke the polygraph, they certainly peg the laugh meter. the lawsuit says that comprehensive federal laws already on the books cover illegal immigration.
- Explains that the mexican government welcomed the move, saying the arizona law "affects the civil and human rights of thousands of mexicans."
- Analyzes how sanctuary cities and states have violated federal immigration laws for years but ignored because it meshes with liberal-progressive doctrine. the arizona law does nothing to violate federal law; it simply requires police to protect american citizens.
- Analyzes how president obama and eric holder's loathing of american citizens and disregard of the rule of law and american justice are coming to light with this lawsuit.
- Analyzes how the administration's code phrase "comprehensive immigration reform" legalizes the estimated 15 to 20 million illegals, citing "ending the separation of families" from around the world.
- Opines that progressives believe that the political dynamic will shift to the liberal wing of the democratic party for decades to come. an extremely high percentage receives government assistance and will vote for the party-of-government-enslavement.
- Argues that 40 % of people who want open borders should question their commitment to this radical policy if they have not lived near the southern border and haven't been subjected to the lawlessness firsthand.
- Opines that obama's perfect solution is to wave his magic liberal wand and declare all illegal aliens as legal. he has made perfectly clear his contempt for what the american people want, and he proves it daily.
- Opines that washington will use open borders and unenforced visa policies as an excuse to control american citizens, not deal with the real problem — government arrogance and incompetence.
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Secure Communities and Illegal Immigration
explanatory essay
Preston, J. (2011, June 6). Immigration program is rejected by third state. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/us/politics/07immig.html?_r=1
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- Explains that illegal immigration has been a continuing problem in which many people have offered solutions; some have worked better than others. the paper will review an article called federal immigration enforcement is mandatory.
- Explains that federal officials wanted to block the release of the memo because they thought it was “privileged” but a judge ruled for it due to the freedom of information act lawsuit.
- Explains that secure communities allows quick and efficient deportation of convicted criminals and eliminates the most dangerous immigrants in the country. the fbi uses fingerprints submitted by law enforcement to check immigration databases.
- Explains that illegal immigration has been a continuing problem in which many people have offered solutions; some have worked better than others. the paper will review an article called federal immigration enforcement is mandatory.
- Explains that federal officials wanted to block the release of the memo because they thought it was “privileged” but a judge ruled for it due to the freedom of information act lawsuit.
- Explains that secure communities allows quick and efficient deportation of convicted criminals and eliminates the most dangerous immigrants in the country. the fbi uses fingerprints submitted by law enforcement to check immigration databases.
- Explains that the secure communities program haltes deportation of illegal immigrants with no criminal record. the limited removal resources available to the program are another con.
- Explains that the secure communities program is a policy in itself, and is changing from allowing states to "opt out" to making the program mandatory nationwide by 2013.
- Explains that law enforcement will not have additional requirements from the secure communities program. federal officers make the immigration decisions after an individual is arrested for a criminal act.
- Explains that the obama administration has pushed for the program that began with george w. bush, and ice has set priorities for enforcement to remove illegal aliens with criminal records.
- Opines that since secure communities is growing each year, the program needs to be refined so the focus of the limited resources will go to the most dangerous criminals.
- Explains that states will no longer be able to "opt out" as they once thought, leaving them with no choice but to have the fingerprints shared.
- Explains that the secure communities program was launched in 2008 with the purpose of focusing on illegal immigration of "serious convicted criminals".
- Concludes that secure communities has stirred up the political world regarding illegal immigration. the focus on criminals tackles the problem of getting the worst illegal aliens out of the country.
- Cites esquivel, p., and preston, j. (2011, june 6). federal immigration enforcement is mandatory.
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Latinos who were raised in the United States of America have a dual identity. They were influenced by both their parents' ancestry and culture in addition to the American culture in which they live. Growing up in between two very different cultures creates a great problem, because they cannot identify completely with either culture and are also caught between the Spanish and English languages. Further more they struggle to connect with their roots. The duality in Latino identity and their search for their own personal identity is strongly represented in their writing. The following is a quote that expresses this idea in the words of Lucha Corpi, a Latina writer: "We Chicanos are like the abandoned children of divorced cultures. We are forever longing to be loved by an absent neglectful parent - Mexico - and also to be truly accepted by the other parent - the United States. We want bicultural harmony. We need it to survive. We struggle to achieve it. That struggle keeps us alive" ( Griwold ).
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- Analyzes adela najarro's website, "angles in the kitchen:latino poets and the search for identity."
- Describes rysavy's "secrets of a poet spy." a journal of positive futures. oct. 1999.
- Analyzes how a latino-american comedian joked about an irishman who was raised in ireland meeting an american-irishman.
- Analyzes adela najarro's website, "angles in the kitchen:latino poets and the search for identity."
- Describes rysavy's "secrets of a poet spy." a journal of positive futures. oct. 1999.
- Explains that latinos who were raised in the united states have a dual identity. they are influenced by both their parents' ancestry and culture and the american culture in which they live.
- Compares the role of women in america and that of their parents in mexico, cuba, or puerto rico. latino-americans struggle with their own identity and how others view them.
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We Must Support Illegal Immigrants
opinion essay
The Huffington Post. “Arizona Immigration Law Sparks National Uproar.” The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/20/arizona-immigration-law-s_n_544864.html (June 20, 2010).
In this essay, the author
- Opines that illegal immigrants have always been a problem for the united states and that stricter laws are being passed as more and more undocumented immigrants pour into the country.
- Explains that the united states is known as the land of opportunity. many immigrants come here to work and live a better life. undocumented immigrants take some of the country's least attractive jobs, such as agriculture.
- Argues that if undocumented workers were deported, it would be hard for employers to find replacements that are willing to take a low paying job. american citizens would rather work at burger king for minimum wage rather than work in the excruciating heat for the same amount of pay.
- Opines that illegal immigrants have always been a problem for the united states and that stricter laws are being passed as more and more undocumented immigrants pour into the country.
- Explains that the united states is known as the land of opportunity. many immigrants come here to work and live a better life. undocumented immigrants take some of the country's least attractive jobs, such as agriculture.
- Argues that if undocumented workers were deported, it would be hard for employers to find replacements that are willing to take a low paying job. american citizens would rather work at burger king for minimum wage rather than work in the excruciating heat for the same amount of pay.
- Explains that arizona passed senate bill 1070 which is a controversial immigration bill authorizing police officers to stop suspected illegal immigrants and demand proof of citizenship.
- Explains that the arizona immigration law has caused many states to question if this was unlawful because it is targeting hispanics. some cities in california even boycotts doing business with arizona because of the new law.
- Explains that they have gathered a questionnaire with eight questions either to agree or disagree and to answer yes or no in regards to immigration. nine individuals agree with this law and sixteen individuals disagree.
- Explains that if a police officer suspects an individual and finds out that the individual is undocumented, the person can get deported.
- Opines that if we can stop illegal immigrants by the border, we don't have to deal with laws like the arizona immigration law.
- Suggests building a bigger border wall to deter immigrants from entering the country illegally, which would cost huge amounts of money and be well worth it.
- Opines that people with good faith should deserve to stay even if they came into the country illegally. undocumented individuals should be deported properly by the laws that we already have.
- Explains that some people enter the country illegally because the paying wages that they have in their country are paying way too low.
- Opines that illegal immigrants are an issue in the united states. they come here because they have a higher paying job and living conditions than their own.
- Cites davidson, adam, and the huffington post. arizona immigration law sparks national uproar.
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Analysis Of Internalized Racism In America
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Internalized racism has hit the individual level where half of all Hispanics consider themselves as white. One Mexican American asserted that he felt “shame and sexual inferiority…because of my dark complexion.” He also described himself with “disgust” loathing his appearance when he sees himself in the mirror. Stereotypes play a huge role in the Latino culture in the U.S where often the usual stereotype is that Latinos are job-stealers, uneducated, poor and illegal. “Envidia” or jealousy sabotages the Latino community because Latinos begin to question the qualifications of other successful Latinos. No one has the positive thought that Latinos can achieve and triumph in any field; they just can’t believe that. Latinos just stamp other Latinos with those stereotypes Americans say. Because of internalized racism, Latinos and Hispanics distance themselves from the Spanish language to support the English only movement. They are embarrassed of their inherited language and rather choose English to complete assimilation. “Almost 40% of Latino/a respondents prefer English as their dominant language…” (Padilla 20). Where I currently live, I always see on the day to day basis Hispanics and Latinos that immigrated to the United States from other countries sounding “white.” I speak to Hispanics; even Latinos in Spanish and they respond
In this essay, the author
- Explains that some minorities have experienced internalized racism because of their skin color. white-sounding names have a 50% higher chance of getting hired than african-american names.
- Analyzes the history of how african-american women have perceived and styled their hair, and how they collectively spend billions on hair that more closely resembles white hair.
- Analyzes laura padilla's article on internalized oppression and racism among latinos in the u.s.
- Explains that some minorities have experienced internalized racism because of their skin color. white-sounding names have a 50% higher chance of getting hired than african-american names.
- Analyzes the history of how african-american women have perceived and styled their hair, and how they collectively spend billions on hair that more closely resembles white hair.
- Analyzes laura padilla's article on internalized oppression and racism among latinos in the u.s.
- Explains that internalized racism is a pattern of thinking and feeling about inferiority that results in minimizing and hating oneself while valuing the dominant race.
- Explains that racial minorities can be oppressed, yet continue to express their oppression in their own choices. internalized racism is a minority group that loathes the physical characteristics that make them racially distinct.
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Mexican Immigration Discrimination Essay
analytical essay
...abriel Medina. "Some Mexican immigrants experience discrimination at the hands of their fellow citizens." Nebraska mosaic. Nebraska School of Journalism, 15 Nov. 2011. Web. 21 Nov. 2013.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that the issue of discrimination and oppression of mexican immigrants is a crucial problem facing america.
- Analyzes how mexican immigrants face intense national oppression, which has been rooted into the nation as a result of the conquest and seizure of mexican lands.
- Explains that the economic situation of immigrants is a heavily controversial topic when it comes to discrimination and oppression of the mexican immigrants in america.
- Opines that the issue of discrimination and oppression of mexican immigrants is a crucial problem facing america.
- Analyzes how mexican immigrants face intense national oppression, which has been rooted into the nation as a result of the conquest and seizure of mexican lands.
- Explains that the economic situation of immigrants is a heavily controversial topic when it comes to discrimination and oppression of the mexican immigrants in america.
- Opines that mexican immigrants face harsh conditions in the workforce as well as in living situations, which can be equaled to discrimination and oppression.
- Argues that education is at the root of the economic discrimination of mexican immigrants, due to their poor english language skills, lack of schooling, and lesser returns education offers.
- Argues that the economic value of education is not as clear to mexican children as to anglo children because the returns to education are lower.
- Analyzes how societal oppression towards mexican immigrants in america is often overlooked due to the display of mexican traits/features and the castoff attitudes of other mexicans.
- Analyzes how lorena, an immigrant from mexico, describes the sad, but true reality for many hispanic areas and neighborhoods.
- Describes the mexican protective league (la liga protectora mexicana) founded in 1917 by manuel c. gonzales, who persuaded his employers, attorneys a. m. love and b. f. patterson, to establish the organization.
- Explains that the asamblea mexicana fights for mexicans in the legal and justice system who cannot afford representation. may day is an important part of many organizations plan to bring attention to the growing problem of mexican immigrant oppression.
- Opines that people around the world are subjected to cruel forms of domination known as oppression. the most crucial group is the mexican immigrants in america, due to economic, educational, and societal discrimination.
- Opines that oppression is a worldwide problem, but the most crucial group is the mexican immigrants in america, due to economic, educational, and societal discrimination.
- Explains that some mexican immigrants experience discrimination at the hands of their fellow citizens.
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Jimmy Santiago Baca´s Poem "So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs from Americans"
analytical essay
Jimmy Santiago Baca’s poem sends out a powerful message without the use of a strict structure. The modest wording and simple structure helps the writer send his message across. In addition, with the use of imagery, symbolism, diction, and tone, Baca is able to argue and ridicule American stereotypes on Mexican immigrants coming to the country and robbing them of job opportunities. The use of figurative language helps support Baca’s point of view on how the American misconception is irrational and prejudice.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how jimmy santiago baca uses imagery, symbolism, diction, and tone to argue about the prejudices that americans have of mexican immigrants.
- Analyzes how baca uses imagery to express prejudice misconceptions that americans have of immigrants.
- Analyzes how baca shifts from negative assumptions to the reality of the matter by using symbolism.
- Analyzes how jimmy santiago baca uses imagery, symbolism, diction, and tone to argue about the prejudices that americans have of mexican immigrants.
- Analyzes how baca uses imagery to express prejudice misconceptions that americans have of immigrants.
- Analyzes how baca shifts from negative assumptions to the reality of the matter by using symbolism.
- Analyzes how the use of diction enables the writer to directly send his message to the intended audience. the last two stanzas express a harsh, but powerful message about future generations.
- Analyzes how baca's writing tone shifts from sarcasm to anger, which expresses his feelings towards racial discrimination and immigrants and those living in poverty.
- Analyzes how jimmy santiago baca's poem sends out a powerful message without strict structure. it uses imagery, symbolism, diction, and tone to argue and ridicule american stereotypes on mexican immigrants.
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The Chicano Movement Analysis
analytical essay
The Chicano history is a history of transformation based on conquest and struggle under a racial hierarchy. The Anglo-Americans’ intentions of creation of this racial foundation and segregating culture was to justify their act of assigning socio-economic functions to Mexican-Americans, limiting them to a cycle of exploitation and poverty. The meaning behind the contradiction of double aims was identified in El Plan de Santa Barbara’s manifesto and Menchaca’s Recovering History, which emphasized the neglect and distortion of Mexican-American history as a political act by Anglo-Americans to generate a negative, inferior image of these minorities, in comparison to their progressive “American” culture. This ultimately kept the two cultures unreconciled,
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes the meaning behind the contradiction of double aims identified in el plan de santa barbara's manifesto and menchaca’s recovering history.
- Analyzes how epdsb and menchaca's reading emphasizes the need to acknowledge mexican-american history along with their roots in the southwest.
- Explains that the chicano movement was formed to address the injustice in society and acted through a series of protests. without praxis, the cost of the american dream would be assimilation.
- Analyzes the meaning behind the contradiction of double aims identified in el plan de santa barbara's manifesto and menchaca’s recovering history.
- Analyzes how epdsb and menchaca's reading emphasizes the need to acknowledge mexican-american history along with their roots in the southwest.
- Explains that the chicano movement was formed to address the injustice in society and acted through a series of protests. without praxis, the cost of the american dream would be assimilation.
- Argues that the resigning of chicano that elicited confidence within mexican-americans was due to the development of a common social praxis.
- Argues that schools are the ideological apparatus, which serves to teach one how to be a civilian in that society.
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