1. FOR WHAT AUDIENCE WAS THE DOCUMENT WRITTEN a.This document was written for Nonfiction lovers. The article, “John Rollin Ridge and Joaquín Murieta” has life learning experience that you can implement in your life. Joaquín is an innocent and honest man which results being punished for his honesty. Being an honest individual doesn 't always get you far in life but instead you can be persecuted which result of turning into criminal in society. 2. DOCUMENT INFORMATION (There are many possible ways to answer A-D.) A.List three things the author said that you think are important: i. If you were guilty of a crime and about to be hung. You have little chance of disproving that you are not quality of your crime. Before you have a saying, …show more content…
At the end of article they describe the pain Joaquín Murieta endured for being a honest and innocent man: “His soul swelled beyond its former boundaries, and the barriers of honor, rocked into atoms by the strong passion which shook his heart like an earthquake, crumbled and fell” (1). At the current time it didn 't matter if you were honest or not with law. If you weren 't white in 1850, you were considered an outsider. Since Joaquín Murieta was Mexican, he was not persecuted because of his transgression but because he was Mexican. The writer wanted to give you an idea of what it felt to be a Mexican and the mistreatment they got from the white …show more content…
List two things the document tells you about life at the time it was written i. Being guilt of your crime in their lifetime was harsh. If you were guilty of a crime you were to be hung in front of people in your town. In today 's world that would never happen, especially in California. You have the opportunity by the law to get yourself, an attorney whether you 're poor or rich. There’s a system that the government has placed to see if you 're guilty of your crime or not. You also don 't have people screaming and yelling at you that you deserve to die for your crime. The last thing you want to hear or see is people celebrating your death before you die. ii. If you were white you had an advantage. You could easily steal, kill, or hurt an individual and blame on the other race. The writer explains at the end of the article, Joaquín Murieta, was innocent of his crimes. They tied him up on tree and embarrassed him in front of the public which included lashing him for stealing the horse. They killed his brother, friend, wife, and punish him for stealing horse that was his friends. Whites did not have consequences for their action whether they were right or wrong. They were above the law which included killing, hurting, and stealing from anyone that wasn 't
Mexican American struggles in the United States date back to the Spanish discovery of the New World in 1492. For over five hundred years, Mexicans have endured social injustices and inequalities at the hands of their superiors. The mistreatment of the native people of this land is constantly overlooked for "…the main goals shaping Spanish colonial policy were to maintain and expand political control and to convert Indians to Christianity." (Vargas p.30) With this mindset, the basic nature of relations between the dominant Anglos and the inferior Mexicans was that of suppression, rejection, ignorance and separation as opposed to establishment of ideals that would foster cultural relations and produce the true definition of a "melting pot" society.
Furthermore from paragraph 8 (page 69) "If he had married a white woman from el otro lado..." helps to understand how two different cultures and their conflicting stereotypes can damage relations with the Mexican-American race. She also mentioned on how her father, a native Mexican married down by marrying her Mexican-American mother.
It seemed like the author made many jumps from the evidence that they supplied and the conclusion. Throughout this essay, the author mainly focuses on how the authorities view the Pachucas, like how authorities thought they were involved with gangs, that they dangerous and violent, that they committed many crimes. And how the authorities reacted to this, how they sent these young women to juvenile detention centers and blamed the families for the girls being this way. The author does not focus on how the Pachucas effect their community. While the author briefly touches on how the families felt about the Pachucas and how the parents would react when their daughters would first start acting and dressing in this way, the author does not address how the Mexican American community went from the feelings of shame, dishonor and disapproval of the Pachuca fashion, attitudes, and actions to just accepting this part of the new Mexican American women. It seems that the author made too many leaps without actually showing the thought process behind it or providing enough evidence of this in the
...hey did commit, but were punished much more harshly because of their ethnicity. One of the men comes to the conclusion that, although they are in fact guilty, they are not being tried based on their crime, but their beliefs and because of their roots (B). Immigrants were unfairly and bitterly judged for things that they didn’t do because of people’s own fear and ignorance leaving them isolated within the country during this period.
Moreno and it is titled ¡Ya Basta! The Struggle for Justice and Equality. The article is about the Chicano Power Movement in Oxnard California between 1965 and 1975. The Chicana/o community in Oxnard was the backbone of the billion-dollar agricultural industry, and the children of farm workers were seeking justice and equality. The Chicano Power movement, also called the movimiento, took place all over the United States, but the Chicana/o youth that were involved traveled to Los Angeles to participate in marches, events, etc. It was encouraging for the youth to meet people like them from other cities. Moreno talks about how the people of Oxnard resisted acts of racial injustice, while fighting to bring equality. One of the main events that helped the people was the Great Society initiative, put on by Lyndon B. Johnson; the people used the War on Poverty programs to “empower themselves to demand social and political changes” (Moreno, 133). Moreno also talks about how Chicana/o people faced police brutality for decades. In 1968, Chicana/o youths had formed the Brown Berets, a group established to defend the community from police brutality. The Brown Berets were also there to “empower the community through educational and community programs” (Moreno, 133). The article sheds light on the specifics of one small area of the United States. It is nice to read about specifics, instead of getting a broad generalization. Moreno used understandable vernacular, while keeping his information
To look closely at many of the mechanisms in American society is to observe the contradiction between constitutional equality and equality in practice. Several of these contradictions exist in the realm of racial equality. For example, Black s often get dealt an unfair hand in the criminal justice system. In The Real War on Crime, Steven Donziger explains,
Early attempts to unify and organize against the oppression Mexican-Americans faced “were diverse and represented a variety of political viewpoints” (10/22/14). Evidently, Mexican-Americans had a common cause of gaining equal rights and opportunities, both socially and economically, but before “I Am Joaquin,” attempts at unification were futile. “I Am Joaquin” not only unified the vast of Mexican-American people and cause, but also appropriated an identity that all Mexican-Americans could stand by, as seen through the lines, “La Raza! / Mejicano! / Espanol! / Latino! / Chicano! / Or whatever I call myself / I look the same / I feel the same/ I cry/ And / Sing the same.” The concept of Chicanismo, or an embodiment of the varying aspects of Chicano culture, heritage, and identity, emerged from this poem. It was monumental in the beginnings of the Chicano Movement, so much so that it was considered the “collective song” of Chicanos (10/8/14). Before, Mexican-Americans were individuals striving for equal socioeconomic standards, but with their new “anthem,” they became a collective identity. The publication of “I Am Joaquin” became the pivotal point in which the term Chicano transitioned from being derogatory to prideful. It instilled a sense of pride in preserving the Chicano culture and also a rejection of assimilation in Anglo-American
John Rollin Ridge, author of The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta share similarities with his character. Character Murieta, is symbolized as a man who turns to violence after the lynching of his brother, and a gang rape of his young wife. Author Ridge, who also turned to violence when his father and grandfather were murdered by wrathful Native Americans who had to give up their land due to a treaty his family agreed and signed on. The relocation of the Cherokee’s. Ridge's family was blamed for signing the treaty, which is known today as, the "Trail of Tears".
It has been demonstrated the one in seven people, or fourteen percent, who are put on death row were innocent of their convicted crimes. The American society is outraged when an innocent person is killed, the fourteen percent would not have to suffer if the death penalty was illegal throughout the country. There is no way to tell how the more one thousand people, possibly more, executed since 1976 may also have been innocent, courts do not generally entertain claims of innocence when the defendant is dead. Wrongful convictions and executions can be made from many of the following factors: mistaken eyewitness testimony, faulty forensic science, fabricated testimony or testimony from jailhouse informants, grossly incompetent lawyers, false confessions, police or prosecutorial misconduct and racial bias. Many of the people who are resentenced from death to life imprisonment may be innocent and rotting behind bars, since without the imminent threat of death, no one will take up their case to exonerate them. Along with the con of the death of innocent people, the elimination of the death penalty proves as a more effective way to deter
When a person inquires about death, they never expect that it will arrive early to meet them. A part of these innocent people never see it coming, but they are reconciled with death early as a result of another person’s malicious behavior. These people need to be punished by paying an equal price for what they stole from someone else: their life. Once a person is deemed a killer they are no longer a use to a society, they are a threat. Keeping them alive costs money that could be put to better use. Insurance is granted to them, even though they do not have a job and there are other hard working people who deserve it. They are given a decent home with accommodations that homeless people are forced to live without. There is an abundant amount of gray area in making a decision of this magnitude. The argument of being falsely accused often arises because once a mistake like this is made it obviously can not be undone. However, the Death Penalty is essential to keep the innocent citizens of the country safe.
So all of them believed their chances of also being incarcerated were high. They were facing strict policies and defamations in schools and communities. For example, when officers find an African American or a Latino young man looks like a gangster or dresses like one, they will show a visibly different kind of justice than what they show in wealthy areas.
First off, the usage of spiteful tones. Constantly throughout the novel, Boyle develops the characters to gab negatively about their opposite race. The Mexicans talk smack about the Caucasians, and the Caucasians speak trashily about the Mexicans. The tones spell out a troubled life in California due to "a tresspasser, a polluter, a Mexican." (229) These word chouces are powerful and show the lack of morality regarding the Mexican illegals. The citizens of California, "There was no mistaking the meaning: BEANERS DIE" (62) this goes to show that some Californian "people are fed up with it." (146) It is a life-long struggle that threatens both existences. In a state only two steps from the border, it raises no reluctance about the wrong idea "assuming they were illegals, but even illegals had rights under the Constitution, and what if they were legal citiznes of the U.S.A., what then?" (185) The prejudice Cándido faces sepp...
Caciques like Pedro did not disturb the system because it benefited them because for the most part they were fairer skinned white people. The Mestizos, half Spanish half Indian, also did not challenge the system because although they were awarded very few opportunities they did not want to lose them, allowing the Encomienda system to continue without opposition. When a system like the Encomienda system goes unchecked corruption is allowed to occur because it marginalizes a less powerful group to benefit a more powerful group in this case the Spaniards. When the Spaniards first came to Mexico, they found new lands free for them to claim in the name of God. However, this land was inhabited by the Native Americans who tended the land and were their for years before the Spaniards ever set foot their. Those first Spaniards share the same opinion as Pedro: “What law, Fulgor? From now on, we’re the law”(40). They came to a land where their was no written law, and used that lawlessness to their
The plight of Chicanos as an oppressed people was not in the: public spotlight”(The Struggle). The struggles of the Pachucos have influenced the Chicanos by being a group they can look up to as a group of people who have made themselves acknowledgeable and different. The Chicano population have witnessed that they can represent they're different and represent themselves through their own name. In relation to the Pachucos, the Chicanos have formed gangs and still show hostility. The Pachucos were proof that chosen self-identity is something that is possible, which to the Chicanos was assurance that their own group would make a difference. Both groups were representing and made themselves the public spotlight. They saw that there is a way to get away from becoming listed as a Mexican, so they followed in the Pachucos footsteps. The Chicanos have gone further than the Pachucos in fighting for their rights and opportunities even though they are part of their own world. Therefore, the Pachucos struggles have reflected the Chicanos because they both fight to represent themselves as a different culture, not in a Mexican-American
Secondly, many believe that capital punishment is right because of the justice given to the victim’s family. These family members feel l...