It mattered so much to me because ultimately, if I could free myself from the restrictions imposed on me, then I could be anything I wanted. ... This reminds me back to where I was in Mexico. ... The first time I went back to Mexico, I was ten. ... Even though I was born in Mexico I don't know much of his history. ... I wanted to be more an American girl who wasn't stereotype by being a trouble maker and getting pregnant at a young age as most of my Mexican friends did. ...

• Word Count: 1963
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

At this point I want to cry, reality is setting in on me. ... Man, I want to go home. ... White people stick with white people, blacks stay with blacks, and Mexicans stay with Mexicans. ... For the Mexicans you have your Northern and Southern gangs. ... The blacks can only back up the northern Mexican gangs. ...

• Word Count: 2223
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• Grade Level: High School

I know what you're thinking, you there probably were minority cowboys, about a couple hundred or so. ... It's true Blacks, Indians and Mexicans made up the majority our beloved cowboys. ... Texas back then, as most know, was Mexican territory. Mexico wanted to civilize and fight off Indian tribes in it's outer regions, so they sent people to live in the deserted area. ... He was wanted dead or alive and the reward for his capture just kept on growing. ...

• Word Count: 1582
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• Grade Level: High School

In the poem "I, Too,"" Hughes opens with "I, too, sing America."" ... At the age of seventeen, Hughes traveled to Mexico to visit his father. He saw that the Mexican people took great pride in their identity through their art. ... The black people of America wanted to fit into the white man's world. ... "In the Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain,"" Hughes further challenges blacks to accept their race by saying, "it is the duty of the younger Negro artist to change through the force of his art that old whispering I want to be white, hidden in the aspirations of his people, to Why s...

• Word Count: 1190
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He wanted to know what they looked like and where they were. ... He said, "I may not sound or look crazy, but if you ever wanted to get payback or need my help, don't hesitate to call me." ... Due to that, the media gives the listeners what they want to here no matter how it affects any race. ... It showed how illegal Mexicans took over a store because they would work for half the pay. ... If someone came up for a job and said I can do anything you want me to for half the price of anyone else, then no matter what race he is most people would hire him. ...

• Word Count: 979
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• Grade Level: High School

An good example of this is a dialogue between two detectives: Ria:You want a lesson? ... Neither one of those is Mexico. ... Well then I guess the big mystery is, who gathered all those remarkably different cultures together and taught them all how to park their cars on their lawns? ... It's been assumed that I'd own a Karaoke machine, simply because I am Filipino. ... I laughed - I was not offended - but I reminded him to be careful not to generalize or hold to stereotypes of other nationalities. ...

• Word Count: 538
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• Grade Level: High School

I asked my granddad. ... Kind of like how people in California think of Mexican-Americans. ... Of course I said no but he said that if I did not want trouble that I need to find myself in better company. ... I asked. ... It started to get to the point that every black person I saw I wanted to kick the (you know what) out of. ...

• Word Count: 671
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• Grade Level: High School

In one of the scenes he Cameron says that if a black person would write a report about Malcolm X or if a Mexican would write a report about Cesar Chavez that they would get commended for it. 13. ... First, Derek approached Cameron Alexander and said that he wanted out. ... Then Cameron asked Derek if he wanted to take over and Derek responded with a one two punch combination and left his office. Then Seth went into Cameron's office and found him lying on the floor, so he went after Derek with a gun and everyone in the crowd wanted Seth to shoot Derek because he wanted out, but he di...

• Word Count: 1172
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

"I promise you I wrote it. I can't tell you more, but read the book, and the piece in the last September's Reader's Digest and you"ll know who I really am" (Griffin, 37). ... John's children and his wife had to move to Mexico because their family was in danger, but John stayed to finish writing his assignment. ... I wanted to discover what sort of work an educated Negro, nicely dressed, could find. ... I"m after you. ...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

One of the most important experiences, which gave me a lasting impression, concerned American people's attitudes towards Mexican people. ... In the town where I stayed I was shocked to see the segregation in church. Mexican people went to church on Sunday evenings instead of Sunday mornings with the other members of the community. To show my disagreement with the situation I went to church with the Mexican people on Sunday evening instead of going together with my family. ... I wanted to know more about Martin Luther King's personality. ...

• Word Count: 4457
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Andre did not want to acknowledge that racism in fact did play a part in his life. ... I remember this one time when my cousin and her black boyfriend went to a party. ... Later that night a black girl bumped into her on the dance floor and said to her boyfriend, "Why are you with this good for nothing Mexican girl, when you can have any black girl you want." ... I recall once that my cousin was laid off her job and she just did not expect this to happen to her. ...

• Word Count: 1050
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The question of why a person would do this to another person all comes down to HATE of all other races then him self, the poor white American that has been screwed by the parasites of the human race (blacks, Mexicans, Asians). ... Derek's younger brother Danny (Edward Furlong) seems to want to be just like his brother Derek, although he does not have the leadership qualities of how to arouse a crowd like Derek. ... In the end I would have to critique this film as hands down and two thumbs up. ... I feel that this film is a one that should be viewed by all to show that hate against the ...

• Word Count: 940
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• Grade Level: High School

The novel I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou gives us the concept of the one girl's world which is filled by racism. ... Plenty pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. ... I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind"(56).Margarite understands from her uncle's speech that she is smart and has a good mind to create her future and begin to believe in herself. ... That month in the junkyard, she forms good friendships with Mexican and white teenagers and feels that she is on the same foot with them. ... Despite on Margarite's young age, she fi...

• Word Count: 1584
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Derek fails to realize that in jail each groups uses each other to get what they want. ... And I kept asking myself all the time, how did I buy into this shit? It was because I was pissed off and nothing I ever did took that feeling away. I killed two guys, Danny, I killed them. ... He wanted to wash off the years of hate and nastiest. ...

• Word Count: 2014
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School