Lipsitz writes, "I think I know why Bill Moore's murder affected me so deeply in 1963. ... "Although surveys showed that many Canadian, Italian, Israeli, and Irish citizens lived and worked in California without proper credentials from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), the popular campaign expressly targeted immigrants from Mexico and Central America." ... "A counter attendant at a fast-food restaurant refused to serve hamburgers to three English speaking Mexican American teenagers The registrar at a California State University campus submitted a proposal to students with ...

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However, one of the many problems that societies are facing that I choose to discuss is the topic of racial profiling while driving, shopping, or even flying. ... In addition, many of the stories that have came up recently on the local news with policemen and encounters of beating, shooting, and arresting local citizens mainly consists of males, of African American and Mexican heritage. ... Many teens speak on being felt like they have no rights and that they want some kind of halt to the categorization. ... As a witness, "I believe based on my research, that racial profiling may happen to ...

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My ancestors were also forbid to enter certain places with signs on the doors that read "No Mexicans Allowed." ... Changes in my community mean that now my ancestors are able shop at any store, and to live and work wherever they want to, or wherever is available. ... At first I really did not want to believe that it was racism or even discrimination until a football meeting that was held at our local Latino Chambers of Commerce. ... There are not as many inequities in my community as there are in other communities, so I think that is a big plus. ... I really don't think that I wou...

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European Americans even drove Mexicans further and further south, all of this until we have the corners of what we call the United States today. ... He wanted European immigrants to assimilated into American citizens as soon as possible – but what exactly does that mean? In my previous paper, I mentioned how white Americans have this fascination with simultaneously breaking away from English monarchy while still have an unconscious obsession with it (the imperial use of measurements instead of the metric system, yet we still followed similar education, etiquette, and money rituals that ...

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By casting a negative light towards Arabs, Africans, Mexicans, Asians or any other races, the justice system clearly demonstrates a great deal of ignorance and disrespect for that individual; just because someone is a member of a certain race does not mean that he or she represents the negative insinuations associated with that race. ... The jurors didn't care about the boy's age and his family - most of them only wanted him to be sent to the electric chair because he was a foreigner who also lives in one of the worst parts of town. ... "I shut my eyes. ... " I peeked at Je...

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