In response to these statistics regarding Mexican-Americans, the San Francisco Chronicle in 2000 stated that, "`They do all the menial jobs, here. ... They attempted to complete their homework, using an English-Spanish dictionary, meticulously looking up every word. ... Martinez, who had always helped her sons with homework in their former bi-lingual school, displayed great concern that "`their grades will fall, because I"m no longer going to be able to help them as much [due to the language barrier]."" ... Martinez was unable to read the words in the textbooks and in their homework, and t...

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Through these themes Bourgois (2002:17) portrays that the people living in El Barrio are known to blame the victim for their misfortune of being the underclass of the United States population and "living in the inferno" due to their inability to compete with the classes above them who are more able of succeeding since they have greater opportunities to do so. This competition has led the minorities living in such bad neighborhoods, such as the streets of Spanish Harlem, to search for respect and dignity while the American Society is doing the opposite, segregating and separating them from th...

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What this means is that children that do not have their parents by their side will not be healthy children, and the effect mentioned above will cause more serious problems like addiction to alcohol, drugs and tobacco, or are more prone to low self-esteem. ... One of the issues that is causing this chaos is that the neighboring governments are not doing anything to change the situation. ...

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Libertarianism is the political philosophy rooted in the belief that people should be allowed to live their lives as they see fit, free from government coercion and regulation--so long as they do not infringe upon the rights of others. ... As our constitution has it's founding fathers so does the Libertarian movement. ... Nearly thirty years after its inception in a nation ruled by a praetorian two party system that Libertarian Party has become "America's third largest and fastest growing party." (12:3) What does this say about Americans? ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate