"It was extremely dangerous jumping out of a moving Mexican Police bus, but I knew that I had to do it, my family needed me. We lived in Guatemala at the time and drove through Mexico trying and reach the United States. My wife and I wanted a better life for our two kids. Trying to cross the Border I was arrested by the Mexican Police and detained. ... Everyone else had a different background, either from Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, Peru or one of the many other countries in Central and South America. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

My hometown in Mexico differs in many ways from my home here in America. ... The families in Mexico are very close. ... Americans on the other hand have to have things arranged and have a set schedule of what they want to do. ... In Mexico teenagers will go out with a big group and go dancing. ... I wish that American teenagers will be able to experience what I have had in this different community. ...

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She felt complimented by people who did not refer to her as a Mexican. ... He wanted her to understand that Mexico was indeed beautiful and that she should not be offended by those comments so he sent her to Mexico for the summer. ... This made her want to learn the language and embrace her culture a little more. ... She wanted minorities to understand that it is okay to be viewed as different. ... I am happy that my parents did and that they were able to pass down some of those traditions, the language, and many other cultural aspects to me as I want to be able to pass them down to my dau...

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• Grade Level: High School

I attended a lecture on the Chicano movement given by Jose Angel Gutierrez, an active member from the Chicano movement from the 1960s. ... Jose Angel Gutierrez was a key activist in the Chicano movement which became a popular uprising for the Mexican population in the United States. ... Representatives of the Raza Unida party sent representatives to different parts of the country to persuade others to join the movement and unite Mexicans who united and called themselves Chicanos. They consisted of a group of people of all ages who wanted political, civil, and educational rights to change becau...

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An element from Bless Me, Ultima I believe merits further discussion is the fascination based around beliefs in curanderismo (folk medicine). ... This especially made me want to sit-down with the author and express my personal believes about God. ... At different times through out the story, I was reminded of my childhood in Mexico and the many tales we heard as kids. Nevertheless, I can understand how a child Antonio's age can be filled with questions about life and religion. I know I was. ...

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The first example of the power men have in this book is when Esperanza comments, "The Chinese, like the Mexicans, don't like their women strong (p10)." Mexican males don't want any competition between themselves and their women and if the question of who has the power ever arises, it is explained with forcefulness of words or aggression that more often than not lead to violence. ... Many Latinos want to escape this way of life but few do because of lack of money for further education or a house in a decent neighborhood. ... I want to be Like the waves on the sea, Like the clouds...

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Many great personality characteristic traits, traits that I believe to be far more important factor in the Hispanic culture, really shined through in this movie. ... From the time Selena was very little, Selena and her siblings demonstrated what I believe to be a strong Hispanic trait, respect for their familia. ... Selena responds, "when I am on stage I feel like I can be anyone I want to be". ... first of all I would like to thank my family, my dad who is my manager, my brother......my sister....." ... After being turned away from a "gig" because they were Mexican and being offered a to...

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Mexican Americans were also known to work for an extremely low amount of money. ... Although some of these experiences are the same in some aspect, I believe the gender roles of each of these ethnic groups are different in many ways but yet they are the same in many ways. ... "A working woman is a demonstration of her husband's failure to support her adequately and an affront to his authority." (139) Reguardless of if the women worked or not they still got what they wanted and if their husband didn't get it for them then the women would demand their husbands to get it for them. .....

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• Grade Level: High School

I chose Kurt because of his strong knowledge of what race and gender mean to him personally in American culture and also for his strong German heritage and background. ... Kurt is from a small town called Mexico in New York and came to UB to experience a top class education and also to pursue his swimming. ... I also learnt that there are more than a number of races here in the United States. ... From what I learn most athletic programs look for an equal ration of men to women. ... After exhausting kurt of all the information and opinions he had on Race and class, he told me that if people ...

• Word Count: 1029
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• Grade Level: High School