In this week’s reading, “Spanish Conquest” by Elizabeth Carmichael and Chloe Sayer discuss the subjugation, ethnocide, and struggle the indigenous population of Mexico endured during the Spanish conquest. The Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortez, enslave and forced the Aztecs to believe that Christianity was the one true religion. Therefore, the indigenous people were forced to convert their faith through the Spanish missionaries to lose their indigenous roots. Later, the authors explain the many difficulties and conflicts Spanish priest underwent to teach the Christian faith to the Aztecs. The Spanish friar first taught the indigenous people Christianity in Nahuatl.
This book is being written because Diego Vigil wants his audience to know how the Chicano movement is what it is today. He shows us what factors have contributed to the development of the Chicano experience and movement that is still present with us. The book reflects the importance that indigenous people had to the Chicano movement; how the indigenous people went from being Indians to Chicanos. This book is also being written to appreciate and understand the changes that Indians had to adapt in order to become Chicanos and how the natives of a country became targeted or labeled as illegal. An issue that is to be dealt is how Europeans and those who came after them fought against the indigenous majority population over land that the indigenous
The article titled "The New Latino Underclass" by Douglas Massey is an insightful reading that shows the readers just how profoundly discrimination affects the Latinos/Latinas in the United States. It was quite insightful as he stated the history of the discrimination along with the two concepts of "Latino Threat Narrative" and "Hispanic Challenge. " Not only was this article by Massey insightful, but saddening too. I was unaware how harsh the immigration process here in the United States could be especially to innocent people who are seeking safety from their own country. I overall agree with Massey in the sense that we cannot just deport bunches of people, but we must understand they are human.
This power imbalance and these payments are key in the subjugation of the natives. Furthermore, the paternalism of the Spanish toward the Indigenous peoples is obvious: “Captain [Cortes] stared at him [Cuauhtemoc]…then patted him on the head” (p.117). Post-conquest, and still today, “difficult relations” between the descendants of the Indigenous peoples and the “others” (p.117) still exist. The European view of the natives “as idolatrous savages” or, on the contrary, as “models of natural virtue” (p.175) demonstrate the versatile and often contradictory views held. Similarly, the Aztecs at times saw the Spaniards as gods, and other times as gold-hungry savages who “fingered it like monkeys” (p.51).
During the Chicano Nationalist Movement, a well-known speaker, Rodolfo ‘Corky’ Gonzales, delivered a speech titled Chicano Nationalism: Victory for La Raza. In this speech, Rodolfo Gonzales tries to unify the Latin American people within the United States by using the idea of a family and to create a new political organization for the Chicano people. This speech was a cumulation of various ideas which stemmed from his own life, the experiences of the Chicano people, and the Chicano Nationalist Movement in general. Each of these factors contributed to the context of the speech and how the ideas within the speech are presented by Rodolfo Gonzales. Rodolfo ‘Corky’ Gonzales was born to Federico and Indalesia Gonzales, two Mexican immigrants, on June 18, 1928.
In The New Latino Studies Reader: A Twenty-First-Century Perspective by Ramon A. Gutierrez and Tomas Almaguer, chapters “Gender Strategies, Settlement, and Transnational Lives” and “She’s Old School Like That” talk about the gender issues first and second generation Latinas faced. In the first generation, Robert Smith articulates how gender structures impact the lives of men in women. Whereas in the second generation, Lorena Garcia communicates how mother and daughter relationships worked during that time period and how sexual behavior played a big role in their relationships.
Being a Mexican American myself, I have always wondered what it was like for Hispanics in the 90’s. In the article “Hispanics and the American Dream,” Linda Chavez answers that exact question. She explains how Hispanics were, and still are, the largest minority group, and they were perceived as poor, uneducated, and the “dregs of society.” When in reality, that was not the case. Hispanics in the United States were succeeding in all different areas of life, they were well educated, had less infant mortalities than black and whites, and were making drastically more money than when they first migrated to the U.S.
Losing one’s cultural knowledge, and therefore the reality of their culture, allows others to have control over their collective and individual consciousness as well as their destiny. In this case, it is clear that the United States government has had the dominant relationship over the Native
“Hispanics, Latinos, or Americanos: The Evolution of Identity” 1. Comas-Diaz used heading and subheadings to assist in defining terms in her essay because she wanted to show the difference among the terms. This type of structure is appropriate for her essay because separation is necessary to describe the different types of people. 2. Generic Terms for Hispanic/Latino Population • Hispanic - A word created by the United States Bureau of the Census, to describe people of Spanish origin, who lived in the USA during the census in 1970.
In the documentary “Quest for a Homeland” Chicanos unite to fight for their rights. Chicanos that were not aware of the many inequalities and were accepting it as a normal lifestyle. Reies Tijerina and Rodolfo Gonzales were the few people who led these movements for civil rights. The meaning of “Atzlan” gave people motivation to keep fighting because it meant reaching a sanctuary and a society that was equal. Atzlan was believed to be a myth, but it made many Chicanos all share a same connection and wanted to create a myth society into a reality.
Due to a Taos Indian rebellion in 1847, New Mexico was put under military rule for 3 years. , by then a territorial government was created. With the building of the railroads, farming, mining, and ranching expanded. Thousands of Hispanics came over for these new opportunities. The Hispanics still didn’t have the equality that they wished
In the 16th Century, Spain became one of the European forces to reckon with. To expand even further globally, Spanish conquistadors were sent abroad to discover lands, riches, and North America and its civilizations. When the Spanish and Native American groups met one another, they judged each other, as they were both unfamiliar with the people that stood before them. The Native American and Spanish views and opinions of one another are more similar than different because when meeting and getting to know each other, neither the Spaniards nor the Native Americans saw the other group of people as human. Both groups of people thought of one another as barbaric monsters and were confused and amazed by each other’s cultures.
Growing up as a first-generation Mexican American was a huge advantage for me in that it allowed me to grow up in a culturally diverse community. I learned how to work well with people of all backgrounds and empathize with people from all walks of life. However, while being the first in my family to go to college was a momentous accomplishment, the lack of instruction and guidance lead me to commit many mistakes that could have been easily avoided during my first years at college. My timidity and downright arrogance lead me to believe that I did not need anyone’s assistance and thus I found myself denial that there was a problem in terms of my grades during my first semesters. I have since addressed this issue and have worked diligently to
The Founding Fathers were deathly afraid of tyranny, and took every precaution to make sure that no one person could have too much power and result in a country similar to Britain. To combat this they created the idea of federalism, where the branches of government were split and power was evenly divided. Federalism separated state and federal governments, made sure that the people didn't have too much power, each branch could keep the others in check, and also created two legislative houses, splitting the power even further. James Madison created this idea of “Federalism” where state and federal governments were separated. This compound government provides “double security” to the people, by ensuring that each branch of government controls
During my two interviews my with my two people of the Hispanic culture I came to find they were both had a good level of health literacy from a quick glance. It’s interesting I came to this conclusion fast after asking them each their questions, because I barely know these two on a personal level. Raul I met last year at comicpalooza, where we bonded over love over television and movies and came in contact since, mostly having conversations about show/movies; but never had conversations on anything like this level. Francis I met over swim class this fall at UH recreation center, so I came to the conclusion to pick two people I didn’t really know to ask these questions for this paper.
