Latino rights story is a very divers story because Latinos come from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, and many other Spanish speaking countries. So, the concerns of all these Latinos are very divers. For example, Mexicans are concerned about immigration and citizenship, while Puerto Ricans are not because they already have US citizenship (granted in the 1917 Jones Act). Another concern of some Mexicans are working conditions. Cesar Chavez (along with Dolores Huerta) had a large role in improving working conditions. In 1962, they founded the United Farm Workers Organization Committee. There are other events in the Latino civil rights story that are not towards the positive of their rights. For example recently in Arizona a senate bill was passed to use racial profiling to help find illegal immigrants. Also in 1921, the immigration act was passed to temporarily limit the numbers of immigrants to the United States. The story of Latino rights is different than the rights of many other minorities because many minorities had already fought for their rights while the Latino fight is still going on. For example, African Americans already fought for their rights.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Blog Post 6
List:
1) Cesar Chaves
2) Aaron Schutz
3) Dolores Huerta
Paragraph:
The work of Cesar Chaves was important because he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). Chavez worked in the fields until 1952, when he became an organizer for the Community Service Organization (CSO), a Latino civil rights group. Chavez urged Mexican Americans to register and vote, and he traveled throughout California making speeches in support of workers' rights. He later became CSO's national director in 1958. One question that I would like to ask Cesar Chaves is, what was it like to have an active role in helping Latino rights? I would ask that because I would want to know what it was like to help shape the rights of a particular race in America. I would like to ask that also because I would like to know who it was to be able to help people with helping them gain rights. This is like who in class we are learning about leaders in not just the latino civil rights movement but also other civil rights movements.
Work Cited:
"Cesar Chavez." The Extra Mile. Ford Motor Company, n.d. Web. 1 June 2011
"Labor Hall of Fame Honoree (1998) Cesar Chavez." United States Department of Labor. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 June 2011.
1) Cesar Chaves
2) Aaron Schutz
3) Dolores Huerta
Paragraph:
The work of Cesar Chaves was important because he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). Chavez worked in the fields until 1952, when he became an organizer for the Community Service Organization (CSO), a Latino civil rights group. Chavez urged Mexican Americans to register and vote, and he traveled throughout California making speeches in support of workers' rights. He later became CSO's national director in 1958. One question that I would like to ask Cesar Chaves is, what was it like to have an active role in helping Latino rights? I would ask that because I would want to know what it was like to help shape the rights of a particular race in America. I would like to ask that also because I would like to know who it was to be able to help people with helping them gain rights. This is like who in class we are learning about leaders in not just the latino civil rights movement but also other civil rights movements.
Work Cited:
"Cesar Chavez." The Extra Mile. Ford Motor Company, n.d. Web. 1 June 2011
"Labor Hall of Fame Honoree (1998) Cesar Chavez." United States Department of Labor. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 June 2011.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Blog Post 5
Generally, the effects of stereotypes are that they cause harm on the person who is being stereotyped against. They are mainly used to judge a group of people often to cause harm. For example, the term “dumb blonds” is used to generalized that all blond people are dumb. But also there are stereotypes that are designed to warn people from danger. For example, the stereotype that bears eat people is used to tell people to not go up to a bear and pet it like a kind dog. Mainly, bears are omnivorous and also eat berries and other plants. Although bears are known to attack people, it is very rare. I’m not saying that a wild black bear would be kind to you, but it is a good idea to try to stay away from them. The effects of stereotypes on Latinos are that those that are legal immigrants are often discriminated against because they are called illegal, aliens, or drug dealers. It could destroy friendships. Like in Return to Sender, Tyler and María’s friendship was almost destroyed because Tyler thought she was an illegal immigrant. Even though she was, her other two sisters were born in the US.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Current Events
The article I chose is titled Democrats Advance Remap. It is written by Rick Pearson. It was written on May 24, 2011. The news paper it is from is the Chicago Tribute. This article is about Latinos complaining about the plans to re-draw Illinois state legislative district boundaries. Latinos are complaining about how they won’t get a big enough say with these new lines. This is taking plave this week in Illniois to decide the new lines. Latinos are compaining because they won’t get their say in government. What does partisan vote mean? Something to ponder might be,should the lines be re-drawn? This reminds me of when learning about when African Americans were saying that their voice in government was missing. This is like how the Latinos feel they wouldn't have a big enough voice if the lines were re-drawn.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Blog Post #4
List:
Paragraph:
The United Farm Workers (earlier known as the National Farm Workers Association) is a labor union. This union changed from a workers' rights organization that helped workers get unemployment insurance to that of a union of farm-workers. Its goal is to improve the working conditions of Mexican workers. Any advice I would give to the leaders of this labor union is to push congress to pass an amendment to the Constitution pushing towards equal working conditions and pay. Most of the time Mexicans get lower pay and poor working conditions. In Return to Sender the Mexican family has low pay compared to other workers the owners have had. But on the other hand, the owners gave them very good working conditions and treated them like family. That is the advice i would give to this labor union.
Works Cited:
Cruz, Bárbra C. Triumphs and Struggles for Latino Civil Rights. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow,2008. Print.
"Latinoo Civil Rights Timeline." Teaching Tolerance. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 May 2011. <http://www.tolerance.org/latino-civil-rights-timeline>.
National Council of La Raza. Citi Bank, 22 May 2009. Web. 24 May 2011. <http://www.nclr.org/>.
United Farm Workers. N.p., 2009. Web. 25 May 2011. <http://www.ufw.org/>
- National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
- Japanese-Mexican Labor Association (JMLA)
- Confederación de Uniones Obreras Mexicanas (Federation of Mexican Workers Union-CUOM)
- National Farm Workers Association (United Farm Workers as it is known today)
Paragraph:
The United Farm Workers (earlier known as the National Farm Workers Association) is a labor union. This union changed from a workers' rights organization that helped workers get unemployment insurance to that of a union of farm-workers. Its goal is to improve the working conditions of Mexican workers. Any advice I would give to the leaders of this labor union is to push congress to pass an amendment to the Constitution pushing towards equal working conditions and pay. Most of the time Mexicans get lower pay and poor working conditions. In Return to Sender the Mexican family has low pay compared to other workers the owners have had. But on the other hand, the owners gave them very good working conditions and treated them like family. That is the advice i would give to this labor union.
Works Cited:
Cruz, Bárbra C. Triumphs and Struggles for Latino Civil Rights. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow,2008. Print.
"Latinoo Civil Rights Timeline." Teaching Tolerance. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 May 2011. <http://www.tolerance.org/latino-civil-rights-timeline>.
National Council of La Raza. Citi Bank, 22 May 2009. Web. 24 May 2011. <http://www.nclr.org/>.
United Farm Workers. N.p., 2009. Web. 25 May 2011. <http://www.ufw.org/>
Monday, May 23, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Blog Post #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeZwKYdUWq0
“They got there because of Latino participation in the elections in November and we must hold them accountable” is my favorite line in this speech. It was delivered by Nativo Lopez Keynote. I think this is the most important because it is basically saying that the Latinos elected government officials that have done bad things to make them unhappy and they need to be accountable for their actions. I selected this line because it is a great example of free speech how democracy works.
“They got there because of Latino participation in the elections in November and we must hold them accountable” is my favorite line in this speech. It was delivered by Nativo Lopez Keynote. I think this is the most important because it is basically saying that the Latinos elected government officials that have done bad things to make them unhappy and they need to be accountable for their actions. I selected this line because it is a great example of free speech how democracy works.
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