The first, there are large groups of illegal South Americans coming through the Mexican border annually, who potentially take jobs from native white Americans who remain jobless. The second large factor is that Hispanics typically live in large numbers in cities throughout the U.S., so when poverty strikes an area, in the eyes of the prejudice, the
The People’s Temple founded in Indianapolis, Indiana in the 1950s by Jim Jones was a reaction to the racism and prejudice that Jones experienced growing up in poverty. It was a socialist movement that transformed overtime to become a cult that lives in infamy. The People’s Temple provided employment, childcare, healthcare and drug and alcohol rehabilitation, they did a lot of good. However, they used violent methods of keeping their members in line, public beatings and humiliation. They left Indiana to move to California after Jones had a vision of a nuclear bomb.
Betsy Jimenez English Composition II Ms. Bonnie Lee January 7, 2013 Immigration, Arizona SB 1070 “Mexican Americans were dispossessed very much of their land and subject to discriminatory treatment in every aspect of their lives: in employment, in housing and in education. Overt discrimination is probably worst in Texas, where the state law enforcement agency known as the Texas rangers has long had a well-deserved reputation for brutality toward Mexican Americans”(Daniels, 314). History has proven to repeat itself throughout the years. As we grow stronger as a nation we have been pushing those who have helped us create America to the borders of embarrassment. By allowing racial profiling to be practiced, the Arizona immigration law
American’s assumed they were entitled to the remaining gold in California. After a large group of unskilled laborers, moved to the U.S and started taking jobs, American attitudes became negative and hostile. As early as 1850, the government passed the “Foreign Miners’ License” law, which stated that twenty dollars a month must be paid by all foreign miners, but also brought along the effect of depopulating camps and seriously injuring some foreign miners (Norton). In the first half of the 19th century, a pseudo-slave trade had started in taking Chinese laborers under contract to work at a certain wage for a certain time in Cuba, and some places in South Africa. The Chinese unskilled workers were all ignorantly called “Coolies” when the word itself meant Koo for “rent” and lee for “muscle”.
Since 2006, nearly 50,000 Mexicans have died in cartel-related homicides (The Cartel Crackdown). In the face of such statistics, the choice becomes clear; legalize it! If marijuana was legalized, the US would be taking a crippling amount of business from the cartels. Less business means less money, and less money ultimately means less power. In essence, legalizing marijuana reduces
Race Relations Edwin Colon Ethics 125 Throughout history there have been groups and tribes that fight and dislike like each other due to the way they look, and today this is still true, unfortunately. In the United States the first round of racism was between White Americans and Black Americans and as more people have immigrated the racism and prejudice has as well. While many people embrace the new cultures and people others are still prejudice and will not accept any new comers. All over the Nation racism still exists, yet in Southern California it is mainly directed towards Mexican Americans. I moved to California in June 2008, from Jersey City, NJ, a city right across the river from NYC and a very ethnic and culturally
Being that this is a short paper, I will only talk about a few incidents in the courtroom scene as there far too many examples of racism to detail here. A statement is read that ties the Mexicans and their violence to alcohol and inborn characteristics of Aztecs. The defendants must stand up when being talked about as the prosecutor makes the point that the jury cannot tell them apart. Another example of racism was a newspaper being shown with a guilty headline before the verdict is even read. Finally, Henry’s brother is beat and stripped of his clothing which seems to be a metaphor for being stripped of his
“Many Americans held the president personally to blame for the crisis and began calling the shantytowns that unemployed people established on the outskirts of cities “Hoovervilles” (B, 676; CD) The 1930’s also show examples of our continuing inequality in America. As the white males began to lose their jobs and some African Americans continued to work, people believed in this crisis white males had first priority when it came to jobs and started replacing the African Americans. (B, 665; CD) Mexicans during the depression were rounded up and were forced to
This certainly isn’t true, and Mexicans who are in the United States now face prejudice and stereotypes every day. “As a result, the stereotypes attributed to all Mexicans - however unfounded - may have been shaped unfairly by adversaries of illegal Mexican immigrants, even though they have a job and are hard workers” (Laws 1). Some judge Mexicans based on their language, skin color, education, and assumed social and economic status. This prejudice of Mexicans is due to their past history in Mexico and due to them belonging to a disadvantaged group. Many perceive southerners as uneducated, poor, and ignorant just by their accents and dialect.
In 2010 alone, 25,000 lives have been claimed and the number is still growing steadily (Beaubien). Over the course of the year 2008, more Mexicans perished in the Mexican war on drug cartels than Americans that have died in Iraq since 2003 (Corchado). Bloody scenes such as the 55 bodies pulled out of an abandoned silver mine turned cartel body dumping in Taxco, Mexico, have become all too real for the Mexican people (Corchado). It is estimated that currently in Mexico some 600,000 people are involved in organized crime, whether they be foot soldiers, hit men, marijuana farmers, smugglers, money launders, or kingpins (Corchado). When the Mexican Military decides to get involved in matters of trying to suppress cartel violence, things often get worse: much worse.