...Being born and raised in Texas, my favorite stereotype would have to be that everyone is thought to be a classic cowboy. The belief sounds childish but hopeful in the world's imagination that we are a playful character. As I have grown older, I have become more aware of a lot of hate in the world for simple things and being called cowboys is the least offensive. I do agree that a cowboy is a perfect symbol to represent the pride and strength of the people living in the state. Though I deny the allegations and do not own any horses, I would be lying if I said I have not ridden one multiple times or seen them often on the sides of the road. Another big stereotype in this generation is a classic southern Texan, which I personally resonate with...
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...American society and Economy – BMAN 20610 Has Affirmative Action had any positive results? Should the policy be abandoned? ‘Affirmative Action has had an indelible imprint on the university environment’ [1] With primary focus on the impact that affirmative action (AA) has had to African Americans in regard to College admission, this essay will seek to ascertain to what extent the policy has lead to positive results. While in addition, evaluating whether this policy is both a legitimate and a necessary feature within Universities in contemporary America, or should be abandoned. Following President Johnson signing into law, executive order 11246 in 1965, the concept of affirmative action was formed and subsequently integrated within the college admission process in the United States. The primary intention of the policy was to ‘redress the disadvantages associated with overt historical discrimination’. [2] While furthermore, seeking to ensure that institutions, such as Universities, were more ‘representative of the populations they serve’. [3] Since the implementation of the policy, throughout American University Campuses and the corridors of power in Washington, both debate and discourse has taken place in regard to the fairness and necessity of the practice of Affirmative Action within the College Admission process. As asserted by Garcia, those in favour of Affirmative action programs within Colleges viewed that the implementation of the policy was evidently ‘a...
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...Adjusting to change and stereotypes Growing up, I was constantly going to new places I transferred to more than six high schools. So I am used to starting over, for that reason I know how to make friends easily with people I have thing in common with. In the story American Born Chinese Jin Wang the kid in the short story, and who was born in America. He goes to a new school everyone automatically labels him as “that Chinese kid” who eats dogs or who use to eat dogs. I can relate because in my sophomore year of high school I moved in with my aunt in Victoria, Texas. Once people find out you’re Native American they have thousands of questions, and stereotypes come into play, and I found myself being “that native girl” in school. Adjusting to change was difficult when you’re being judged for being so different. I found a way to accept it, and embrace it. My grandmother had told me before I left to Texas to always remember who I am, and where I came from. So, I did just that. I always got asked a lot was, to say something in my language. I could do that and it was amazing to see them react. I felt proud to be able to speak in my own language and introduce myself....
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...Fischer V.S. The University of Texas If you do everything right when it comes to getting into college, there’s a chance you still will be rejected from the school of your dreams. That’s exactly what happened to Abigail Fischer when she applied to the University of Texas at Austin. Although Fischer was not in the top 10% of her class, she was close, residing in the top 12%. “The University, which is committed to increasing racial minority enrollment, adopted its current program after this Court decided Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U. S. 306 , upholding the use of race as one of many “plus factors” (Justia). When Fischer learned that she had not made it into the school of her dreams, she believed that it was because the school had discriminated...
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...With the changing demographics and social climate in Texas many politicians are beginning to ask if our state is on the brink of another switch in party dominance. In my opinion, It is highly unlikely that Democrats could have a majority control over Texas anytime soon. I am not saying it couldn’t happen or would be surprised if in 2028 our electoral votes went to the Democratic nominee. Even during this years election there were whispers that our state could be considered a swing state. 2 years ago I would have bet the house that Donald Trump wouldn’t be our current President-elect, so at this point nothing seems to be shocking. But talk about a bad year for democrats. After losing the house, the senate, and the white house last month it seems like a lot of different things...
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...paper to a movie that deals with diversity/race is not something I do everyday, but I decided to buckle down and get it done. There are tons of movies that deal with diversity, but a lot of those movies aren’t movies I’m interested in, this made my decision a lot harder. While looking through my movie collection I came across a few movies that fit the assignment description, Guess Whose Coming to Dinner, Glory Road, Guess Who, Remember the Titans, The Great Debaters, etc. After finding all these movies I decided I wanted to do something that deals with something I can closely relate to, after some great thought I went with the Disney movie, Glory Road. Glory Road is a movie that is based on a true story that happened at the University of Texas El Paso in 1966. It addresses the events that the players and coaches faced during this time period due to racism. Once a girl’s high school basketball coach, Don Haskins was recruited by UTEP to be the head coach of the men’s basketball program. At the time of taking the job, Coach Haskins had no idea what he got himself in to. He walked himself into a program with a non-existent recruiting budget. With no money to recruit Coach Haskins was not able to attract the more popular and well-known white player to UTEP. Not willing to give up on his winning tendencies he decides to change it up by recruiting African American players from New York. In America during the 1960s race was an overriding issue in sports. Black players were openly admitted...
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...Hispanic people have always had it rough while in Texas because they have to work hard and for a low price, but sometimes we see one fight their way through the cracks of society and succeed. Some Hispanics have to work long and hard because they do not have the same opportunities as many other Americans. A lot of American people like to take advantage of the Hispanic community by paying them at a low wage. Hispanics have to work harder than the American people, but they still find themselves not being as successful at them. Ted Cruz has fought these wrong doings all his life, and he has shown many people that no matter what race someone is they can be successful (Ted Cruz). Ted Cruz has impacted Texas by talking about Christianity, by his votes on bills, and he acts as a symbol for the Texas Hispanic community. Ted Cruz is the son of Rafael Cruz, an Revolutionary Fighter, and Eleanor Cruz, the first person in her family to go to college(Ted Cruz). Ted Cruz’s father joined a revolution when he was a teenager in Cuba against the dictator Batista. While fighting against the dictator Rafael was...
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...Jamal Cyrus, Texas Fried Tenor, 2012, Brass Saxophone, Fry batter, And Deep Fryer. Born and raised in Houston Texas, Jamal began his artist career in the mid 2000s creating long play records. What he wanted out of his music was to make present what he felt wasn't represented enough, the expression of black militancy. After the Detroit rebellion of 1967, a once popular urban label that expressed black pride was investigated by the FBI only to later be bought out and turned into disco. These events lead him to feel there needed to be more ways to express this power movement in music, which is what inspired him to create fictional accounts of African American history, and ultimately what transitioned into him creating his "Pride"...
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...Mexico, Amy S. Greenberg emphasizes Polk’s territorial goals, to expand shore to shore, as a major cause of the war. Before Polk was elected as president, the Whig party predicted Polk’s election would lead to war. Polk pursued the Whig’s prediction and deliberately moved American troops into the disputed territory to acquire California and New Mexico. If the root of the war was in fact, over disputed territory, Greenberg suggests the war should have ended after the capture of Monterrey in September of 1846, which secured Texas; however, this was not the case. Greenberg states how “Polk’s ambitious involved more than Texas alone, and they were growing larger with each U.S. victory.” Polk was almost certain that a few battles would cause Mexico to capitulate, but Mexico was not losing without a fight. In response to Merk’s few comments about Mexicans, Greenberg provides information that proves Polk was the one acting unreasonably. Not only did he annex Texas, but he tried to purchase desired territory and pose a plan to restore relations after. Due to Mexico denying Polk’s plan, he then “invoked a dubious excuse in order to invade a neighboring republic and pursued a war for territory over the objections of a significant portion of Americans.” Greenberg sheds a light on the anti-war activism and politicians to show their impact in moving public opinion towards peace and revealing the unjust acts of the war. They prevented Polk from acquiring all of Mexico, which could have been...
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...while he was president, his main focus was the territorial expansion, which also included the annexation of Texas. (Hiebert, 410) This means that he wanted Texas to be a slave state although Mexico didn't want that. This is wrong because the Mexicans should have had a say in it since it had been decided that Texas was a part of Mexico. In conclusion, it is clear that most of the things the Americans did went against Mexico. The westward expansion was unfair towards Mexicans and they were discriminated against. This is significant because it shows how Americans felt about all other races and how they treated others/ others who promised rights for Americas own benefits. While in the Westward expansion, Native Americans, Chinese, and Mexicans were badly treated and impacted by Americans. Americans forced the Native Americans out of their land and homes and into “Indian territory”. Also, Americans constantly came to settle in Mexico. Although when they did, they never listened to the rules Mexico had and never respected them. Lastly, when Chinese came to America for better jobs with better pay, Americans believed that they were stealing their jobs, so they started putting taxes on the Chinese and they kicked them out of their jobs. This forced them into jobs with much less pay than laundromats. With all of these groups (especially Chinese) Americans have many racist stereotypes and ideologies. This discrimination shows how these groups were harshly treated by Americans, doing nothing...
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... including the majority opinion “Texas vs. Johnson”, the newspaper editorial “American Flag Stands for Tolerance”, and the TED talk “The Danger of a Single Story”. When...
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...Mexico, now living in Houston, Texas. Ricardo moved to Brownsville, Texas with his parents, two brothers, three sisters, and two cousins and his maternal grandparents when he was four years old. When his family moved to America, they owned two pick-up trucks, a radio, television set, some household furniture, a pet dog and very few clothes. Ricardo’s father was a carpenter who was having difficulty securing work in Mexico. Likewise, his mother had less than a high school education and was a domestic worker who worked regularly but for very low wages. Ricardo is the youngest in his family which included his two cousins who were reared as his sisters. Two of his sisters had completed high school when his families moved to Brownsville, the others were still school age. His grandparents worked as they could find work to help support the family but same as his mother, the salary that they received was a minimum. Because of the age difference with his sisters and brothers, Ricardo’s best friend often was his pet dog. The family remained in Brownsville for three years, but again unable to secure adequate employment, the family except the grandparents and Ricardo and his dog moved to El Paso, Texas. Ricardo’s parents planned to secure employment, rent a house and send for Ricardo, his grandparents and the pet dog. It took longer than his parents thought to find a job and it was two years before they sent for them. In fact, his parents had moved to Austin, Texas before they sent for Ricardo...
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...Odessa, Texas, is far from what you would call a picture-perfect town. In 1982, it received the distinction of having the highest murder rate in the country, and in 1987, Money Magazine ranked it the fifth worst city to live in in the country. The town was bleak and unkempt. As stated on Page 32, “What pride [the residents] had in Odessa came from their very survival in a place they openly admitted was physically wretched.” So, what kept residents living in Odessa? Some could say that it was the fact that it is in the heart of the Permian Basin (which produced 20% of the nation’s oil), however most would say the real answer was much simpler than that. The answer was Permian football. Football was the only thing that could make the front page...
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...Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States Review: The Third Generation: Reflections on Recent Chicano Historiography Author(s): David G. Gutiérrez Source: Mexican Studies / Estudios Mexicanos, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Summer, 1989), pp. 281-296 Published by: University of California Press on behalf of the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1052091 . Accessed: 01/05/2011 16:00 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at . http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=ucal. . Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive....
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...an unsanitary hold of the ship unwillingly, the Africans were brought to America to be sold as property into slavery. As far as the Texas relationship, people of African descent were present in Texas upon Europeans settlement. In the early 1500’s Estevanico, amongst other explorers’ journeyed through what is known as Texas today prior to the Anglo-American settlement. The initial Anglo-American who came to Texas in 1821 were from the southern states of the United States and were accustomed to using slavery as an economical development. Slavery rapidly grew as an integral part of development in Texas after the independence from Mexico on April 21,1836. There were over nine hundred thousand Africans sold into slavery in the United States. The rising number of Africans in The United States posed a great threat to the Europeans. The fear of being outnumbered by the Africans and ultimately rebellion resulted in the Europeans ending the stream of slave labor from Africa to ensure that the Americas would always be predominately white. Estimated at an outstanding 30% of Texas’ population were those of African decent by the year 1850. Slavery existed in North America for 245 years, from 1620 to 1865. The Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln, to end slavery became official on January 1, 1863. However, it was not until June 19,1865 did Texas receive news of the end of the Civil War and the end of slavery. Furthermore, slavery did not officially end until December 6,1865 with...
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