AMATEUR ANALYSIS So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs from Americans “So Mexican Are Taking Jobs from Americans” is a poem written by Jimmy Santiago Baca. From the way the poem is written, we can infer that the author, himself, is the speaker, and the White, American population is his audience. We can gather this information because of his wording, for example, within the first few lines when he writes, “And do you, gringo, take off your ring, drop your wallet into a blanket spread over the ground, and
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Heritage Assessment Paul Bockoven Grand Canyon University NRS429-V October 14, 2012 Heritage Assessment Cultural assessments can be useful tools for a registered nurse to develop adequate plans of care, especially when it comes to education. They have limits however, as not every individual within a certain cultural ‘category’ can be expected to conform the way their heritage may dictate. Assigning a score to any person to predict how they may act, or learn, is contrary to the direction
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on my skin tone. I consider myself a Mexican American girl. Many people, however, have had their opinions on what it means to be Mexican AND American. To me being Mexican American means that your roots are from Mexico but you yourself were born in America. When I walked down the street people told me that they knew I was a Mexican American. Other people, however, have had the problem of defining who I really was. All of my life I was brought up as a Mexican American girl whose parents immigrated
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Doing business in Spain Doing business in Spain is similar to doing business in the rest of Western Europe. A few tips, though, may help you in developing your business relationships in Spain. Greetings While many Spaniards will meet each other with a kiss on both cheeks, this is not common in business relationships unless you know the other party well. It is wisest to offer a handshake, and if a kiss is appropriate, the Spanish party will initiate it. (And note that you don't kiss their cheeks
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Module 3 The readings for this week offended me as a Mexican American. Racial remarks and accusations will always be made by those who believe there in power. As I was reading Gregorio Cortez, I had the impression that the American Sheriffs blamed Cortez for the “horse-thief”, all simply because the sheriffs didn’t understand Spanish. I believe that if the racial empowerment wasn’t involved then Cortez wouldn’t have been mistreated. “-local authorities in south Texas began searching for a horse
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search of a better life. The largest group of Hispanic immigrants is the Mexicans. The Mexicans represented 66.9% of the Hispanic population of the United States in 2002 (Schaefer, 2006, p. 236). Census figures confirm that 69% of illegal aliens inhabiting America in 2009 entered from Mexico. If fact, nearly one out of ten Mexicans currently resides in the United States (Terrazas, 2010). The linguistic choices of Mexican immigrants are 23% English dominant, 26% English and Spanis- speaking, and
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Hate crimes in America are on the rise for Hispanic Americans. There have been many accounts of murder, rape, beatings, and vandalism performed against the Hispanic community and people. We must take action to not tolerate such anger and violence against others. Our society is one of diversity and if we are going to be truly acceptable of all people and cultures then we must protect all heritages and cultures. Hispanic Americans deserve the same privilages as any other American. “The November
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A poem about immigrate workers seems very fit for the time. So it shocked to me to see that "So Mexicans are Taking Jobs from Americans" by Jimmy Santiago Baca was actually written in 1977. Th author writes this poem from an aggressive, angry point of view. He seems sick of how Americans treat Mexican workers and being accused of stealing jobs. "Do they mug you, a knife at your throat,/saying, I want your job?" (Lines 10-11). This line made me think about how we, as Americans, treat immigrate workers
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Like Mexicans Gary Soto The essay “Like Mexicans” by Gary Soto describes the similarity that people have, no matter their origins. Soto explains in this essay how a specific race does not describe how people are. When Gary was younger he received two advices from his grandmother. A Good Advice and a bad advice, the bad was to be a barber to work less and earn money and the good was to get marry with a Mexican girl, advices that he always remember. In this story the Soto’s family expect that
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however, by those who have tried to maintain the institutional structure of the Anglo-Saxton core. With such a profound base in religion, schooling, language, and economics, the Anglo-Saxton core felt pressured when other minorities such as Germans, Mexicans, Latinos, and Irish entered with different views and beliefs. The flexibility of the Anglo-Saxton core and how they can accommodate key elements of other cultures while still retaining the essence of the core is up for debate. Such a debate is relevant
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