The War Next Door Every day‚ thousands of legal crossings are made across the U.S. - Mexican border‚ otherwise known as one of the world’s busiest borders. Many goods and materials‚ as well as hundreds of people in search of a better life‚ cross the border legally. However‚ not everything and everyone being crossed is good and legal. Every year‚ an illegal trade is made making an estimated amount of tens of billions of dollars from drug traffickers who smuggle their products
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Immigration’s Aftermath Through his essay‚ "Immigration’s Aftermath" Alejandro Portes portrays the long term effect of the ongoing events of the immigrants getting into America and taking the lob paying jobs. Portes starts his essay by giving statistics of the U.S census and keeping his readers interested in how the face of America is being changed by immigrants. I agree to that statement and I also believe that America is a melting pot meaning‚ America is made up of many different people from
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Chavez Ravine Over the course of time‚ Los Angeles has had many successes and failures. Many such success and failures are overlooked and forgotten due to time. Other successes and failures are buried by the government. One such example is Chavez Ravine‚ better known as Dodgers Stadium. Chavez Ravine‚ made up of three main neighborhoodsPalo Verde‚ La Loma and Bishop‚ was home to generations of Mexican Americans. The Federal Housing Act of 1949 gave Mayor Fletcher Bowron‚ the business opportunity
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Ethnic Groups and Discrimination Scott Johnson ETH 125 January 15‚ 2012 Stephanie Perry Ethnic Groups and Discrimination The Chinese immigrated to the United States in during the 1800s; Official records show that before 1857‚ 46 Chinese immigrants were in the United States. Over the next 30 years more that 200‚000 Chinese had immigrated to the United States. This immigration wave was largely because of the push of the awful conditions in China and the pull of the discovery of gold‚ and‚ job
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Rances 1 Skye Rances Professor Vasconcellos English 100 27 October 2014 The Hardships Panchito and His Family Encountered In the short story “The Circuit” by Francisco Jimenez‚ he told the story of Panchito ’s experiences as being a part of a migrant family. According to Louis Levine‚ the author of “The Migratory Farm Worker‚” he acknowledged‚ “Migrants are persons who come and go‚ do not have roots in the community in which they work‚ and have no organized way of making themselves heard
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Lake Tahoe is a special place that has been a part of my life ever since I was born. This magical wonderland is unique and always has its moments no matter what time of year it is. From winter‚ when the snow glazed mountains offer great views and terrific skiing to the summer when the weather is warm and the activities are endless‚ there is always something for everyone. All of the memories that have stuck with me over the years make me appreciate this place more and more every time I visit. I have
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Cultural Misinterpretations A stereotype is a predisposed idea about a group of people based on limited information you have heard or seen and assumed to be true about every individual in that group. In “Don’t Call Me a Hot Tamale‚” Judith Ortiz Cofer describes how being Puerto Rican affects her every day. People make rude comments about her‚ based on her ethnicity‚ and without knowing her. Cofer describes how she was stereotyped in different situations. From being compared to a Latina character
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Zack Kawasaki Nam Lee Asian Cinema November 16‚ 2016 FS 443/543 East Asian Cinema Take-home Midterm Exam 1. Diasporic cinema is any film making surrounding a community that is not a part of its country of origin. Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger‚ Hidden Dragon can be identified as a diasporic film‚ and this can be traced back to simply Lee’s birth. Lee is of Taiwanese decent and reportedly had never been to China before shooting Crouching Tiger. This can be seen throughout the film as it mystically depicts
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Sandra Cisneros‚ an award winning novelist base all of her short stories on the two cultures which she has grown up in and now call her heritage‚ American and Mexican. The merge of these two cultures play a significant role in the plot and setting of her stories. My Lucy friend who smells like corn‚ Eleven‚ Mexican Movies‚ Barbie Q and Mericans are just of few of Sandra stories in which she merges both the American and Mexican culture. In “My Lucy friend who smells like cheese‚” Cisneros describe
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Importance of the Colorado River. The Colorado River is one of the greatest water sources of America‚ providing water for seven states and Mexico. Water is the most important resource we need for survival‚ and I feel like most people do not appreciate this resource. We do not realize that water is an essential part of life; we keep wasting water like if there is no tomorrow and I think this will lead us to misery someday soon. If this situation doesn’t change‚ in the future‚ wars will be fought
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