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Acuña Chapter
9. The 1920s: The Effects of World War I
Acuña Chapter 10. Mexican American Communities in the Making:
The Depression Years
When reading the assignments this week, take into
consideration the following:
·
Review how white
supremacy was enforced in the United States in the
1920's and how it was similar to the caste
·
system. Relate labor organization to the Mexican worker
experience in the United States.
·
Describe the struggle for
labor rights in Mexican American
·
mining communities. Evaluate the different ways that Mexican
Americans supported their communities in the 1930's
What the task is for the week:
The general themes that I am asking you to focus on relating
to connecting the dots in history and for you to understand
how individuals survived through difficult times and
that you understand why communities today find it difficult to achieve
equality.
Please review the following videos as well. Connect what some of
the interviewees are saying to what Acuna says. While the
interview topics might seem different, how do they connect?
Within five paragraphs, due on Thursday, March 3rd at noon, bring the different themes
together. Utilize the videos and the readings and make
sure to cite well and have a citations section as well at the end from Acuna-
Occupied America and one from each video below.DONT USE
OUTSIDE SOURCES
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Latin
Americans
The invasion of European powers in America led to the rise
of American Nationalism. There was a lot of immigration of Mexicans to cities
from their rural setup by the year 1920. Mexicans were migrating in response to
the growing demand for year-round employment, and by the late 1920s there was
more than 40 percent of the Mexicans’ population were living in the urban
areas. The population of the Mexicans, "The Natives," was rising, and
the white Americans viewed them as competition and meted racism on them (Acuna,
2019). Now the white Americans were in haste to grab more resources by
themselves and control governance. The White Americans started creating social
classes and thus the initiation of social inequity. The Mexicans, unlike the
other immigrants, are not actual immigrants because the drawing of the border
found them within the territory of the United States actually in their own
territory ancestrally.
Among the root cause of economic inequity that Maria
Salinas, the president and the CEO of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce,
stresses in his interview, resonates from the great depression where more than
ten million Americans lost their jobs. The rehire of workers after the end of
the Great Depression was done with a lot of regard to racism. This was so as
the Mexicans were blamed for the collapse of the united states economy and the
failure of capitalism. It was later under President Roosevelt that some
assistance was offered to the Mexicans and other immigrants.
What is the current situation of Mexican Americans?
There is continued economic oppression of the Mexicans, social injustices,
judicial injustices, poor health and housing, and unemployment. Martin Cabrera,
in his interview with Gabriel Buelna, stresses the need for economic empowerment
of the Latinos and other minority groups in the United States. The leading
cause of the lack of economic empowerment, according to Cabrera, is the
inaccessibility of capital.
The long-term unemployment and the rise of white American capitalism can be blamed on the income disparity since...
