"Think sensibly and do what is right. (Basso 28) Something that is not spoken but seems obvious, is that the young man was along for at least a refresher course in the morality tales of his people
" Henceforth, only peaceful settlement directed by missionaries would be allowed into remote, hitherto uncivilized areas. (Gutiarrez 46) The king of Spain, for whatever reasons, handed down the decree that there should not be any further military conquest in the new world
It was his stupid decision to separate his cavalry and infantry from their sustaining ships that sealed the doom of his expedition in Florida -- as Cabeza forewarned in vain. (Nunez 9) It is clear as you continue to read this incredible tale that the governor had no interest in taking care of anyone but himself
During the era of 1930s and 1950s, the Pachuco youths in urban Texas were known for their style of dress, idioms of speech and countercultural activities .accessories to the Pachuco look was inclusive of hair that was groomed into ducktails that was kept down with pomade, they had tattoos on their arms and hands and a concealed weapon like a knife (Leon, A
It is a stereotype that all the Mexican-American youth are gangsters and this is a great issue that they face since some of them are not even affiliated to any gang but they are still marked gangsters. This has also led to many of them turning to criminal activities because they are known to be criminals even if they are not (Diego, J
Ethnic Study -- El Dorado (New York City Neighborhood) The work entitled: "Dreams, Gangs and Guns: The Interplay Between Adolescent Violence and Immigration in a New York City Neighborhood" reported by Mateu-Gelabert (2002) reports an ethnic study of gangs in the neighborhood of "El Dorado" which is a codename for a New York City neighborhood which has historically "been the first stop in the United States for many immigrants." (Mateu-Gelabert, 2002) Mateu-Gelabert states of this neighborhood that "the surplus of new immigrants, the majority of them from the Dominican Republic, has transformed the face of the neighborhood: a great number of Dominican restaurants dot the area, Spanish is the primary language spoken in all of the stores, and Dominican music (Merengue and Bachata) can be heard from loudspeakers outside of the many bodegas that supply the neighborhood
" The findings in the study report that in contradiction to the criminal conspiracy claims and the La Cosa Nostra model, "these criminal groups are largely discrete local Taiwanese youth gangs operating as largely independent economic units." (Pih and Mao, nd) Stated as the primary function of these groups is their seeking of financial gain and through the means of illicit and legitimate trade and stated as absent among these groups are "…rigid organizational structures, transnational connections, control and command from the indigenous Taiwanese criminal organizations
These teens experience being hassled by police and store owners, being turned down for jobs they apply for, and being attacked on the street if they venture into white neighborhoods." (Portes, Fernandez-Kelly and Haller, 2005) the following chart shows the racial identity of children of immigrants in the United States as stated in the work of Portes, Fernandez-Kelly and Haller, (2005) for the year 1996
These teens experience being hassled by police and store owners, being turned down for jobs they apply for, and being attacked on the street if they venture into white neighborhoods." (Portes, Fernandez-Kelly and Haller, 2005) the following chart shows the racial identity of children of immigrants in the United States as stated in the work of Portes, Fernandez-Kelly and Haller, (2005) for the year 1996
I identify with Americans, but Americans do not identify with me. I've never known what it's like to belong to a community…" (Rumbaut, nd) Facts stated in the work of Portes, Fernandez-Kelly and Haller (2005) include those as follows: (1) Asian-originated families are more likely to remain intact especially Hmong and Cambodian immigrants; (2) the Dominicans are the only Latin American nationality to exhibit the pattern of high family structural instability seen among the Haitians and West Indians; (3) the most cohesive families are the Latin American immigrants; and (4) All of the Asian, European/Canadian, and Black Caribbean groups fell below the sample average in their percent of high-cohesion families; and nearly all of the Asian and Black Caribbean groups scored above the sample average for high-conflict families
Success in school, one of the most important indications of adapting to society, depends not only on the cognitive ability and motivation of individual children, but also on the economic and social resources available to them through their families." (Zhou, 1997, p
, American law began to shift toward more social equality. However, for the rest of the century, the principles and rights supposedly guaranteed by constitutional law and the decisions of the Supreme Court existed largely in name only (Gjerde, 1998)
Before the Indian Removal era, the indigenous American Indian tribes lived on vast, wide-ranging plains of territory with most of the respective Indian tribes respecting the boundaries of one another's territory. There exceptions, such as the longstanding antagonism and outright violent conflict between the Pawnee and Sioux (Takaki, 2008)
But minority students are not just accounting for a bigger proportion of these students. Instead, they are also those students who tend to be in poverty, performing poorly, or not enrolled in the courses that will set them up for a positive, high achieving, and successful future (KewalRamani, Gilbertson, Fox, and Provasnik)
1). How a teacher arranges a classroom spatially, lighting, and temperature all affect the environment (Young); but the teacher's tone of voice, who he or she calls on first, etc
One critic said, From Out of the Shadows" is the first survey ever done of twentieth century Mexican women living in the United States. In spanning several generations of women, Ruiz looks at the important roles Mexican women have played in American history as comadres, farm workers, flappers, labor activists, barrio volunteers, civic leaders and feminists (Grant)
As farm workers, flappers, labor activists, barrio volunteers, civic leaders, and feminists, Mexican women have made history. Their stories, however, have remained in the shadows (Ruiz xiii)