I am a Filipino Through the Eyes of an American Citizen In Webster’s New Dictionary, history is defined as a study of past events; course of life or existence. Without history, we wouldn’t know our cultures, where we came from, and the major events that changed the world. This is true for many people, because some of them don’t know their culture or their families’ history. People of color, especially many minorities who are born in America (second generation) tend to not learn their histories, for they have to adapt to the American lifestyle which make them lose a part of their identity. Another reason why many second generations don’t know their history is that many are learning the American history or many of them are not asking or willing to question the teacher about their history. As for myself, I fit in to that category, because I am one of the many people who don’t know their ethnicity’s history, which is Filipino. Now in the year 2001, I’m in college and wanting to learn and question my people’s history. “College is one of the best sources to learn your history” (DeGuia). In learning my history, I questioned my friend Rex DeGuia (who is also Filipino) about his life experience and compared his life with my life experience, in which we both have some similarities and differences. Rex DeGuia, a man who identifies himself as a “Filipino” man, was born in December 4, 1971. He has four family members, whom he loves dearly, and was born in the United States of America, which makes him a second-generation citizen. He lives in a predominately white city of San Fernando Valley. This is one of the reasons why he is Americanized. Growing up was hard for him, for he felt like an outcast. As for me, I too was born in America, ... ... middle of paper ... ...Supervisors. We want to learn more about our identity because it’s an adventure to find your history about your people and about yourself. Overall, DeGuia and I are similar in some things and different in other things. The reason why I chose him was because he played a big part in my life in finding my identity. In high school, he was pushing me to join the club so that I can understand the FOBs’ (Filipino-born) experience. In Balboa High, there is segregation between the Filipino Americans and the Filipino-born. The reason I wanted to join was because I wanted to unite the Filipino Community, and I found it as a challenge for me to do before I leave high school, and be remembered as one of the founder of the Club Mabuhay. Work Citied DeGuia, Rex. Interview by Xander, 30 April 2004, San Francisco, CA, Tape Recording. Chomp On This! Vol. One, San Francisco.
A critical time in Irish History, the Great Irish Potato Famine in known in history books around the world, Europe’s last famine. Between 1845 and 1852 in Ireland was a period of excessive starvation, sickness and exile, known as the great Irish potato famine. During this time The Isle of Ireland lost between twenty and thirty per cent of its people. Although blight ravaged potato crops throughout Europe during the 1840s the impact and human cost in Ireland, where a third of the population was entirely dependent on the potato for food, was intensified by a host of political, social and economic factors which remain the subject of Irish historical discussion. The famine was a watershed in the history of Ireland. Its effects lastingly changed the islands demographic, political and cultural landscape. For both the native and those in the resulting diaspora, the famine entered folk memory and became a rallying point for various nationalist movements.
It’s truly fascinating how there are so many different approaches to history, how so many different types of minds and schools of thought can come together to study the events of the world’s past. There are so many ways to approach what happened in our past, and the groups of historians previously mentioned are only a fraction of the actual number of different ways of researching and thinking that exists as it pertains to the study of history. History is in some ways, always a mystery, and all historians, regardless of schooling, training or biases, seek to accomplish one goal: to understand what occurred before us and why, and to use that knowledge to learn how the world was shaped into the world we live in today.
It is estimated that about 1.5 million Irish people immigrated to the United States alone during the time of the famine. Most people believe that to cause of the Great Hunger was not really the blight on the potatoes; they believe England’s poor response to the loss of potato crop helped the disease spiral out of control.
What is history? Many believe that history is what is read in textbooks, or what is seen on the news. If Susan Griffin were asked that question, she would probably argue that history is much more than that. It is about the minds and souls of the people who went through the historical event, not simply what happened. In her essay, Griffin incorporates stories of people from totally different backgrounds, and upbringings, including herself, all to describe their account of one time period. Each person’s history is somehow connected with the next person’s, and each story contr...
Can you imagine being so hungry that you sailed across an ocean to get food? In the 1840's, the people of Ireland suffered through the Great Famine, and many did just that.
The Great Famine (Potato Famine) was a time of starvation and death for the people of Ireland. It started in 1845 and lasted six years, killing millions of men, woman and children. Potato was a crop that flourished over many years and increased the population of the Irish community. With an increase of population, came an increase of land and soon all of Ireland relied on potatoes as the most dependent crop. However, in 1845, a cargo shipped unloaded potatoes that carried diseases that soon spread to the people and potatoes.More than a million people fled the country, many suffered from diseases like typhus and cholera. The British attempt to help the situation was very insufficient. Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel tried his best to ease the
The Irish Potato Famine caused over one million deaths of children, men, and women, creating fear in Ireland, leading to many questions over whether people would move or not. Things like what people would eat, where people would go, and what would happen after everything scared people.
Evidence states that Ireland suffered from a grave potato famine, the famine caused people to be objected to horrific disadvantages from disease to mass starvation. ”Ireland’s 1845 Potato Blight is often credited with launching the second wave of Irish immigration to America. The fungus which decimated potato crops created a devastating famine. Starvation plagued Ireland and within five years, a million Irish were dead while half a million had arrived in America to start a new life” (Irish-Catholic Immigration to America, n.d.). This newfound “black plague,” robbed many Irish citizens from their land and health, their home deteriorating by the minute, they were left with no other option but to flee from disaster. Unfortunately, numerous Irish individuals didn’t possess many skills to properly adapt to their newfound home. In my research paper I plan to discuss the effects the famine had on the Irish that caused them to leave. In this paper I also plan to discuss the
History, is a record of the present traces of the significant events occurred in the past. As long as people equally analyze the view points from both sides and take the position between the two, historical events can be described in a neutral tone.
In the summer of 1847, government soup kitchens were feeding three million people a day, but by then it was too late for the hundreds of thousands of Irish people that already died. The famine, disease, and lack of support from the British government forced the Irish to emigrate to America. This mass emigration of one and a half million Irish people between 1847 and 1851 was the single most important outcome of the great famine. The Irish immigrants thought this would be the end of their journey, but in many ways it was only just the beginning. The living conditions and discrimination they experienced in America were the same as in Ireland until the American Civil War brought acceptance of Irish immigration and opened up opportunities for them. The pattern of immigration set up by the famine continued with Irish immigrants pouring into the United States through to the second half of the nineteenth century. The immigrants that arrived later on received a far warmer welcome than the famine immigrants, but many of them still felt forced into exile by the British and many of them took this belief into their new
The United States health care industry has been fighting the increased use of Medical Marijuana as a treatment for different diseases. Recent research suggests that diseases like AIDS/HIV, Alzheimer’s, Arthritis, Cancer, Crohn’s disease, Glaucoma, Multiple sclerosis and Epilepsy can be helped with Medical Marijuana. Therefore, given this information, federal government and states should lessen the restrictions on the usage of medical marijuana to help treat different diseases.
Medical marijuana users claim the drug helps relieve pain and suppress nausea. there's a spasm Leeuwenhoek’s illness. Chaz is one among many that presently have the illness. Chaz’s condition causes non-stop spasms within the abdominal muscles that causes sharp pain thought his body, and result his respiratory and speaking. Smoking marijuana was ready to calm the attacks presently. Another case was with a trifle woman, her oldsters treat their 5-year-old female offspring employing a “medical marijuana strain high in cannabidiol and low in psychoactive drug.” (23 Health Facts of Marijuana, Jennifer Welsh) Researches found “cannabidiol (CBD) impacts the brain principally while not a high, whereas THC (THC) has pain relieving properties.” (23 Health Facts of Marijuana, Jennifer Welsh) Marijuana has slashed her seizures from three hundred every week to simply one each seven days. The doctors United Nations agency suggested this treatment say that "the cannabidiol within the plant interacts with the brain cells to quiet the excessive activity within the brain that causes these seizures.” (23 Health Facts of Marijuana, Jennifer
Dolan, D. (2014). Medical marijuana: Reviewing the efficacy and safety of medical marijuana in neurologic conditions. Neurology Now, 10(3), 49-51.
According to an article published in High Times magazine, documents have recorded positive results in marijuana and the treatment of seizures in epileptic patients as well as treatment of leukymia and brain cancer. Clinical studies conducted by GW Pharmaceuticals used a component of marijuana known as cannabis to serve as an alternative to chemotherapy treatment for cancer patients. New studies are constantly finding medicinal benefits of marijuana as well as specific agents in the drug such as cannabis and cannabigerol (High
History is a series of important past events that connect with something. History is what makes people make better decisions. There are many definitions of history and everyone has their own.