I chose to write about Jorge Ramos because throughout his journalism career he has made sure that Latino voices are heard, especially when it comes to American politics. Jorge Ramos was born in the late 1950s in Mexico City. He attained a communications degree from Ibero-American University in Mexico. At the age of 24, Jorge migrated to the U.S. to attend the University of California. He went onto receive a master's degree from the University of Miami and an Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Richmond. In 1986 he joined the Noticiero Univision as an anchorman. Since then, he has covered top stories on La Ultima Hora and on Al Punto and specializes in National and Global news. Jorge Ramos is also known to host controversial interviews
The Latino community is a very varied community each with its own unique past and circumstances. In the book Harvest of Empire by Juan Gonzalez the readers can learn and appreciate some of the experiences and history that the different Latino groups had. This book does this with a special emphasis on immigration trends. These points of emphasis of the book are explained thoroughly in the identification of the key points, the explanation of the intersection of race, ethnicity, and class, in addition to the overall evaluation of the book.
(Rodriguez 18). All of this starts when he begins reading books about his culture and important figures like, Pedro Albizu Campos, this makes his culture feeling increased, not wanting to follow the American standards. He is also discriminated against by his teachers and others at school due to his feelings of not participating in the national anthem “Some smart-ass”. I stuck him in the corner. Thinks he can pull that shit.
... all as a society can benefit from today. Such as, studying his literature, reading his autobiography, and looking up to him as a role model. Rodriguez is an educated man with a very good grasp on what life and the American society expect from all of us. Speak our language if you're going to live in our country. If one chooses not to make any sacrifice needed to accomplish the basic skills needed to learn English then your chances of belonging and succeeding will not happen easy. While our heritage and culture may remain forever tied to and expressed in our native or "home" language, only through the dominant language of our country (English in most cases) can we achieve a place in society that gives us a feeling that we belong amongst everyone else. The only way we can truly become a part of our community and fit in is to dominate the current spoken language.
In the year 1939 the formidable General Francisco Franco rose to power during a time of government and economic struggle in Spain. He contained an ability that he began to develop and strengthen, allowing him to easily and efficiently take control of a situation, all while growing into a natural, very influential leader. His striking tactics of manipulation and articulate speech were cultivated from a young age, transformed into what would become mechanisms of terror. Due to a life that was submerged into the military and the path taken because of his specific division of the army, Franco developed these characteristics of a dictator, using them to accomplish a complete takeover of Spain’s civilization by whatever means necessary; the country was then plunged into a whirlwind of political, economic, and social struggles but also improvements that would continue to alternate until his death.
A diverse minority group of Latino and Spanish-speaking peoples has played an important part of what it means to be American and what it means to be a citizen in the United States today. Moving into the future, in order to analyze the trajectory that this group is in, we must first understand the group’s history in the United States and in territories that would become the United States. In addition, we must look at the origins of the most recent wave of Latino immigration in order to understand their current effect on American society and the intersection between both minority and majority groups. Finally, we get to the apex of this investigation: what lies in the future for Latino Americans in the United States? Although Latino Americans have been portrayed by the majority American culture as a lazy, thieving, and dirty people, their presence in the United States has immensely contributed to it’s development socially, economically, and politically, and their continued presence seems integral to the future of an America that is fast arriving at an age-related demographics problem that threatens our continued prosperity and the solvency of the Social Security system.
Carlos Fuentes was born on November the eleventh, nineteen twenty-eight; he was the son of a Mexican diplomat. Carlos was very well educated; he attended schools in Washington D.C., later went on to get a law degree from the University of Mexico in Mexico City, and even studied abroad at the Institute of Advanced International Studies in Geneva. He was always inspired by writing; his law degree was merely a way to satisfy his parents. His parents did not see a future in being a writer. Fuentes was also a very well rounded traveler, because of his fathers career Fuentes was able to get a look at other cultures and governments. His travels took him throughout Mexico, the United States, Cuba, into Europe, and most importantly throughout Latin America. He was able to come to understand how governments worked, the way big business used people for their own wealth and power. Fuentes was rather disgusted by corrupt governments and big businesses and actively stood up for what he believed was right. He was very liberal and at one point even joined the communist party. He used his writings to display to people from around the world the way that business and government used and betrayed the average citizen. He was revolutionary in the way he was able to use characters in his writings to disclose the big picture and history of his own home land, the country of Mexico.
Rodriguez discusses in his piece. In his childhood (Rodriguez) he spoke Spanish at home for the
On 11/9/17 at 9:56 AM, Security Officer Larry Mayer notified Security Account Manager Enmanuel Cabrera, that he witnessed IH Services Supervisor Roberto Medina take a soda from the bistro and not pay for it. Immediately an investigation was launch to see exactly what happened. Upon further review of the video surveillance system, one can see that Roberto Medina goes to the pay kiosk near the coffee machine at 9:45:54 AM. While at the kiosk, Roberto appears to refill his US Connect card. Shortly after that, Roberto goes to the refreshment refrigerator and grabs a grape crush soda. Upon grabbing the soda, he goes to get a cup, then some ice, and sits back down. At no point and time is Roberto seen paying or returning to the kiosk.
On May 16, 2017 I interviewed Antonio Cuevas about what it means to be American to him. Life for Antonio has been hard because he came to America with the ideal American Dream every Hispanic has. During his life he faced struggles with no knowledge of writing or reading but he came along way without understanding of life in this country. Mostly alone but with the help of a relative he learned how to do his own signature. Antonio started working in landscaping in which he later on started his own company making enough money to support himself and make a living for not only him but for his wife and three children what later on became his everyday life up until now. Antonio always says la vida no es facil animo la vida sigue life is not easy cheer
telling them what is takes to be a true Mexican American and why it is so important. “Being Mexican-American is tough. Anglos jump all over you if you don’t speak English perfectly. Mexicans jump all over you if you don’t speak Spanish perfectly. We got to be twice as perfect as anybody else.” According to him we need to know about John Wayne and Pedro Infante. We got to know about Frank Sinatra and Agustín Lara. We got to know about Oprah and Cristina. Then he goes on to saying his now famous line “We have to be more Mexican than the Mexicans and more American than the Americans, both at the same time! It's exhausting!” After saying this Selena and her brother find that
I conform to Rodriguez ideologies that to succeed in a world controlled by those who spoke English, to succeed in the public arena, Rodriguez learned that he had to choose the English language over the Spanish language that was spoken within his home. I am also the son of immigrants, who was alienated from my Mexican heritage. However, I agree that we are all immigrants and that Latin American culture will not disappear as long as Latin American people immigrate to the United States. Similar, to Rodriguez I was also a “sellout,” when embracing my race in the presence of other students, because I spoke in English, rather than, Spanish at school. I was against the bilingual education of my intellectual development to make it to college. For example, I acted as if I did not know the Spanish language so I was not speaking my “mother tongue.” The public language of English over the private language of Spanish was a theory of Rodriguez novel that applied to my life when trying to make it out of high school into a university.
With disconnected allusions, metaphors, and unrealism Rodriguez not only conveys his ideas throughout his essays but also is able to show us part of himself as a writer. He respects people’s role in society. He treasures how assimilation can change a culture. He has a passion for brown for converting color and race. He loves language for it’s continuous changes that it has been through over time. He values transformation, whether it is of color, culture, language, or a nation.
Nick Miroff is the Washington Post’s Latin America correspondent. He is not assigned to one particular country. In fact, when I began the research for this paper, he had stories from more than five Latin American countries. Miroff attended the University of California at Santa Cruz for his undergraduate degree, where he majored in Spanish and Latin American Literature. For his Master’s degree, he attended the University of California at Berkley’s Graduate School of Journalism, where he graduated in 2006. According to his biography featured on the Post’s website, that same year, he began working for the Washington Post as a staff writer, where he would report on issues including politics, immigration, and crime, and until 2009 he worked in Virginia
“Episode 4: The New Latinos.” The Latino Americans. Prod. Jeff Beiber & Dalton Delan PBS, 2013. Web. 8 April 2014.
Miguel Fernandez is a history fanatic. He is a nice person, and won’t try to set back anyone.