salazar

We can all envision what the United States has to offer too many immigrants that come and seek opportunities. The city of Los Angeles can be portrayed in many ways; however, one can agree that the city has one of the most diverse populations. Its cultural and historic events have directed many to have an impact on their surroundings. For instances, historically speaking, there are many injustices and unfairness such as Ruben Salazar that have contributed to the tapestry of Los Angeles. Salazar was a journalist who had the advantage of speaking his mind and voicing his opinion that lead to the Chicano Movement. To many his name brings notions of the struggle for many Latinos civil rights and the radical Chicano movement in Los Angeles. His legacy as a former Los Angeles Times reporter and columnist Salazar has reached and become a traditional story to tell since he was the pioneer in the Chicano Movement. Salazar was one of the few Latino journalists during the 60s who had access to reach many individuals. Although fighting in what he believed led to his death, there is no doubt that his legacy adds to the rich tapestry of Los Angeles because he still has an influential impact to the community by empowering many Chicanos and the strive to change the current situation that many minority groups came to faced.

Ruben Salazar’s early life has a lot influential impact to the community of Los Angeles. Just like Salazar, many immigrants who live in Los Angeles also come to face the struggle of being able to fit in to this new world they call home. Salazar was born on March 3, 1928 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Just a few months later his parents decided to come to the United States just like many to seek better opportunities. Salazar’s Famil...

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...llenging the media and those who wanted to maintain the status quo by breaking those stereotypes in order to push the social justice movement forward. He was able to cover a lot of events for the community not because he wanted people to revolt but because he wanted to create a democracy were the people such as Mexican American and Latinos were aware and also because there are positive things in the community that need to be recognized unlike the media who only tend to report and portrayed Latinos as criminals. His Legacy contributes to the Los Angeles historical and social change because little by little he started to empower and change the situations of many Chicanos because Salazar represents the bridge that many Mexican-Americans hope came to overcome of the personal struggle and culture conflict and the only man who was able to accomplish that was Salazar. .