In the United States, 18.1 percent of the population is Latino/a America. The history of Latino Americans, Americans of Mexican descent, largely begins after the invasion of parts of Mexico in 1848, nearly 80,000 Mexican individuals then living in the U.S., became full U.S. citizens. Large-scale migration expanded their numbers during the 1910s, as Mexico was torn by a high casualty civil war. Until the 1960s, most lived within a few hundred miles of the border, although some resettled along the lines from the Southwest to the Midwest. Mexican Americans have spread throughout the U.S., especially in the Midwest and Southeast, with the largest numbers in states such as California and Texas. In the past hundred years Mexican-Americans have campaigned for voting rights, stood against educational, employment, and ethnic discrimination and stood for economic and social advancement. At the same time many Mexican Americans have struggled with defining and maintaining their community's identity.
As seen from the article on History.com:Cesar Chavez, Mexican Americans have been one of a many main targets for discrimination. Cesar Chavez, a Mexican American civil rights activists, who was once a farm worker, Chavez became the best known Latino American civil rights activist, and was strongly promoted by the American Labor Movement, which was eager to enroll Hispanic members into the working field. Mexican Americans have always had a role in fighting for civil rights. Hispanic groups tapped into nationalism and differences over the proper name for members of the Chicano/Chicana, Latino/Latina, Mexican-Americans, Hispanics or simply La Raza community, became tied up with deeper disagreements over whether to integrate into or remain separate from society, as well as being divided between Mexican Americans whose families had lived in the United States for two or more generations. For many years, Mexican Americans have came into America illegally for a wide variety of reasons. This has tied into many crucial parts of discrimination towards Latin Americans.
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| Biography.com |
Latin Americans have been around for many years and part of what makes them different from other groups is their long history. From the invasion by Americans, taking over what is now California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada, to the civil war in 1910, and from the 1960s to even today with protests and movements, latin americans have always played an integral role in U.S. History. Many of their protests and movements lead into their successes and achievements such as their many protests against educational, employment, and ethnic discrimination. An example of this was the protests of prop. 187 which would have made it illegal to provide public services, including schools and hospitals, to undocumented immigrants. Challenged in the courts, the law never went into effect. Another win for Mexican Americans was 1986 immigration reform when President Ronald Reagan signed an immigration reform into law that legalized the status of 3 million people. However, a challenge that many Mexican Americans face along with many other races, is racial discrimination.
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| Mercury News |
The Latino community has had their fair share with good and bad outcomes when it comes to political issues. The group has achieved their justice and goals into getting what their community needs. The latino community has faced problems from racial to educational, employment, and ethnic discrimination, however that never stopped them from standing against what was wrong and stood up for what they need. In the 1930s, about 2 million Mexican Americans who were born in America and were American citizens, were deported to Mexico off the Hoover Administration’s orders. After a while, the government and Hoover Administration sent an apology to the people whom they deported however did not pay back their citizenship, which had led into the protests from the Latino and Hispanic community.
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| NPR |
18.1 % of the population in the U.S. is Latino/Mexican American and with that, their history spans from the 1800s and has played a huge role in the history of America. Mexican Americans have always had a role in fighting for civil rights with them campaigning for voting rights, stood against educational, employment, and ethnic discrimination in the 60s to even now. Many of their protests and movements lead into their successes and achievements and made them stronger as a race and group however, along with other social groups, they still face the blemish on America which is racial discrimination. Racial discrimination is a social issue that has been around for decades and in all reality, might never be put to end, however we as a society can always try and make our community better and see what we can do to make America better as well. Nowadays we don’t live in a society like we used to back in 60s where you couldn’t even drink water from the same water fountain like everyone else, but we can always try and improve our society to make sure we don’t go back to how we were with riots and protests that should be given equally to all of any race and color.
Evidence/source:https://listenwise.com/students/lessons/235-u-s-apologizes-for-deportation-of-mexican-americans-in-the-1930s
Evidence/source:History.com Cesar Chavez and Other Activists
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