blog Journy American Myths

 Written Reflection What are my thoughts on how colored people are treated in the media?      Regarding the Social topic of racism during the 1900s. The film industry had a huge impact on who and how they cast their roles. According to the article "Humiliating Roles Turn Actor into a Cabbie' by Jose Angel Santana. Emphasizes the way white privilege ruled the industry and demand. Minorities such as Latin-Americans and black people were usually portraited with humiliating roles.      Most ill-fated fictional characters come from the ranks of poor, Latino, and 'alien' men. The percentage regarding the performers hired by big film industries is 5% below their U.S. population. In television White people r3ecieve around 82% of all roles, in contrast, 3% of Latino/Hispanics hired for TV jobs fall short.      The author expressed their experience as a Cuban man, who wasn't aware of how the field works, and in a matter of time, he noticed it didn...

  Hello,  From my personal perspective, I believe there shouldn't be a new border wall between Mexico and the United States. It would get Mexicans calmed and feel safe since at least they wouldn't feel more neglected than they already are. American's hate the most on Hispanics and stereotype us with Mexicans since they are the majority of Hispanic immigrants. Drug smuggling and illegal immigration are huge issues within migration, and how people overall look at all the immigrants. Solutions to both of those topics logically would be higher security and better laws requirements towards immigration. Targeting Hispanics towards this kind of stuff would only cause social chaos and discrimination from the U.S. since most of the time it's also the own system that it's corrupted and discriminating towards minorities. America always considered immigrants as a threat to their culture. A great solution for these kinds of situations would be the actual acceptance of middle-c...

 Hello, According to the video the trail of tears, which speaks about the Cherokee people during 1828, who also lived prosperous and product lives. yet they were about to get invaded by  Georgia since they considered them as a threat. President Andrew Jackson as president of the United States regarding the Cherokees said "established in the midst of a superior race, they must disappear." They started to oppress the Cherokee people and taking away their rights from within the borders of the United States. They started to invade them since they started to find gold in their territory. The congress agreed, the bill which called for the removal of all five southern tribes. they were forced by the government to leave their land, and in the process trying to set up life in a strange land, a lot of them died. I feel like this was unfair beyond what are human values, by committing passive genocide and not taking accountability about it right away, yet taken a huge gap in history to s...

Hello, my name is Pedro Jimenez and this is my blog.  I decided to interview my mother and asked her what her family tree looked like.  My Grandmother was born in Ecuador on April 23, 1943. My Grandfather was born in Ecuador on August 30, 1946. My mother was born in Ecuador on March 14, 1970. My father was born in Ecuador, January 28, 1963. I was born in Ecuador as well, on June 13, 2002. My dad, he's an architect painter and always was involved with art, and interested him a lot. it's me who I also love art and enjoy everything about it, which in the end got me interested in art as a living. On my mom’s side, they were born in Ecuador, Quevedo (which is basically a little town around the fields). On my dad’s side, they all were born in the city, Guayaquil. On my mom's side, they all are singers and enjoyed music since my Grandfather always enjoyed signing when the time came to. My father and mother were able to come to this country since my father was a citizen here in the...

 Hello,  I'm going to explain and elaborate on how Asians, and Hispanic Immigration work to the present day in the United States. According to the article Asian Immigrants in the United States in 2014 by Jie Zong and Jeanne Batalova  "As of 2014, the top five origin countries of Asian immigrants were India, China, Philippines, Vietnam, and Korea. The immigration motivation has greatly varied over time and by country of origin, ranging from employment and family reunification to educational or investment opportunities and humanitarian protection". The number of Asian immigrants has grown from 491,000 in 1960 to about 12.8 million in 2014. Lately, China and India have been overtaking Mexico inflows of recent arrivals-Asian immigrants are projected to comprise a greater share of all immigrants, becoming the largest foreign group in the United States, according to "Pew Research Center estimates."  Hispanic Immigration, as a Hispanic immigrant to this country we are ...

      The Beginning - Journal Entry #1   Good Evening, my name is Pedro Jimenez. I'm 18 years old, I’m from a Hispanic household, my first language is Spanish, I was born in Ecuador and lived there the most of my life with my mother and my sisters. I am an artist and I enjoy painting/sketching people mostly; it has been my passion since an early age, I sketch multiple things but I try to focus on human anatomy, I always try to catch anyone’s essence while I draw them. I love playing videogames which sometimes I get competitive with my friends, yet we all end up having fun and enjoy the time we have together. I also love drinking coffee at any time and trying new foods all the time. I always try to have a good time with the people I care about and making sure everyone is having fun and being comfortable with each other. I live with my parents, and I have two sisters, yet I only live with one of them. What defines my identity I'd say the way I express myself throug...