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Compare and contrast the protest movements of Mexican Americans, American Indians, and

African Americans. What similarities and differences existed in Chicanismo, Red Power, and

Black Power (please also include #BlackLivesMatter). How do the differences reflect the

unique experiences of each group?

The Chicano movement is about people of Mexican origin who live in the southern United

States. In this place, they seek their own identity. This is a topic that has a lot of importance

in history and today since we continue to talk about people who are officially victims of

racism, prejudice, and stereotypes. Other movements like the Red Power and Black Power

are a clear example of this. Also, the violence with which these people are treated today is

another important factor to mention. America is a country of many prejudices. However, as

a country, a large part of its success is due to the diversity, that greatly enriches cultures.

Thanks to this acceptance, Americans have learned from immigrants. They brought with

them new ideas and ways of life. The United States was a very free society, open and

respectful towards the different (McCann et al., 2016).

In the past and actual history of the United States, several elements and conditions

affect a lot in the perceptions of acceptance and respect among its citizens. This country has

very marked areas in which diversity is accepted without any prejudice. On the contrary,

there are other areas in which this does not happen (McCann et al., 2016). For example in the

case of New York, almost everyone has no problem with an accent, color, and culture, besides

that, American citizens are surrounded by immigrant people. Nevertheless, in areas like

Arizona or others, authorities for example can intervene in the street if the individuals look

Mexican, black, or Indian (McCann et al., 2016).

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The problem here is not so much the Mexican culture, it is the perception that native

Americans have about them. Some Americans believe that Mexico as a country is practically

stuck. Because of that, it is much more effective and easy to deport people who try to make

their lives in the United States. Many economic and political interests also encourage this.

However, as a society, we already face diverse sociological phenomena such as racism. This

is already an official issue among society and is bringing great problems (McCann et al.,

2016).

In the case of the American Indian movements and the African American movements,

they have great similarities too, which are the fight against the injustices of their people,

unemployment, housing in slums, truly racist treatment, land reclamation, etc. Both

movements fight against poverty and police brutality against African Americans and Native

Americans (Hammer & Potter, 2020). They have been broadening their focus on urban issues

to include many indigenous tribal problems that Native American groups have faced due to

settler colonialism in the Americas. Treaty rights, high unemployment rates, education,

continuity culture, and the preservation of indigenous cultures are clear examples. Both

movements have gone through many events of great violence where their activist leaders

have even ended up dead or missing (Hammer & Potter, 2020).

Each movement has important causes to exist, although it may perish that they are

dealing with the same issues such as equality, justice, racism, inequality, etc which are issues

that apparently should be less a more globalized and open society, it seems that they are

increasing because both those who demand and those who continue to reject these ideas of

acceptance have more intentions of conflict. Much of the violence and death

(#BlackLivesMatter) that is happening now through these movements I consider that it is

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Compare and contrast the protest movements of Mexican Americans, American Indians, and African Americans. What similarities and differences existed in Chicanismo, Red Power, and Black Power (please also include #BlackLivesMatter). How do the differences reflect the unique experiences of each group? The Chicano movement is about people of Mexican origin who live in the southern United States. In this place, they seek their own identity. This is a topic that has a lot of importance in history and today since we continue to talk about people who are officially victims of racism, prejudice, and stereotypes. Other movements like the Red Power and Black Power are a clear example of this. Also, the violence with which these people are treated today is another important factor to mention. America is a country of many prejudices. However, as a country, a large part of its success is due to the diversity, that greatly enriches cultures. Thanks to this acceptance, Americans have learned from immigrants. They brought with them new ideas and ways of life. The United States was a very free society, open and respectful towards the different (McCann et al., 2016). In the past and actual history of the United States, several elements and conditions affect a lot in the perceptions of acceptance and respect among its citizens. This country has very marked areas in which diversity is accepted without any prejudice. On the contrary, there are other areas in which this does not happen (McCann et a ...
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