For this week’s assignment, analyze an expert from The Milagro Beanfield War. The narrative is steeped in race relations, but they are effected or affected by land and water disputes that are based in the historical treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848, which ended the Mexican-American War. However, the war, itself, was less ideological than geographical and economical. The Treaty annexed a larger portion of what we think of the Southwest: Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, etc. Thus, it was a type of political land grab, rather than a war against a sworn enemy. In fact, the dispute arose from Mexican and American disagreements about land boundaries and resources. To obtain the full territory and avoid further conflict, the United States quickly struck a deal that would (at least on paper) guarantee area Mexican residences the rights they had prior to the treaty. The National Archives describes the following terms: The United States paid Mexico $15,000,000 "in consideration of the extension acquired by the boundaries of the United States" (see Article XII of the treaty) and agreed to pay American citizens debts owed to them by the Mexican government (see Article XV). Other provisions included protection of property and civil rights of Mexican nationals living within the new boundaries of the United States (see Articles VIII and IX), the arbitration of future disputes between the two countries (see Article XXI). (“National Archives” para. 4) However, such promises were fleeting at best and completely untrue on a cultural and social level—i.e. the “law” may have given former Mexican Nationals such privileges and protections, but they were not enforced by the regional, territorial, or federal government. Instead, rampage abuse of the people and land ensued without checks or balances. As critic and historian Donathan Olliff describes, the provisions of the treaty have frequently been interpreted and applied in a fashion that violates both the letter and spirit of the agreement (962). The lasting consequences of such actions are addressed in The Milagro Beanfield War: The narrative’s conflict is directly linked to the dominant’s appropriation of land and its given resources (water, in this case). Thus, we must understand the oppressed peoples’ (minority) role as more than simple racism; it is linked to wealth, economics, and livelihood—i.e. the power structure is supported and maintained by institutionalized racism. The minority is then only useful as another resource (labor) or for exploitation. Discussion Board Question: Expound on at least one element of racism that is addressed in the piece and explain how such discrimination is either grounded in a larger economic issue and/or used to the advantage of the dominant. For example, you could analyze water, land, culture, capital, etc. Access The Milagro Bean Field War from this link: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Milagro_Beanfield_War.html?id=WbN_AQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q&f=false . Support your argument with at least ONE additional scholarly source.  The exerpt is fairly short, but it is based on the longer work of the John Nickel’s novel of the same name. If you enjoy the selection, I suggest picking up a copy and reading it in its entirety. It might be a piece you wish to focus on in your final project. Now that being said, you can explore and analyze the film or the book. It is your choice. We are also going to review art, politics, and more history and literature for the remainder of the course, so there are quite a few options available for the attention of your final project in week eight (8). I am just giving you all a heads-up of what is to come.  Work Cited Olliff, Donathon C. American Historical Review. 1991, Vol. 96 Issue 3, p962-964. 2p. “National Archives.” Educator Resources, 25 April 2018, https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/guadalupe-hidalgo. Accessed 15 Nov. 2018 Discussion of the required readings and/or materials is crucial to understanding the historical, social, political, linguistic, and/or philosophical aspects of each piece and how they represent an investment in or critique of culture through mimesis. Video: https://youtu.be/9qTF60Q5nA8

As a project management professional, it is important for you to be able to review numbers and report on what they are saying. It is also important for you to be able to use software that helps you keep timelines and keep the project running on time and smoothly. This assignment will continue to help prepare you for your responsibilities. For this assignment, you are to build upon your completed Microsoft Project schedule for the "Technology Refresh Project" from Topic 2 by adding resources and resolving any resource overallocations. You will then determine the display project cost information and will also show the updated (if any) critical path. Open the attached Topic 3 Project Resources Information (a Microsoft Excel file). You will notice in column H that resource names have been added. These resources were already included in the Resource Sheet in the Microsoft Project template file that you worked on during Week 2. Open the Microsoft Project file that you completed during Week 2 and perform the following. Ensure that the "Type" field contains "Fixed Duration" for all tasks. For each lowest-level task, enter the resource names from Topic 3, Project Resources Information (a Microsoft Excel file) into the Resources Names field in the your Microsoft Project file. Note that you can simply select the resource(s) using the pull-down menu. You will notice in the "i" column (i.e., the column with white "i" and blue circle) that certain tasks have a red person displayed. That means that the task has resources that are overallocated (a resource is assigned more than 8 hours per day on one or more days for that task). These resource overallocations need to be resolved. To resolve these overallocations, perform the following: Again, ensure that the "Type" field contains "Fixed Duration" for all tasks. This ensures when you change the assigned hours for the tasks, the task durations and associated dates will not change. In the VIEW ribbon, check the "Details" box in the "Split View" group. In the right bottom of the screen (in the gray area), right click and select "Work." Go to the first task that has the resource overallocation. Reduce the hours in the "Work" field and/or assign a different applicable resource in order to resolve the resource overallocation. Be sure to not alter task durations, start, or finish dates. Also, ensure that your project end date does not change. You may optionally go to the VIEW ribbon, and select "Resource Graph" in the "Other Views" pull-down menu. This will provide a graph that will specifically show what days a resource is overallocated. Repeat item (4) for each task that has a resource overallocation. Your final Microsoft Project schedule should have no tasks with overallocated resources. Be sure to take notes that summarize the changes you made. Display the project cost information and critical path: Remove the split task screen by double-clicking on the split-task border. Display cost information by left-clicking on the "Add New Column" field. Select the "Cost" field. Note that since a WBS hierarchy exists, you can see cost information for each summary task, along with the total project cost at the top of the schedule. Display the critical path: Go to the FORMAT ribbon and check the "Critical Tasks" box in the BAR STYLES group. Note that the critical path task bars will turn red. Also, take note that the Total Slack column contains 0 days for the critical path tasks. Submit your updated Microsoft Project file by the end of Week 3. Ensure that your last name is in the file name. Submit your updated Word document by the end of Week 3 (ensure that your last name is in the file name) that includes responses to the following: In summary, what steps did you take to resolve the resource overallocations? Did your critical path change? If so, how? What series of tasks represent the highest cost (as indicated by their summary task)? What is the total project cost? This assignment uses a scoring guide. Please review the scoring guide prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected. You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.