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Hispanics in Americas
Defense
First in defense of the U.S., last to lay
down arms.
Hispanic accounted for 25% Vietnam causalties
while only 4.5% at home, Vietnam
era.
Medal of Honor
Hispanics receive more Medals
than any group of their comparable size at home
Philippines:
New Mexico 200th Regiment was
Chosen for their combat readiness and their high numbers of Spanish speaking
officers and enlisted men,
New Mexico's 200th Coast Artillery Regiment
(anti-aircraft) was the first unit to fire against the enemy and
was the last unit to surrender at the end.
Bataan .
Hero Street
Stands alone in U.S. Military
History
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The
following is only a sampling, and reflect the
continual abuses American Hispanics have faced from 1848 in California and the southwest. Many
of you in other parts of the U.S. may not be aware that American Hispanics
were segregated from "Anglos" in the southwest and California in alll aspects of living; that American Hispanic GIs
returning from WWI, Europe, the Philippines, and Vietnam encountered
systematic discrimination in housing, jobs, medical care by Veterans
Hospitals, and politics. These will include Puerto Rican and other anti
Hispanic legislation.
The labor movement in Puerto Rico has declared
a mayor offensive
against the government's so-called "Labor
Reform" in this
Caribbean island.
The Labor
Organizations Committee held an important
delegate's
Assembly on July 22 to protest labor law
amendments.
- 2001 Western
States Language Bias is used as Proxy for Discrimination against
Hispanics (and a Violation of the TGH; do not forget to invoke the TGH;
you do not have to be Hispanic to invoke the Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo; and if you are able to follow this up with a short
letter. Legislation by the Federal Governement
is in order to stop this discrimination against Hispanics).
- 2001 U.S. Military forces are
underutilizing Hispanics, advocacy group says
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hispanics in both the
uniformed military and the civilian defense work force are
disproportionately represented in the lowest pay grades, with the fewest
responsibilities and opportunities, an advocacy group says.
While the U.S. military enjoys the
reputation as one of the most hospitable work forces for minorities in
government, the situation isn't as bright for Hispanics, Raul Yzaguirre, president of the National Council of La Raza. (e-mail from concerned American)
- WILLIAM RENQUIST: Present, Supreme Court Chief
Justice While a young man in Phoenix, Arizona, he set up outside a
polling place on election day and
questioned Black, Hispanic and Indian people on their
qualifications to make an informed decision in the election booth. After
complaints were filed with the local police over this illegal action he was
ordered by a police officer to remove himself and cease this activity or risk
arrest.
- 1998 California
dismantled the state's bilingual education system and included a
provision allowing teachers to be held personally liable for not
implementing the new law. (The TGH is violated again;
instead of upholding the Supreme Court decision of March 1848, the
legislatures pass laws which are anti Hispanic).
1999 New York City Latino police officer association honors the parents
of Anthony
Baez who was unjustly slain by a white
police officer.
- 1999 Latino college students are less likely to
get financial aid than whites, although
they are three times more likely to need it, according
to census report.
- 2001 throughout the U.S. The assumption at
most levels of government that American Hispanics "are
immigrants".
1) Any anti immigrant laws
affect the lives of most American Hispanics whether we are indigenous to the U.S. or not.
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- 2001 throughout the U.S, the assumption is in
part supported by the large and growing body of contemporary published
materials by and about Chicanos, especially within the past fifteen
years.
The thesis that a
Chicano literary void existed prior to the 1960's had its contingent of
historian
advocates as well as some current adherents.
Among the most egregious of such scholars was
Edward Simmen,
editor of The Chicano: From Caricature to Self Portrait. In the introduction
he
writes:
Neither the upper
class Mexican American nor the lower classlaborer
has produced literature:
the former is not inclined; the latter is not
equipped.1
Needless to say, Simmen was summarily criticized by Chicano historians and
literary critics.
The more progressive view that Hispanics have
a documented history in both print and non-print
records throughout the Southwest is one which
is shared by an increasing number of scholars,
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/cema/arcman.html
The struggle
continues. It is time for the Federal government to step in and pass
laws which will protect the conquered American Hispanics of California and
the southwestern states.
- 2001, Mexican truck debate in the Senate:
Attemps to impose restrictions on Mexican
trucks what would be toughter than
requirements for Canadian trucks. The Senate took up legislation
that would impose Twenty Two (22) more strict
safety and insurance requirements on Mexican trucks bound for U.S.
highways – 22 more than are required of American or Canadian
counterparts.
- 2001 farmworkers:
Most are Mexican, over 63% hold lawful
permanent resident status and or citizenship, continue to suffer
discrimination. Study of migrant and seasonal farmworkers
commissioned by the Department of Labor found that “median personal
incomes have remained between $5,000 and $7,500 since 1988, which means
that personal incomes, in inflated-adjusted dollars, likely fell during this
period.”
The New York
Times in 1997 reported economists’ assessment that farmworkers’
real wages during the last twenty years have decreased by 20% or more.14 Time
Magazine reported that California’s strawberry
workers experienced a decline in real earnings from $9.00 per hour a decade
ago to $6.00 per hour in 1996. In some crops, piece rates have not
increased in many years. The decline in the real value of the federal minimum
wage has also contributed to low agricultural wages. (Info verbatim from the
National Council of la Raza Office of Research).
- 2001, a former Arizona Governor with a bee hive
requested information about early American cowboys (evidently to do a
documentary or something on Cowboys); I
happen to be in the same vicinity doing my research as well. They
said there was only "Mexican"
cowboys, and not "American" cowboys at that particular time
period. I felt like telling the good Governor that these
"Mexican" cowboys probably were my American Hispanic
ancestors, and Americans with Spanish surnames
The stereo typing of American Hispanics continues. The
"Mexican" (American Hispanic) cowboys unfortunately were not
included. This is a negative stereotype of American Hispanic which
has prevailed from the mid 1800s at least in the Southwest and California.
This separates Spanish surnamed Americans from other Americans, making them less than American,
intentionally or unintentionally by officials in government.
- 1970: U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights report, documented unequal treatment of
Hispanics by the Administration of justice, law enforcement
agencies, and the judicial system in the Southwest. Many
abuses were cited, among them were:
- Lack of bilingual translators in court proceedings
(continues in 2001)
- Underrepresentation of Hispanics on
grand juries, as judges, and law enforcement officers.
(continues in 2001)
- Unequal assignment of punishment and
probation to convicted Hispanics. (continues in
2001)
- English only" legislation continues, in
direct contradiction to the Supreme Court Ruling of March 1848 which
protects and guarrantees the Spanish language
in every day existence under the TGH. (Spanish language is part of the
culture, the way of life of the conquered people from California
to Texas, to Utah, Nevada, and Colorado).
- 2001 American Hispanics are grossly
underrepresented, especially in the upper echelons on the Federal,
state, county and municipal governments. Senator Dennis Chavez
once said "we are Americans when we go to war, and when we return
home we are "Mexicans". El Senator's words still
ring true today.
2001 American Hispanics are grossly
underrepresented especially in the upper echelons of the VA facilities,
and hospitals.
- 2001 New
Mexico a coalition of 28 Hispano organizations,
show that Hispanos represent 24 percent of the
lab's work force, a figure that has remained virtually unchanged since
1994 and which is well below the percentage of Hispanos
in
northern New
Mexico. Santa Fe and
Rio Arriba counties, neighboring Los Alamos,
are 49 percent and 72 percent Hispano, respectively.
2001 Nationwide, Hispanics continue to be grossly underrepresented especially
in the upper echelons of government.
- 2001, Hisapnics are
still grossly underrepresented in Hollywood
films and television. Now I can count Hispanics using all ten
fingers.
2001 North Carolina Rep Don Davis For the
second time this session, distributes hate email to other House members an
e-mail letter "These Mexicans and all these other Hispanics have
not done one thing for this country except suck us dry," said the
e-mail letter, sent to Davis by a Fuquay-Varina resident in response to
the state's decision to print ballot instructions in English and
Spanish. "Every day I see them in our grocery stories using food
stamps, and guess who's paying the taxes for that." That message
said that "white men and Christians made America
great" and that the Catholic church had
enslaved Europe. Davis said, "I apologize for nothing."
- 2001 races pitted against each other.
(My ancestors were
Americans and in the 1800s
when U.S. Postal Authorities wanted to "Show Those Mexicans what
country they are in". This is a way to alienate other
Americans from Hispanics is by calling them something other than
American)
- 2001 Arizona; Legally sanctioned terrorism of Mexican
migrant workers by armed vigilante ranchers who live on "Leased
land from the State of Arizona.
The vigilante ranchers braggs to the national
media that he makes thousands of arrests
of Mexican migrants on this land.
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