I remember sitting in class and seeing the pain on Emmet Til's mothers face when she learned that the two men whom had killed her son were allowed to walk free after only an hour of deliberation. It was a period in American history where African Americans had to fight for their right to a better life. The cornerstone honors program provided me with rigorous courses that focused on open discussions and writings. My u.s history honors course consisted of writing essays and reading African American literature where I learned in great detail about the civil rights movement. This impacted me with a greater understanding about the history of our country and issues that gave African American citizens. It allowed me to see the evolution of a group
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After learning about the struggles of African Americans in history, it made me take a moment to reflect on my own culture. Being first generation Mexican American to me is a title that comes with great opportunity and …show more content…
For a human being, saying goodbye to your family, friends, culture and language is more than saying goodbye to your home, it is saying goodbye to your existence. Thinking to myself, I ask why someone would want to leave everything they have ever known to come to a place they know nothing. The answer I was looking for can be answered by looking into a mirror, the answer is me, but not only me, us. Our families endured the hardest step in achieving the American dream so that my generation could stand to benefit. With the hardest part completed before us, success is the standard all Hispanics are capable of. Successful moments such as seeing Barrack Obama, the first black president, appoint Sonya Sotomayor as Supreme Court justice. Like it says in our National anthem “Que el cielo un soldado en cada hijo te dio”, we must be willing to fight battles. I believe that my education has made me a solider that can proudly represent my heritage and care for my parents in their old age. Because to me being Hispanic means that I always have a purpose in life. It means that when I feel like the world is eating me alive, I cannot give up because my life is not only
After learning about the struggles of African Americans in history, it made me take a moment to reflect on my own culture. Being first generation Mexican American to me is a title that comes with great opportunity and …show more content…
For a human being, saying goodbye to your family, friends, culture and language is more than saying goodbye to your home, it is saying goodbye to your existence. Thinking to myself, I ask why someone would want to leave everything they have ever known to come to a place they know nothing. The answer I was looking for can be answered by looking into a mirror, the answer is me, but not only me, us. Our families endured the hardest step in achieving the American dream so that my generation could stand to benefit. With the hardest part completed before us, success is the standard all Hispanics are capable of. Successful moments such as seeing Barrack Obama, the first black president, appoint Sonya Sotomayor as Supreme Court justice. Like it says in our National anthem “Que el cielo un soldado en cada hijo te dio”, we must be willing to fight battles. I believe that my education has made me a solider that can proudly represent my heritage and care for my parents in their old age. Because to me being Hispanic means that I always have a purpose in life. It means that when I feel like the world is eating me alive, I cannot give up because my life is not only