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    commercial agriculture. The railroad also enabled the movement of U.S. troops to stabilized the region and easy access for military support against the Indians. Railroads in the Southwest also led to more Americans moving to Arizona, New Mexico, California as new found treasures were discovered and Mexico saw this as an opportunity to transport and sell their good nears the Sonoran states. New communities were established especially communities such as Sonora, Nogales that thrived to become a…

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    Anti-Mexico Border Speech

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    Nowadays when we hear the word “Border”, with everything going on politically speaking the majority of us are indoctrinated to think of the U.S.-Mexico Border. A great amount of people think of the idea of the now famous wall to be built under our new president’s enforcement of it. From speaking with my group members, the topic of the border struck close to home for most of us. Personally there are a few words that pop up instantly when the word border is said, demarcation, stereotypes, parents,…

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    Originally born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, my family moved to Southern California when I was three. I initially studied music in primary and middle school, playing trumpet and percussion in jazz band and orchestra. Music ended up being the vehicle for me to attend and eventually graduate from Interlochen Arts Academy in northern Michigan. By this time, I started shifting focus to the visual and liberal arts and was accepted to the Visual Arts department. This was an early opportunity to…

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    California is known for having some of the most extravagant tourist attractions in the U.S. What most people think about are locations such as the beach or Disneyland, but there is one place that some of them consider "California's best kept secret." The place itself only attracts 130,000 visitors year round ting when in comparison to Yosemite National Park's 4 million. Although it may sound like a bleak place to go , it is full of natural wonders and geological secrets. This place is no other…

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    Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM) was established in 1994. Since 1994, they have been helping the following refugee communities: Hmong, Laotian, Slavic, African and Syrian. Firm is a christian based non-profit. It was founded to help the refugee community in the Fresno area. FIRM has a particularly important mission and vision. There mission is simple for these refugees to assimilate. In layman terms, this means for them to become Americans. Another mission is there moto,…

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    The article begins by describing how when the Europeans came to America in 1769, there were more than 300,000 Natives that lived in the area we know today as California. By 1860, however, that number dropped tremendously to around 30,000. That means that nine out of every ten Natives were exterminated. This is mainly because as California became part of the United States in 1848 after the Gold Rush began, Americans were pouring into the state leading…

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    SPA 6 Case Study

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    The current population of SPA 6 / South Los Angeles is 1,307,402 including homeless residents (Los Angeles County. Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology, 2017), and although small, measuring 71.3 square miles, SPA 6 is the most densely populated area in LA County (TCCSC, 2017). In terms of gender, it is about equally divided, with 51% females and 49% males. The ethnicity breakdown is, 68.2% Latino, 27.4% African American, 2.4% Caucasian, 1.7% Asian, 0.2% Asian Pacific Islander (API)…

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    The ill treatment of social and racial acts that are directed to the Latinas/os population between evidence of jokes or stereotypes that are directed towards belittling a culture and its people. This act directed through media such and identity show how even today colorization affects us. The article Latinidad in Prime-Time News Coverage of the Elian Gonzalez story, shows a symbolic view of colonization by establishing social order when something in the news that must only do with the Latinas/os…

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    Millions will go thirsty during this drought if groundwater is not regulated or limited in the state of California. As you may know California has been in a severe three year drought due to the lack of rain. And the groundwater being used by many to have water in their homes and farms may run out. Our water needs to be limited so that if this drought continues we could still water. Why should it be regulated? It should be regulated so that there is water saved. But as we all know farmers use…

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    Lucretius, Roman poet (99 BC-55AC) If California were a country, with its population of nearly 40 million, it would be among the 30 most populous countries. The economic, political and cultural impact of the rest of California in the United States is enormous. It is for this reason that citizens' initiatives that are submitted to a referendum there and state legislation, for that matter, are so important. Of the 11 initiatives presented to the voters of California in 2012, is likely to garner…

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