Essays on Barrio

The Barrio Azteca is a prison gang that is based in the United States of America; specifically in Texas. The prison gang was established in the year 1986. History has it that the Barrio Azteca prison gang was formed by five incarcerated Hispanic Street gang members (Valdez 376). They formed the gang as a way to protect themselves from other rival gang members whose propensity to harass them was very high. The reason why most gangs are formed is to protect the members from other gangs; such was the case with the Barrio Azteca (Valdez 376). In as much ...

A visit to the El Museao del Barrio was an exciting experience that connected classwork experience with a practical sense of the social, political, and economic lives of the Latinos from antiquity to the present generations. Indeed, the interaction with the museums exhibitions offered a viable reinforcement to the theories and lessons that we had previous covered in class. This museum is one of a kind that exhibits varied patterns and rich Latino lifestyle. Therefore, there are various accords of connection that transpired as a result of interacting with the events showcased in the museum’s viewing and exhibit ...

Introduction

Towards the end of the twentieth century and in the first decade of the twenty first century, the world has undergone a drastic change. This has been, in a large measure due to the tremendous advances in transportation technology and internet communication technology. Goods and services from any corner of the world are accessible to anyone in any other part of the world. The rich and the middle class all over the world have access to latest in fashion, food and electronics. However, in every country, a considerable fraction of the population live in abject poverty and the modern ...

CENTROMED WALZEM CLINIC

CentroMed Walzem Clinic is among the many health centers in Bexar County, Texas. It forms part of the El Centro Del Barrio Health Centers network, and it is operated all year-round. It primarily offers its services to the urban population in San Antonio and the surrounding cities (El Centro del Barrio d/b/a CentroMed, n.d.).

Vision

“CentroMed is an integrated health care system that provides accessible services of superior quality” (About us, n.d.).

Mission Statement

“CentroMed will be a leading health care provider and employer recognized for quality customer service, clinical excellence, comprehensive care, and responsiveness to community needs” (About us, n.d.).

Governance Structure -

Ernesto ...

Introduction

Navel is what is used to refer to Barrio Logan that is located in the southeast of San Diego. Mexican-Americans started to settle in the area from 1890s, and the migration increased due to the Mexican Revolution and the poor economy in Mexico. The community had extended up to the waterfront and had even their own local beach. However, when the U.S navy and defence industries came to the area, the residents lost their houses, businesses and waterfront.

The Mexican-American citizens that were in Logan Heights had faced many negative changes in their community after the Second World ...

Kaufman’s first two sentences capture the attention of the reader since they give a shallow depth of the significant title the author has used. After reading the title of a book the first statements of the piece should reflect the motive of the author in creating the book. In this case the author achieved this objective and it captured my attention to get to read the whole piece.

In the title of the book by Kaufman, the highlighting of Hector and Achilles was significant in this piece (Rosa & Eschholz, 103). The author of the book and hector were best ...

It is located beneath the San Diego- Coronado Bridge in Barrio Logan, central of San Diego, California, and occupies 7.9 acres of the land. The occupants of this area are mostly Mexicans; both Mexican- American and Mexican- immigrants. The first Mexicans occupied this area in the 1890’s and were soon followed by others who were fleeing from the Mexican Revolution, which had started in 1910. In 1905, the name of this area was changed to Logan Heights, from East End. As the time went by, many Mexicans occupied the area and the Southern portion of it were later ...

Abstract

The project deals with the problem of females’ participation in street gangs, more specifically, the reasons and the roles assumed by them in these criminal groups. Structure and classifications of street bands both in the USA and abroad have been given a particular focus of attention. The research is based on the opinions of key subject field experts, such as jurisprudents, psychologists, and sociologists recorded in psychology and legal journals, as well as topic-related newspaper and journal articles. Key words: street gangs, women, mobsters, criminal, drugs, initiation As strange as it may sound, women involvement in organized crime ...

Introduction

Obedience regards to social influence whereby an individual accepts and follows the issued directions or policies. A general assumption has it that if there were no such an order, the person would likely not have acted in such a manner. Obedience often happens when one is obliged to follow a certain regulation. The individual issuing the order is usually of a higher power or status than the recipient of the order. This means that obedience is all about hierarchy of status. The paper assumes a neutral position to discuss a controversial argument of whether to obey or disobey authority. Even though for a civilized society ...

Even though diabetes is a medical condition, its negative effects are observed only in an individual’s physical health. Diabetes also has far-reaching effects on the individual’s social condition, as well as on his or her financial and economic capacities (National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2010). According to the National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2010), diabetes has been known to cause blindness among older individuals. Diabetes has been the leading cause of blindness among adults 20-74 years of age (National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2010). Worldwide, diabetes is the ...

Critical Review Respect, by Philippe Bourgois

Synopsis Anthropologist Professor, Philippe Bourgois's journey in this book is to recognize how ethnic segregation and poverty seems be extremely predictable in one of the most luxurious cities in the world, which is New York City. With the goal of doing his three and a half year ethnographic investigation, Bourgois makes the decision to move himself and his wife to East Harlem which is considered to be one of the allegedly 'roughest ghetto' regions in America. On the other hand, what Bourgois finds out in El Barrio is a supportive loving community of people whose normal lives seem to be ...

Introduction

In his famous autobiographical book the Hunger of Memory: the Education of Richard Rodriguez, Richard Rodriguez, a renowned public speaker and author expertly illustrates his personal experiences of emotional disconnect and societal alienation. He explores how this has had a tremendous influence on his life from his childhood as a first generation Mexican-American boy. The main thesis or theme of the book form the author’s point of view is that the society together with the education system in general requires a radical revision for it to be able to produce people who do not have alienation from life like the he ...

Introduction

Chicano Park-Logan Heights is a 7.9 acre space for residents of Southwest San Diego located under the Colorado Bay Bridge connecting Colorado with San Diego (Chicano-park.org). The park was started on April 22, 1970 when the residents of Barrio Logan and Chicano movement activists jointly protested the erection of the California Highway Patrol station on the current site of Chicano park (Chicano-park.org). The park has over the years received international acclaim as an outstanding community site. This can be attributed to its excellent mural paintings depicting the past and present of Mexicans as well as other aspects of the ...

Introduction

Dr. Antonia Pantoja was born in 1922 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Born out of wedlock, Pantoja grew up in the hands of the grandparents. They later moved to Barrio Obrero where the workers never paid rent but annual tax. This helped them cut down their monthly expenses. She was a teacher, a social worker and an advocate of the society. Her life was an uphill task that saw her overcome many obstacles. All her life was submerged in helping others and serving her community in Puerto Rico. Her services were not only felt in her community but also in the ...

English Class

Analysis of the sidewalk symbol in the story Jose Armas’ “El Tonto del Barrio” portrays the situation of a touched man named Romero Estrado – or, more popularly known as “El Cotoro” in Golden Heights Centro because he whistles and sings while he sweeps the sidewalks. At the heart of the story is a compelling comparison between the protagonist, Romero, and the son of a barber, Seferino, whose sense of care conflicts with the former’s special disability. Integrated into the story’s plot is Romero’s sudden change of behavior from ‘good’ to ‘bad’ and then ‘bad’ to ‘good’ when Seferino ...

Book review: In search of respect by Philippe Bourgois

About the author

Philippe Bourgois is an experienced writer and researcher. He is also a professor and the chairman in the anthropology, history and social medicine department at the University of California. He mainly focuses his research on political mobilization of the ethnic communities in central and north America, political violence, labour relations in this region and the general life of the marginalized communities within America and especially the street families in the inner city dwellings of North America. He has also done research about the violence and the HIV prevalence in such dwellings, bringing out the suffering that is ...

1. In Translated Woman: the person being studied is a woman named Esperanza, a street-peddler who lives in Mexico. Unlike most ethnographic studies, the author does not focus as much on an entire population as she does on one person. However, the relationship between the sample and the population (the whole of Mexico) is made clear in several respects. It is implied that much of Esperanza's story, both as a woman and as a poor person in Mexico, is indicative of the whole of the Mexican experience. In the final chapter of the book, Behar herself is studied as an ethnographic figure, ...