'Mexican Americans and the American Dream'

'Life, Liberty, and the hunt of Happiness a phrase know throughout American history, had diminutive importee to the Mexican American universe, until later on the moot of human war II. colossal argument would experience it that on that point was a long difference in the treatment of the Mexican American population, before, during and later purgets much(prenominal)(prenominal) as The Great De appointment backion, World War II, and even with the Presidential elections of twain John F. Kennedy and the Great Society counsel himself Lyndon Baines Johnson. This essay is an assay to grapple occurrences such as the sleepy-eyed Lagoon grounds, the disreputable Zoot Suit Riots case in which more than 17 Mexican American offspring were fraudulently charge of committing a grievous evil, the Mendez case in which a arrive fought valiantly not only his daughters rights to get a line a desegregated discipline system, but the rights of every Mexican American born citizen to have the same. With the emergence and phylogeny of advocate groups such as MALDEF, LULAC and the American G.I. Forum, some sentence after the year of 1945 the Mexican American population began to see nourish in their invigoration from a modern perspective. \nAlthough countless opportunities would spring up for the Chicano population, tension with lawfulness enforcement seemed to be at an all time high. During the years of 1942, tempers flared as 17 Chicano offspring were incriminate of first-degree shoot of a new-fangled Mexican American boy. Race and preconceived idea would prove to be more than the defense reaction could handle, as the accused were not allowed a change of vestments to upkeep their appearance, or even haircuts for grooming. The modulate the media and printing press had and its ability to shake and garner viewing audience attention, worked against the accused, as many were convicted of a crime they did not commit. Discrimination, inequality, and ste reotypes were nil new to the Mexican American population, so when a fight broke in May of 1943, amongst several servicemen and the Chicano youth (wearing what w...'