Final Blog
I want to introduce my uncle story. His name is Juan. He
came from El Salvador in Central America. Also known as “El Pulgarcito De
America” which means the smallest country in English. People struggle to
maintain a healthy life back there, the lack of jobs and education are
noticeably huge. Houses are made out of dry dirt-mud.
Nevertheless, going to school is difficult for many, mostly due to
the lack of transportation or money. He grew up on a farm, where he spent years
working in the fields among his brothers and sister. They work hard to keep
their crops healthy and profitable. However, due to a devastating conflict
between the Guerrilla and the government they and everyone who depended on
plants to survive was deeply affected. Fear took over his family, they tried
their best to keep their fields in suitable shapes, but money was scarce in our
house. In the end, his dad was planning to give up on everything he built. He
thought to himself, “ I can’t let that happen.” So, he decided to embark
himself on his next big journey. While he asked his sister to look after their
dad, he was moving to the USA.
When he
arrived to the USA, he met a great couple who were great people and helped him
in every way they could. He labored in construction while living with them.
Then, I decided to move to San Francisco. On April 25, 1978. One day he decided
to move to San Francisco. He struggles to find a decent job; fortunately he was
lucky to find a room in San Mateo. At night he studied at a local school.
During the day he worked as a handyman, managing to keep himself at
school and keeping his daily jobs was tough.
Nevertheless, he spoke little English; he entrusted his life to
god. He was the only one with him at the time until he met someone who changed
his life. After years, His American Dream was no longer something he dreamed.
He was living it. “ I have always thought that all dreams become a reality if
we keep pushing towards them, and never give up on them,” he said. Not to
mention, now he is a U.S. citizen living a life of success and happiness.
“Our attitude towards immigration reflects our faith in the
American ideal. We have always believed it possible for men and women who start
at the bottom to rise as far as the talent and energy allow. Neither race nor
place of birth should affect their chances.” Robert F. Kennedy. People move to
the USA expecting to have a better life without thinking that they might be
treated unfairly and disrespectfully. In reality, having a better life
will place them in situations that might change their perspective of the what
“American Dream” means. Racism and hate can be seen everywhere. This is an
issue that human beings have been displaying with their actions and unfair
treatment towards others who don’t look identical. My own family went through
similar experiences, my uncle whose dark skin, and language has put him through
several discriminatory experiences. On the other hand, my sister has
white skin treatment towards her has been different. However, when she attended
school, our neighbor felt uncomfortable with her, and she expressed her
discontent by bullying her and mistreating her. My sister went to the
principal, but they didn’t do anything. She came back home, and the girl
followed her to our home. The girl screamed awful things to my sister, so my
uncle who was my sister’s guardian called the police to filled a report. A
restriction order was given to us because the neighbor vandalized my sister’s
car. She threw eggs and wrote hateful words. At that moment, we realized that
we could make a change by speaking and stand up to what is right — no matter
where we come from, our voice count as everyone else’s. Race, nationality,
color, and religion are just titles that people have created. But we need to
change by spreading knowledge and love each other equally.
For example, there are many hip-hop stars, but one of all that
will be good is Kendrick Lamar he has most of his songs focus on violence,
inequality, and racism. In most communities, these are the main issues that are
going on. He did donate money to different organizations but most to the
Compton Unified School District’s programs such as sports, music, and
after-school programs. He did it to keep children in school and not in the
streets. This is how we can say the writing will succeed by developing and that
students after seeing the testimonies of other people’s life will try to keep
doing the same to help our community. Kendrick was able to raise awareness
about the challenges and troubles that people have in this area. Like rapper
Eminem, Lamar uses his money to help those in his hometown. This track targets
racism and sends the positive message that ethnicity should not matter. The
song is called “fuck your ethnicity” because the lyrics might not be in a nice way
but it said all that people shouldn’t be worrying about others ethnicity or
where they come from instead of loving each other.
According to all people that migrate want to be better off as
economically, safely and free. People migrate to another country to get a
better life where they can provide a better experience for their family.
However, the migrants will never think that they will be treated with haters or
inequality just for not knowing the language or color or nationality. Many
people emigrate because their country is not protecting them or even helping
them economically by providing resources to get a job. For example, the
caravans that are coming to the United States those are thousands of people
coming to here to get their dream life. They hope to get a better life because
in their home country they don’t have that they are escaping from the
corruption of their president and the violence that is occurring there.
By Hazel Guardado
I love this mural because it explains how the immigrants are treat and left out when they come to this country.
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