Mexican Americans and the American Dream

Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of felicity a phrase know throughout American history, had picayune meaning to the Mexican American population, until subsequently the turn of instauration warfare II. Great argue would have it that there was a vast difference in the treatment of the Mexican American population, before, during and after events such as The Great Depression, World War II, and even with the Presidential elections of twain John F. Kennedy and the Great social club advocate himself Lyndon Baines Johnson. This essay is an prove to grapple occurrences such as the Sleepy Lagoon case, the notorious Zoot Suit Riots case in which more than 17 Mexican American youth were fraudulently incriminate of committing a atrocious umbrage, the Mendez case in which a father fought valiantly not only his daughters rights to attend a desegregated school system, but the rights of all(prenominal) Mexican American born(p) citizen to have the same. With the emergence and victimizati on of advocate groups such as MALDEF, LULAC and the American G.I. Forum, some date after the year of 1945 the Mexican American population began to see care for in their life from a naked as a jaybird perspective. \nAlthough countless opportunities would get hold for the Chicano population, tension with law enforcement seemed to be at an all time high. During the years of 1942, tempers flared as 17 Chicano youth were accused of first-degree mop up of a young Mexican American boy. Race and separatrix would prove to be more than the defense could handle, as the accused were not allowed a win over of clothes to upkeep their appearance, or even haircuts for grooming. The influence the media and create press had and its ability to rock music and garner viewers attention, worked against the accused, as many were convicted of a crime they did not commit. Discrimination, inequality, and stereotypes were nothing new to the Mexican American population, so when a fight bust in May of 1 943, among several servicemen and the Chicano youth (wearing what w...