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Just in case people were wondering... Porfiriato was the name for the period of rule by Porfirio Diaz in Mexico. He basicall controlled Mexico for the last 1/3 of the 19th century. He planned to bring Mexico into the modern world by imposing order ''at any cost'' Long story severely shortened, he did bring lots of modern stuff to Mexico (telephones, railroads, etc...), but for the majority of the population life in Mexico did not get better. Porfirio even used the army to violently put down strikes. Eventually enough people start to rise up against him that he basically goes "I'm done" and hops on a boat in May of 1911 and heads to Europe. His reign was a reign of terror, he killed those opposed to him and used the army to do his bidding. I'd love to take credit for actually remembering all of this, but it came from my notes from Dr. Poska's class this semester of Latin American History. --Ashley Wilkins | Just in case people were wondering... Porfiriato was the name for the period of rule by Porfirio Diaz in Mexico. He basicall controlled Mexico for the last 1/3 of the 19th century. He planned to bring Mexico into the modern world by imposing order ''at any cost'' Long story severely shortened, he did bring lots of modern stuff to Mexico (telephones, railroads, etc...), but for the majority of the population life in Mexico did not get better. Porfirio even used the army to violently put down strikes. Eventually enough people start to rise up against him that he basically goes "I'm done" and hops on a boat in May of 1911 and heads to Europe. His reign was a reign of terror, he killed those opposed to him and used the army to do his bidding. I'd love to take credit for actually remembering all of this, but it came from my notes from Dr. Poska's class this semester of Latin American History. --Ashley Wilkins | ||
| + | One of the things I noticed and was impressed with is how Mexican families were flexible and easily adapted to change. They did a lot of moving due to economic reasons while trying to maintain traditional values. while moving the men would often die and women would take over as heads of the household, because of this they did not a strict gender role system. -- Kellye S | ||
== Bonnie Thornton Dill == | == Bonnie Thornton Dill == | ||
I actually really liked this piece because it made lots of different family life experiences in the United States connect. Although, its weird to see the phrase 'women of color' and it mean more than just African American women. I understand it completely... but, and please don't see me as racist for saying this, I've always hated that phrase because I know it means not-white skinned people... but our creamish/peachy color is a color too... I've never really liked the phrase.... however, I really liked the article none-the-less, and how it put into light what family members of each race had to do in order to survive. Although, I'd like to point out that, at least with poor white families, many of them did similar things, but they were not trying to resist culture change and and keep their own traditions like the African-Americans, the Chinese, and Mexicans. Just a little side-note question, was there only Mexicans immigrating to the United States? or were there other Latin Americans immigrating here as well? --Ashley Wilkins | I actually really liked this piece because it made lots of different family life experiences in the United States connect. Although, its weird to see the phrase 'women of color' and it mean more than just African American women. I understand it completely... but, and please don't see me as racist for saying this, I've always hated that phrase because I know it means not-white skinned people... but our creamish/peachy color is a color too... I've never really liked the phrase.... however, I really liked the article none-the-less, and how it put into light what family members of each race had to do in order to survive. Although, I'd like to point out that, at least with poor white families, many of them did similar things, but they were not trying to resist culture change and and keep their own traditions like the African-Americans, the Chinese, and Mexicans. Just a little side-note question, was there only Mexicans immigrating to the United States? or were there other Latin Americans immigrating here as well? --Ashley Wilkins | ||
