Comments by Nicole Gutierrez Most recent public comments by Nicole Gutierrez https://nowcomment.com/users/87219 It is hard to believe that out of all the volunteers, almost half were dead, but it's also not surprising, based on the fact that conditions got so bad. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329798 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329798 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:11:23 -0500 I think there were many people leaving the army because of how violent and hard it got to fight in battles or maybe they had realized it wasn't right. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329791 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329791 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:05:33 -0500 I think this proves just how terrible the things the US did were, that even the army infantry from there was ashamed of his own country. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329787 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329787 Mon, 22 Feb 2021 06:26:02 -0500 This is very tragic how the cities were attacked and destroyed and it must've been hard to get the city back to how it was before. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329773 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329773 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:54:49 -0500 This is shocking to me that thousands of people died in just a matter of 3 hours. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329753 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329753 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:50:22 -0500 This is surprising because it shows how violent the war got that both teams were even killing people on their side. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329745 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329745 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:46:48 -0500 Hitchcock said all these things, yet the US still did many horrible things to the Mexicans during the war. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329723 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329723 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:43:40 -0500 The only way the U.S. knew how to get what they want was through violence and again, they caused many people to die because of the fact that they didn't stop until what they wanted was finally theirs. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314433 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314433 Mon, 22 Feb 2021 06:08:12 -0500 The U.S. did not give up after they had to surrender to the U.S. and instead had another battle to get what they wanted. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314420 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314420 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:00:05 -0500 They did not care that they were destroying what the people in that city had worked on and instead, raised their flag. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314417 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314417 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:13:26 -0500 The officer from the U.S. was basically telling the Indian chiefs that they were their new ruler and that they needed to listen to them, or else they would do something bad to them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314408 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314408 Mon, 22 Feb 2021 05:52:10 -0500 Anglo Americans were destroying Spanish settlements and invading just because they wanted the land. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314402 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314402 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:10:17 -0500 It was turning out the way the Anglos wanted and they were already taking over California. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314385 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314385 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:09:29 -0500 It is surprising that the conditions in the ship got so bad that they abandoned and left some of the men in the ocean. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2311016 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2311016 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:08:46 -0500 The outcome was turning negative as both armies faced many deaths and others who were getting wounded. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2311012 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2311012 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:26:58 -0500 It must have been very difficult for the men in the battle to witness so many violent and harsh deaths happen. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2310996 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2310996 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:36:19 -0500 Why did they so strongly believe it was their destiny to civilize them if it was not their country? https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2310994 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2310994 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:32:07 -0500 I think that recruitment began to fall off because people realized that the war was unjust and that people who supported it before, started to turn against it, so there were hardly any people who were willing to be recruited. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306325 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306325 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:04:27 -0500 I think it was wrong to lie to people and make promises that they already know they won't fulfill just so they can get more recruits on their side. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306310 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306310 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 07:36:43 -0500 I find it surprising how before there were many people who were willing to be recruited for the war, but now hardly anyone wanted to be apart of the war against Mexico. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306309 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306309 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:19:58 -0500 It is surprising how many people they needed to be recruited and then how many people actually did end up volunteering. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306304 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306304 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:09:01 -0500 The fact that the U.S. already saw themselves defeating Mexico before it actually happened shows how they thought they were superior compared to Mexico. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306286 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306286 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:57:40 -0500 The war had even caused many other problems since it was taking people away from their work and labor. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306283 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306283 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 15:06:19 -0500 It's interesting how they claimed that the things written in newspapers were opinions of the people, even though what was in the newspaper was completely different from what the people were saying. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306270 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306270 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 15:00:57 -0500 I find it interesting how the abolitionists just continued to pay the taxes, but Thoreau protested against it and resisted the tax. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306262 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306262 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:57:00 -0500 I wonder why they had believed so strongly that it was their destiny https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306250 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306250 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:51:31 -0500 I think it was good how abolitionists and others who did not support the war were speaking out against it and said why the war was a bad thing. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306239 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306239 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:47:55 -0500 I don't find it surprising that the people of the U.S. thought of themselves as superior and better than the other countries. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306234 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306234 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:37:22 -0500 I wonder if Emerson was afraid of the consequences of protesting and if that was a part of why he didn't agree with Thoreau even though he agreed with him. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306229 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2306229 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:40:33 -0500 I think that Thoreau didn't do anything wrong by disobeying the law because if something is unjust, you should not have to support it and protesting against it can help to change the injustice. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299883 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299883 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:06:08 -0500 I think that it wasn't fair that they were forcing people to pay a tax just for the war even if they didn't support the war. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299864 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299864 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:00:02 -0500 Some people who supported the war even admitted that the reason for supporting it is because they could have slaves wherever they wanted and would be able to have more slave states by expanding. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299849 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299849 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:08:31 -0500 It is not surprising that a lot of people realized how the U.S. wanted California because of the way they always talked about how they needed to expand their country. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299844 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299844 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:07:20 -0500 His view is the same as the Anti-Slavery Society because they both oppose the war with Mexico. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299839 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299839 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:49:13 -0500 They all had different opinions, people who were anti-slavery believed it was just a way to get more slaves, but other people who wanted the war believed it was to give liberty and democracy to more people. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299831 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299831 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:50:00 -0500 They were trying to find the good out of something bad, which is that they were going to expand and be able to have more people in their country. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299805 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299805 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:43:37 -0500 I wonder why it was so important to them to gain territory. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299794 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299794 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:41:55 -0500 It is sad how all the U.S. wanted to do was take their land, turning it into their own territory and wanted to hurt Mexico. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2297715 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2297715 Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:30:50 -0400 The antislavery Congressmen had already known the U.S. just wanted more land for slaves, which is why some people from the U.S. actually did want the war. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2297662 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2297662 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 02:26:11 -0500 It is interesting that they opposed the idea of attacking the Mexican settlement, but once the war started they supported it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2297652 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2297652 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 02:24:33 -0500 It is interesting how the Whigs wanted expansion but did not want war and still had to go through the war anyway because that's how Polk wanted it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291874 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291874 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:53:05 -0500 I wonder why Polk found it so necessary to send American soldiers into Mexican territory and why the war was so necessary. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291873 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291873 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:37:08 -0500 I think that Polk was just the main one who wanted war so he was the reason that war was declared because of his message he gave to Congress https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291872 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291872 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:32:21 -0500 It is not surprising that there was no aggression by the Mexican army and that the U.S. was the cause of the war. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291870 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291870 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:46:02 -0500 I think it is interesting how the U.S. made a plan to bring war on purpose so they can try to take some of Mexico's land. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291869 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291869 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:23:55 -0500 It is surprising that one of the men was found with a smashed skull after disappearing. I wonder as to why he was killed. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291866 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291866 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:21:09 -0500 I wonder why they thought so strongly that it was their destiny to expand the land since they were just taking land that belonged to other people first. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2284524 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2284524 Fri, 22 Jan 2021 03:50:58 -0500 The Mexicans must have been so confused to see cannons facing them after they had just fled there. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2284523 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2284523 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:39:33 -0500 It is sad to see that General Taylor did not care about Mexican rights and only wanted to expand probably to just have more power. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2284522 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2284522 Fri, 22 Jan 2021 03:38:47 -0500 It is interesting how Texas was once part of Mexico, but then turned into a U.S. state and still is. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2284520 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2284520 Fri, 22 Jan 2021 03:32:06 -0500 It is interesting how the writer already knew the outcome of this and knew it would result in violence and people dying. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2284519 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2284519 Fri, 22 Jan 2021 03:25:28 -0500 After all the hard work the Mexicans did to fight for equal rights, it had finally paid off and legal segregation based on race had ended. By sticking together and not giving up, they had helped create a change that would positively affect many people https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065650 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065650 and provided their children and others with an equal opportunity to a successful education. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:34 -0500 This case had a very important, positive impact because it had set an example for other Mexican parents going through the same thing, so they can fight for their equal rights too. The case also helped to get a law that segregated American Indians and https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065618 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065618 Asian Americans to end. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:34 -0500 Once the school realized that there was hardly anyone on their side anymore they did not want to appeal another time. Although the school's opinion hadn't changed it is still good to see that what the Mendezes and other Latinos faced had changed many https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065571 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065571 people's opinion on segregation. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:34 -0500 It is surprising that the civil rights lawyers were trying to take down the idea of "separate but equal" for so long. People should've realized earlier on that "separate but equal" segregation was not really equal. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065534 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065534 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:34 -0500 After the Mexican had spent so much time fighting for the rights of their children, it's good to see that the judge ended up siding with them. Instead of giving up after the first attempt, they continued to fight for what is right and made a change. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050921 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050921 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 These sentences make me so disappointed and angry that there are actually people who think like this to others. He doesn't show any bit of kindness to them and just disrespected the whole Mexican community without thinking that saying those things were https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050912 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050912 whong, which shows a lot about the kind of person he is. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 It is sad to know that a superintendent would think of students as inferior to others and not allow them the same educational opportunities just because of race. A superintendent of a school should not have these kind of racist thoughts and instead should https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050900 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050900 motivate and boost their students up instead of turning them down and neglecting them because of who they are. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 This proves that Anglos were not doing exactly what they were claiming. They still sent Mexican Americans who spoke English to the Americanization schools and didn't check if the students actually knew English or not. They sent them to the separate https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050875 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050875 school based on last names and color, so it was no use for the Anglos to argue that they were basing it off how much English they knew. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 I think that their claim that Americanization programs were made to benefit Mexican students is not a good claim to support the segregation. Although they are supposedly trying to help them, it is obvious that it is still an act of discrimination due to https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050320 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050320 the fact that they are given a school that is inferior, while Anglos are given schools that clearly have better teaching and materials than the Mexican schools. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 It is good to see that the Mexican-American families joined forces. They were taking action and coming together to fight for their rights. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050258 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050258 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 14:50:37 -0400 The Mendezes knew how it felt to work as a laborer in America. Like many immigrants today, they had to leave their old life behind and start new as a laborer, in hopes of a better life. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2045109 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2045109 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 19:52:33 -0400 The Chicanos knew that the way to be successful was through education. It is sad that Anglos were trying to take that opportunity away from them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2045106 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2045106 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 The reason the Anglos were giving the Mexicans a lower education was because they knew they would keep working in labor.This is unfair that they were taking advantage of Mexicans by having them work for them and do the jobs that they https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2045104 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2045104 themselves, did not want to do. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 It is frustrating to think that a superintendent would say something like that.Mexicans should be given a chance to prove they are capable of doing more,instead of getting automatically turned down and judged by people who think they won't succeed. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2045088 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2045088 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:17:45 -0400 It makes me angry to learn that Mexicans had classes that would teach them industrial skills and domestic tasks,while Anglos had geometry and biology classes.This angers me because Mexican students were not even given the opportunity of a higher education https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2045073 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2045073 and were taught things that would get them a lower class/income job in the future, while Anglos were being taught things that would help them have a more successful job in their future. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 It is saddening to see that there were many other states aside from California that were also segregating Chicanos. This shows that there were many other people who felt the same way about Mexicans and had the same discriminating thoughts as Westminster https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2045072 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2045072 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 I don't think it's fair how there is already a big difference between the environment surrounding the schools.The Mexicans were being treated as inferior by getting a school right next to a muddy cow pasture, while the Anglos had nice lawns/playing fields https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2045068 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2045068 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:31 -0500 What doesn't surprise me is that the majority of the workers in the fields were Mexican immigrants working for White ranchers. Many other jobs were not available to them at that time so they did the jobs that whites would not have wanted to do. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2045053 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2045053 Tue, 21 Sep 2021 18:41:38 -0400 It is upsetting that Anglo growers welcomed the Chicanos in their fields at times of economic prosperity, but shut them out of everything else. It seems that they only cared about them for working in their fields, but when it came to anything else, they https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2029088 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2029088 didn't care anymore and didn't show any support to the Chicanos. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:31 -0500 It is surprising to see that the school let the kids with lighter complexions go to the school, but not the cousins that were darker skinned even though they were all of Mexican heritage. This proves that the school treated the kids a certain way https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2028998 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2028998 because of the way their skin looked, instead of the fact that they were actually Mexican. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:31 -0500 In the end, the Mexican had won the case and there was no separate school for Mexican students in Lemon Grove. The school board decided to "live with this decision" since they couldn't afford to appeal the case and continue the situation. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2013612 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2013612 Thu, 03 Sep 2020 19:49:18 -0400 Mr. Anderson argued that the new school would be safer for Mexicans so they wouldn't have to cross to the east side of town, but some Mexicans lived on the same side of the regular school so they'd still have to cross to the other side of town to get https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2013593 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2013593 to the new school. Some white students even lived on the west side of town where the new school was, but were also having to cross to the other side of town to get to the regular school so the school board couldn't use trying to make it safer for Mexicans as an excuse. Thu, 03 Sep 2020 19:59:46 -0400 Both sides gave their perspectives at court.The school board argued the new school would help them since most were behind and the Mexican side argued why the Mexican students were segregated when they were behind,but white students who were behind weren't https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2010815 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2010815 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 23:10:58 -0400 The Mexican parents had went to the Mexican government for help with what to do. Senor Consul was on their side because he too believed that the americanization school was just an excuse to segregate the students and give Mexicans an inferior education. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2010726 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2010726 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 22:23:05 -0400 Since the Mexican family did not want to send their kids to the new school, they were reported to the county for breaking the law. Because of that, the support payments they were being given were taken away and they were deported back to Mexico. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2009787 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2009787 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 14:47:00 -0400 Time:19:28 The Mexican parents were not happy about the separate schools and knew that just because their children were Mexican they were being treated differently. They didn't find it fair that their kids had to go to what they referred to as a "barn". https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2005755 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2005755 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 20:34:10 -0400 time:10:43 To teach Mexican students English, they were put in separate classrooms.These were called Americanization classes and were made so they would learn more since they were all learning the same thing and at the same pace. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2005720 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2005720 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 20:13:49 -0400 time:6:27 The school board discussed segregating schools because they believed that Mexicans were slowing down other students by not knowing English. They also ended up basing the decision on their own opinions instead of hearing the parents' thoughts. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2005675 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2005675 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 19:55:46 -0400