Comments by Emily Verdin Most recent public comments by Emily Verdin https://nowcomment.com/users/87432 I learned that Mexico had surrendered because they were already in deep poverty so they didn't want to continue. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2333207 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2333207 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:25:48 -0500 I learned that many of the soldiers would abandon their positions and there would only be a few volunteers. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2333201 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2333201 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:15:40 -0500 I learned that many of the soldiers finally realized that the destruction of that war was unnecessary, so they left. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2333195 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2333195 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:24:53 -0500 This is evident that the people who were involved during the war were harmed in a merciless way. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2333192 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2333192 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:07:35 -0500 Sometimes they even fought for no reason, this harmed many local people. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2333191 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2333191 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:06:23 -0500 Both sides were brutal, even diseases were spread during this time. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2333188 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2333188 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:05:12 -0500 During the war, many Mexican soldiers were shown no mercy by the American soldiers. Many were wounded and killed. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2333185 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2333185 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:04:31 -0500 Many people suffered. Soldiers would go inot Mexiacn territory an attack Mexican villages. As the soldiers left they were prone to many disease that were deadly. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314495 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314495 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:48:46 -0500 Not a lot of people wanted this for the Mexicans so there were groups of who didn't allow this; many lives were lost but they continued to fight. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314487 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314487 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:39:42 -0500 Once they took control, Mexico had no choice but to give in to American ways. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314447 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314447 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:08:35 -0500 The Americans were able to take land away from indigenous people again, claiming it as their own and putting it with the US. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314441 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314441 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:06:46 -0500 This was not a surprise because many diseases spread through the world especially during wars. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314426 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314426 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:00:36 -0500 even though Mexico was able to recruit soldiers both armies had lost/wounded soldiers. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314422 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314422 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:07:35 -0500 I agree with what you said because they were being lured with other advances in order to stay in the war and they didn't like that. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314415 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314415 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:54:37 -0500 many of the people who didn't agree with the idea of war joined because it was benefiting them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314413 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314413 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 22:26:48 -0500 many immigrants saw that what Mexico was going through and helped them. They noticed how America thought they were better. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314411 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314411 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:49:53 -0500 many news sources would change topics of what's happening. Even working men would disagree with the war. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314407 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314407 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:48:40 -0500 Many people of color would disagree with the terms of going into war. They said that it would just cause destruction. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314404 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314404 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:46:54 -0500 racism was widespread, it was towards people of color. This still happens today. people would go to meetings because they were against the war; they wanted peace. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2311175 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2311175 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:01:43 -0500 I learned that most agreed to as why the military should be even going into war. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2311174 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2311174 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:58:57 -0500 something I found interesting was that if they wanted the war to happen they would force the citizens to pay for their support. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2311170 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2311170 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:51:00 -0500 I agree with what you said because there was a war between whether or not there should be slaves. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2311169 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2311169 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:50:00 -0500 They wanted to go and attack the Mexicans because it was their duty, then in the image, you can see Zachary Taylor on skulls (of the Mexicans) this represents him in the Mexican war. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299834 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299834 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:46:51 -0500 Something I found interesting was that Polk did it to gain more power especially since slavery was still going on. Since Lincoln argued that this would cause unnecessary violence they had two sides to go by. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2296918 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2296918 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:38:51 -0500 Due to Polk's demands they wanted to raise a bill for volunteers and money; to support the military. this was an ongoing debate but Lincoln stepped in questioning his actions. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2296911 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2296911 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:33:05 -0500 I learned that after the killing of James Polk there was a declaration of war towards Mexico because they assumed that they were the ones that killed Polk. There was a feud. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2296909 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2296909 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 02:05:09 -0500 something I learned was that since the news spread, James Polk wanted to provide more for their territory but was later found dead. Many of the ones that found him thought a Mexican soldier did it so they attacked Mexican soldiers. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2296907 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2296907 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:39:09 -0500 Kames Polk was challenging the Mexicans at the Rio Grande to see if they would cross. Polk also encouraged Texans to keep their territory. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2296904 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2296904 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:16:50 -0500 The Louisiana purchase where Texas broke off from Mexico, also doubled the size of the U.S. this was when Mexico was able to gain its independence. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2296900 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2296900 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:11:05 -0500 I agree when he said that violence leads to violence, even though this is a war he knows he has to give the orders to attack the Mexicans. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291439 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291439 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:50:30 -0500 castro and others won against he council but they still had the battle against their prison time. many chicanos still portested and others around the country started to protest too.the walk outs helped them raise awareness https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2091462 https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2091462 time 53:54 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:16:57 -0400 chicano students would educate their parents. students were also arrested almost sentenced to 66 years but they still portested. the chicano movement was against the FBI and police. https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2091458 https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2091458 the political struggle became a struggle of survival since they started to watch people; especially the brown berets. police would go undercover, this does happen today during protests, videos of undercover cops have reached the media. in the videos you can see the undercover cops starting the violence and making protesters looks bad. people who don't support the movement also go and have killed people to make the protest seem even more dangerous. instead of leaving the building of the council they stayed and even slept there because they still wanted them to change. they tried everything to get them out of there but they used it as a place to plan what they're gonna do next. 35 people refused to leave and then were arrested. chicano leaders then started to speak up. time: 50:00 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:12:43 -0400 Once police got there things got rough because they were sent to jail and abused. the students parents were concerned so they stopped them. Students were threatened to take away their scholarships. https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2091432 https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2091432 time: 40:00 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 17:55:57 -0400 Not a lot of people respected the portes. Many students still showed up and took it seriously because they actually wanted change. the brown berets were security but the only problem they had were the police. People started to spread fake news about the https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2091408 https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2091408 protest. This does happen today because on the news people would only show looters to represent the BLM movement but wouldn't show how the police would start to throw tear gas and hit innocent people. Time: 30:00 Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:15:28 -0400 it shocked me to learn that they didn't care about the mexican students no matter what they did. they would get in trouble for speaking spanish and weren't allowed to use the restroom. this still happens today because in schools not a lot of people know https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2091402 https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2091402 about their culture or what their ethnicity did. Even when it comes to the LGBTQ community or the BLM movement not a lot of people are educated on that. segregated schools suffered from neglect and second hand resources.this was hard for them because it would make them think that their education isn't important. traditional mexican habits were changed; many young chicanos in LA protested this. This is also like today because many black people have been protesting their rights and safety. time: 20:00 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 17:47:04 -0400 pushed into labor classes** https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2079451 https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2079451 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:22:50 -0400 the drop out rates increased**** https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2079448 https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2079448 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:22:50 -0400 the drop out rates i school dropped because their needs were not met. they were humiliated by teachers and they were also ashamed for being themselves because they didn't speak english. https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2079444 https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2079444 they were pushed into labor even the kids who were advanced classes; more like forced. this surprised me because being stereotyped isn't always fun, people make you of what youre not. we leaned this in ELA today that if you always hear the same story and you see someone as that one story; example mexicans are always working in farm jobs, although this is somewhat true it can be harmful because they have a lot more to offer than just being field workers. there's always different stories to what people go through not just one. time: 10:00 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:22:50 -0400 the mexican community would be the ones dying in the vietnam war more than anyone. then students decided that they wanted a better education and started to protest. i'm surprised to lean this because nobody really talks about it, like they always brush it https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2079374 https://nowcomment.com/documents/229042?scroll_to=2079374 off and try to always put white people's struggles and what they did. time: 5:00 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:13:17 -0400 i learned that gonzalo and felicitas had made an impact on the mexican community for them to continue fighting for equality. they even had a school named after them to remind people that children should always have equal educations and shouldn't be https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2055592 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2055592 segregated. paragraph 39-44 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:50:42 -0400 i was surprised to learn that this court case had gotten global attention because more people realized that this was worth fighting for because they have the same rights as american citizens. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2055543 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2055543 even mexican- american soldiers would protest the inequality of the mexican community. paragraph 36-38 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:33 -0500 it makes me angry to learn that they had to testify for their own rights as american citizens just because their skin color was different. i agree when felisitas said that they were treated like pigs in pig pens because that's how the school and the white https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051114 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051114 community saw them which is unfair because they are no different from them. paragraph 29-35 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 gonzalo put all his effort into this he tried gathering others to take to LA to testify on how badly they're being treated. his wife felicitas was also helping by tacking care of the land. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051100 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051100 paragraph 26-28 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 *25 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051072 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051072 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 mexicans were separated from many things; hotels, stores, parks, and could only swim one day at community pools. this didn't stop the mendez family though, they started a protest. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050348 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050348 paragraph 21-24 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 you can still hear stories like this today because many immigrant families had to let go of their education in order to support their families. most of them even own land and start their own jobs and yes they do consider themselves american citizens. they https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2041417 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2041417 citizens and still want their also also want their own children to get a good job and get educated. some american schools do have different kids of different backgrounds and even so they still struggle because they don't understand but hopefully they can get the help they need. paragraph 14-20 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:31 -0500 paragraph 14 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2040983 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2040983 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:31 -0500 chicano men and women already knew that labor was very exhausting so they knew education would be better for their children. this is also happening today many immigrants are coming to the united states https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2040981 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2040981 for a better life. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:34 -0500 segregation of mexican children was in texas through arizona; the classes for hispanic children were separated into advanced classes for whites and labor classes for the hispanic children. there schools were in bad shape and they got handouts from https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2040962 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2040962 the white school.they weren't even getting a proper education. paragraph (10-13) Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:31 -0500 paragraph 6-9 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2040752 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2040752 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:31 -0500 *even though their ethnicity is hispanic *lighter https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2040747 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2040747 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:31 -0500 things are still the same because people who lived in low come communities are mostly poc. for example when cops planted crack in black communities to increase the rate of drug use and violence. second generation immigrants still work in fields because https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2029038 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2029038 that's the only job available for low income people, they weren't able to get a better education. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:31 -0500 i was surprised to learn that even though their ethnicity is mexican if they had littler skin they were able to go to the school but if you were darker you would have to go to the other school. things are still the same because people who have darker skin https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2028974 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2028974 are falsely considered criminals and people with europeans descent could get away with murder. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:30 -0500 time (53-end) the secretary of the PTA wanted to take legal action and was against the mexican children going to the school but they couldn't. a student from the school who was older now said that they very much deserved to go to that school https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2013274 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2013274 because they were hardworking people. the bliss bill was turned down, this helped all the mexican children pass as indians so they can go to school. Thu, 03 Sep 2020 17:37:57 -0400 time (44-52) when mr. anderson was also in court; they knew that the mexicans didn't like him because the way he treated them, they even boycotted his gas station. it was also relevant that some mexican children lived right across the school. many of the https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2013268 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2013268 students were citizens as well. the judge then allowed all of the mexican students go back to school and all the mexican children were happy even people outside the community were relieved. Thu, 03 Sep 2020 17:30:51 -0400 time (36-43) roberto was a 12 year old student who was able to represent the mexican children in court. they argued that the only reason they built the school was to make mexican students not feel less because of the english speaking kids. one of the https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2010297 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2010297 teachers said that because mexican kids lived in poverty that meant they were not qualified to be in the white school and leave them behind. Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:34:29 -0400 time (28-36) the parents who made the meeting had called the mexican council to help them with the situation; they agreed to help them. the people who were trying to separate the schools had their own meeting and said that they are losing money because https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2009839 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2009839 they're out of school. a reporter had visited them and lied that mexicans have a leader which is why they are boycotting. he said "these are not like our mexican." they had took the school council to court. Wed, 02 Sep 2020 15:01:19 -0400 time (24-27) some kids didnt go to the new school because the parents thought it was unfair. they threatened people with taking their warfare and sending the family to immigration. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2009785 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2009785 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 14:46:42 -0400 time: 16-23 some of the mexican families united together in order to stop them from sending their children to a different school. they saw that they were being treated differently and if they went to that school they'd get handouts from the white school. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2002305 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2002305 the created the neighborhood association of lemon grove in order to boycott for their kids to have an equal education. Mon, 31 Aug 2020 18:20:29 -0400 time: 8-15 once mexicans came to america from the south in order to find jobs they settles in lemon cove and made their own community. at school they were in separate classes to make them more american instead of learning. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2001827 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2001827 the white parents didn't want mexican children to be in the same environment as their kids so they made a separate school Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:37:40 -0400 timeL 0-7 the school board had a meeting to discuss what they are go do the over population of mexicans at the school. one of them said that mexicans probably have diseases and the are unsanitized. they thought about putting them in different schools. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2001523 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2001523 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:55:01 -0400