Comments by Estefania Hernandez-Garcia Most recent public comments by Estefania Hernandez-Garcia https://nowcomment.com/users/87457 Some friends of Thorean and his fellow writers agreed with what he was saying but they didn't want to go against the United States. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329825 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329825 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:48:45 -0500 Henry David refused to pay his Massachusetts poll tax which had him sent to jail until he pays. Without him giving his consent his friends paid his taxes which let him free. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329703 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329703 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:41:08 -0500 Biglow is saying that the United States just too California to make them slave-states and only to take away Mexicans land and country. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329697 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2329697 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:39:31 -0500 He is saying that the war is actually just a excuse to murder everyone that gets in the United States way of getting land. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314410 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314410 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:49:39 -0500 The war was even addressed around the world that even even a farmer in New England couldn't hold back and had the lead to talking about the war. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314401 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2314401 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:45:04 -0500 Senator H. V. Johnson said that they need to listen to the noble mission that the war was never good and it is against the noble to go to war with no reason to and just for something called "manifest destiny". https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2310991 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2310991 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:00:51 -0500 The United States would increase when it will come to wealth because of the war. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2309703 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2309703 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 01:55:10 -0500 A Congressmen that was antislavery called Joshua Giddings stated that he wasn't going to support the army nor the war at all. He believes that they are just doing it to rob the Mexicans and killing them just for their land. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2309702 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2309702 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 01:46:55 -0500 Abraham Lincoln was not for the war, but he also did not stop it. He did prove his point that the United States was saying lies about not wanting to go to war and losing American lives on American soil. Lincoln exposed President Polk to all Americans. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2307347 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2307347 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 02:51:03 -0500 Whig didn't want a war to break out, but he did want California. The thing is that he didn't want people to die for California. At the end Whigs unwillingly voted for the war and joined the Democrats. In the Senate there was a disagreement for the war. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2307346 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2307346 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 02:44:23 -0500 President Polk started to convince people to go to war and send American Soldiers to war. The message of the was was evidence about Polk's statement. People didn't have time to think about what they wanted. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2307345 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2307345 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 02:28:11 -0500 Polk had arranged the whole cabinet to hear the news and to let them know that Mexico has attacked the United States and passed their boundary so they have to go to war and defend the people that they lost to Mexico. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2307344 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2307344 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 02:14:16 -0500 Polk was so excited that Mexico gave in and fired first. He wrote in his diary that it was a good cause to start the war he has always wanted. He states that the United States was so happy and excited to take over Mexico and get more land. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2307329 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2307329 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 02:07:41 -0500 Mexico started the war even though the United States has been craving the war. If Mexico wouldn't of fired first the United States would go had to hold their craving and they would be the ones that look bad if they were to fired first. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2307300 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2307300 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 01:55:20 -0500 General Taylor found one of his quartermaster's body near Rio Grande with his skull smashed in and they believed it was a Mexican that did it. The reason why is because they saw Mexicans on the the roofs of their houses across the river. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2306236 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2306236 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:46:47 -0500 President Polk gave a speak that states taking over California and it wasn't a peace march said in the newspaper. John O'Sullivan has said that it is their time to take over the continent. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2306231 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2306231 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:42:37 -0500 Taylor has moved his troops closer and closer to Mexico while President Polk was saying his speech that they will march their way into California sense they have annexed Texas. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2306199 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2306199 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:36:34 -0500 Polk was the only one that was inpatient and excited of a war that he was wanting between the United States and Mexico. Right when he heard about Mexico attacking, he ran and gathered the cabinet to declare war. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299842 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299842 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:50:02 -0500 Hitchcock didn't want to fight in a war that wasn't far, but he has to follow the orders that the military gives him. Before any battle was declared, Polk was already suggesting his cabinet to declare a war for little reasons. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299810 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299810 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:43:59 -0500 In April 25, Mexicans attacked Taylor's soldiers which was something that the United States government wanted. They wanted the Mexicans to start the war and attacks to get the lands that they (Americans) have been craving, Hitchcock stated in his diary. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299757 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299757 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:37:51 -0500 The war started because a General Taylor's quartermaster was found dead in Rio Grande. He was found with his skull smashed in and the American's believed that it was a Mexican that was crossing the river. Polk used it to start the war he has been wanting. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299743 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2299743 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:33:28 -0500 President Polk and the Democratic already have the idea that California is all theirs and no one is going to stop them. They will claim the land and push their boundary more forward into Mexico's territory. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2296601 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2296601 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:35:00 -0500 I am surprised to learn General Taylor lost all the respect for the Mexicans because he was able to annex Texas. I think that General Taylor feels like if he can annex Texas he is able to do whatever he wants. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291285 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291285 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:51:31 -0500 James Polk ordered the General Taylor to force his way in to Rio Grande. Rio Grande was declared as the main border of Texas which confused Mexico a lot. Polk forced the Texans to accept annexation so he can get closer and closer to Mexico's lands. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291241 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2291241 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:44:03 -0500 Colonel Ethan Alien Hitchcock was in the war and had to make sure that no Mexican crosses the river to attack. He had no idea if what they are doing is right or not. He wasn't even able to sleep because of thinking that there is going to be violence soon. https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2283519 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248947?scroll_to=2283519 Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:50:51 -0500 Still if it's another case it still has a really big impact for everyone. Everyone gets affected because other children are getting segregated because of their color. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065238 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065238 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:34 -0500 The Ninth Circuit Court appeals in San Francisco upholding court decision. but it stopped later on because of the separate but equal from the Plessy v. Ferguson lawsuit. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065237 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065237 For the lawsuit to overturn Plessy it would have to wait. The school officials to file an appeal, which would take the case to the Supreme Court. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:34 -0500 The Mendez lawsuit started to call national attention and other civil right lawyers were watching the lawsuit carefully. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065225 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065225 The lawsuit of the Mendez was going to be like a test case to see if they will win and get the rights they are suppose to have as citizens. Other lawsuits have tired to take down the case Plessy v. Ferguson so that the Latinos can have the same rights as "Whites". Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:34 -0500 It takes about World War II and about how some latino soldiers fought for the United States, just like every other citizen or "Anglo". Yet they aren't getting the same quality. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065216 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065216 The dramatic social was after the World War II because the latinos weren't getting the same equality even though they gave their life for the United States. Latinos decided they had enough and formed a civil right groups to fight for what they are support to have. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:34 -0500 The judge also appalled by Kent's blatant. In February 18, he ruled in favor of the plaintiffs. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065177 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2065177 McCormick argues that separate schools created social inequality and that the school district was violating students' rights. Even though there was segregation all over, there was never evidence that segregating Mexicans actually worked and helped them. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:34 -0500 Kent the Superintendent gave his testimony against the Mexicans because he didn't want the Mexicans mixed with the Anglos. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051567 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051567 The mother of the Mendez kids remembers exactly what he stated in his testimony. Kate states that he didn't want the Mexicans to mix with the Anglos because they "were" filthy. Fri, 03 Sep 2021 14:40:00 -0400 Anglos and Mexican parents went to the trial to support the side they believe is right. They wanted to show that they cared about the decision that was going to be made. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051564 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051564 Mexican parents were really angry when Kent stated his races testimony. Felicitas Mendez states that sh will never forget his testimony because it was filled with hate and made her really angry. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 Even though the superintendent of the school district thought that the Latino students had the same level of intellect wouldn't let them in the all Anglos school. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051561 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051561 Kent didn't want Mexican students in his all white school. He didn't want the Mexican students to be close or socialize with Anglos. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 Mendez brought Mexican children that new fluent English. The superintendent still had them sent to the Mexican school even though they didn't need "special attention". https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051541 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051541 Later on they conform that no test was given to any of the children that proved that they didn't speak English. Mendez later on proved that the children were enrolled by their last name and skin color. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 The defense Joel Ogle used "special instruction" to justify the action of segregating the Mexicans from the whites. Ogle says that it will help Mexican students that can't speak English. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051530 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051530 Ogle states that they are doing it to give more attention to the Mexicans because they are behind from the whites. They say that they don't understand English and segregating them will help them learn it. He also states that it will help the Mexican students get the used to the American "way". Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 Gonzalo Mendez sent his children with her sister to send his children with hers to a new school. The cousins of Mendez's children look Anglos opposite from the Mendez's children. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051522 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2051522 Soledad Vidaurri has children that look white and are really light skin and features. The Mendez children look Mexican because they have dark skin, eyes, and hair. They are cousins, but even though their aunt Soledad is Mexican and her kids have Mexican heritage, the anglos only care about the white features. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 Felicitas Mendez was also a part of the organization for preparing for the trial. She was gathering Latino parents to support them. The Mendez parents did everything they could to try and win the trial. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050324 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050324 The parents of the Mendez had to prepare for the trial because it was to the people of the court to decide. No matter how much they would get prepared it will still be the courts choose. Mr.and Mrs.Mendez had to find witnesses that were prepared as well to testify against the board of education. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 Gonzalo Mendez was so detected in getting his children and the other Chicano children's rights and equality that he stopped working for a year. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050304 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050304 Mr.Mendez took off work for a year to prepare for the trial. He was also looking for Mexican parents to be witnesses. He struggled to get Mexican parents to witness because they were afraid to lose their jobs because of it and didn't think that they would win the trial. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 The Father of the Mendez children did not give up and kept fighting to get the wish and his children's equality. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050223 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050223 Mr.Mendez didn't stop fighting, which caused the school superintendent to agree and except only the Mendez children. Mr.Mendez wasn't fighting only for his children, but for all the Mexican children in their community. He stated that either they accept all Chicano children in the community or none of the children. Then he took it to the court because the superintendent did not accept all Chicano students. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 The Mendez family weren't giving up and wanted to keep fighting for their children's rights and equality. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050175 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2050175 Mendez family wasn't the only ones facing the same problem and other Chicano families in there community had the same problem with the School District. They had a meeting and sent a letter to the board of education to have their Mexican students go to the same school as everyone else, but their wish was denied by the board. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:32 -0500 I agree Sofia, because they never really got their rights until they kept fighting for what is right of them and their children. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2029032 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2029032 There was always a case that involved Mexican's getting discriminated because of their roots. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:31 -0500 The cousins faced discrimination just because of their skin color and race. The two cousins did not discriminated because they looked "white" to the administrator. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2028973 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2028973 The cousins moved to a new town and they were going to get registered into school, But since three of the kids were dark they couldn't take them in the school still if the other two cousins were "white" looking. The administrator didn't want no Mexican in their "all white" school because there was a school for "all Mexican" students, so he didn't want any Mexican in their school. Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:05:30 -0500 The Mexicans and the Anglos didn't live on the same side of the town.They were in separate parts of the small town. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2001524 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2001524 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:46:24 -0400 It does take place in San Diego, California. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2001521 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2001521 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:53:42 -0400 The white parents didn't want mexicans in the Lemon Grove elementary school. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2001517 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2001517 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 14:39:29 -0400