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Week #2 : Guadalupe Perez

Posted on September 7, 2020 by GUADALUPE PEREZ

In “What We Deserve” by Angie Cruz, Angie speaks of a picture that connects to her present day existence. Angie speaks of obstacles her mother ( Dania) had to face for migrating to the United States at such a young age.Throughout the essay Angie mentions Dania marrying Angie’s father who was “old enough to be her father”. In order to provide for her family in the Dominican republic, Dania had an arranged marriage. Dania had to survive abuse and assault in order to bring her family to the US. 

Cruz’s family history shapes her reaction to the separation of migrant children from their families today since Angie sees a resemblance of her mother Dania to Magdalena Gomez Gregorio, a eleven year old girl from Mississippi that was “pleading” for help from attorneys/politicians to get her back to her family that was being held by ICE. Magdalena was on the 12 News, being recorded, presumably without parental consent. While being recorded, Magdalena cries stating “he’s not a criminal”. Magdalena is referring to her father not being a criminal. Angie then expresses her visualizations of this video, when Angie looks at this video she sees a “child who needs her parents”. Cruz later compares Magdalena to Dania and how their “innocence was stolen”, since they were both “pushed to adulthood” to fend for their lives. In a way we can see how and why this essay was Cruz’s reaction to the separation of migrant children from their families today. We see how Cruz published this essay to portray a bigger picture of what is occurring with children and what they need to process because of ongoing issues with immigration. We also see why she spoke of her  point of view of her mother’s immigration obstacles that connects with this moment of history.

Cruz commences this essay with a photograph, then gives her opinion on the photo, relates her mother’s photograph to Magdalena who is a young girl pleading for help on the news. Cruz later gives a bit of statistics of sexual assault, abuse and violence and tells us what we do not know from what was occurring during and after the photograph of her mother and father, then finishes it off with a note to Dania that states, “you deserve more. Our girls deserve more. Our children deserve more”. We can see how Angie’s personal family history plays a role on her political views.

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Introduction – Guadalupe Perez

Posted on August 30, 2020 by GUADALUPE PEREZ

Five Key Facts about Myself

Hey everyone,

  1. I grew up with my two parents that are very hard working and always seek the best for my siblings and I. I believe that their upbringings cultivated my personality because I too always seek for better for myself and my family. I am the third and last child, therefore I am the baby of the family.

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2. I’m from Queens, New York. Although both my parents were hardworking, money always seemed to be tight because of bills so I never was spoiled and always was/will be humble and appreciative of what I have, regardless,  I will still seek for more of what is best for me.

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3. I am Mexican-American. It use to bother me when people would think otherwise of my background because people would automatically assume I was from central or south america because of my skin tone. Then at home I would be called too black for my own race, I am darker than most of my family members. I would be called names but that did not bother me. What bothered me was that outside of home I was told I looked nothing like the race I am very prideful of and at home I would be discriminated because I was not light enough. I felt as if I did not really belong because of many colorist comments towards me or comparisons towards my other family members. It happened consistently so it ended up being normal. Now, I think this has shaped who I am today because I try to be very aware of the wrong teachings many family members have taught me and teach myself to be more accepting of who people are.

4. I’ve always been hardworking and charismatic! I started working when I was 12 lol, it was obviously under the books. I would paint little kids faces and would make balloon animals. I always been the type to keep moving forward so after that job I found another one and after that one I would move on to another. I just seemed to always like experiencing new things. I believe that this made me who I am today, all the encounters with people made me realize new things and view the world in different perspectives.

5. I love to go out and explore new places! I enjoy having  conversations with people and hearing their ideology or just hearing them out sometimes. I like to take pictures and am thinking of doing modeling as a side hustle nothing too serious, I hope. Also I am looking for new friends so if you are too, follow me on the insta and text me 🙂 @lvpessss

 

 

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