Colonialism and Imperialism: Indigenous Resistance on the us/Mexico Border

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 15-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramon Resendiz ◽  
Rosalva Resendiz ◽  
Irene J. Klaver
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Federal Court ◽  
Mexican American War ◽  
Indigenous Resistance ◽  
The Us ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Media Project

The Rio Grande River became a boundary after the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), dividing families and communities living along its banks. In 2005 theusCongress began enacting legislation for the purposes of building a physical fence along theus-Mexico border. As such, this digital media project foregrounds the story of Dr. Tamez, a tribal elder and retired colonel, and her Lipan Apache Band in their fight for social justice, a fight that went to federal court, and spurred an inquiry and report by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Fertility on the US–Mexico border

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles W. Warren ◽  
Richard S. Monteith ◽  
J. Timothy Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Mexican American ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Natural Fertility ◽  
Intermediate Variable ◽  
The Us ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Proximate Determinants ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Us Mexico Border

SummaryUsing Bongaarts' model, the relative importance of the proximate determinants of fertility is explored in five populations on the US–Mexico border. For the groups closest to natural fertility (the two Mexican groups), lactation, use of contraception, and marriage all were moderately important in terms of their direct effect on fertility. For the group with lowest fertility (Anglo-American), contraceptive use was an important factor inhibiting fertility; marriage was important but not nearly as important as contraceptive use. For the two US Mexican-American groups, contraceptive use was an important intermediate variable, not as important as for Anglo-Americans, but more important than it was for the two populations in Mexico. The proportion married was a moderately important factor for the Mexican-American groups. For these five populations the principal differences in fertility rates result from substantial differences in the use of effective contraception. Bongaarts' model proved very useful as an analytical framework in this study.

The US Navy and West Africa, 1843-1857

2008 ◽  
pp. 169-196
Author(s):  
Mark C. Hunter
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
West African ◽  
Royal Navy ◽  
Mexican American War ◽  
Us Army ◽  
The Us ◽  
Complex Picture ◽  
Us West

This chapter analyses American naval policies concerning West Africa between 1843 and 1857, in contrast to the previous chapter concerning the Royal Navy. In particular it explores the US West African Squadron, noting the motivation to protect American commerce and resist British interference with US vessels. It paints a complex picture of the period, analysing the attack on Berriby; the Mexican-American War; the legal issues that plagued the US Army; the US Navy’s commercial goals; the American approach to the Slave Trade; and the dominance of the Royal Navy in the region. It draws the same conclusion as the previous chapter, namely that Britain and the US grew further mistrustful of one another due to their conflicting agendas regarding their commercial interests in West Africa.

Latina/o Literature and War: Gendered Combat Zones

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariana E. Vigil
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Mexican American War ◽  
Us Military ◽  
The Us ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
The Way

Latina/o literary engagements with war include a wide variety of texts that touch on more than a century of US militarism and encompass a broad range of genres and perspectives. This body of work includes memoirs by soldiers and novels set during various military conflicts (often based on the authors’ own experiences), as well as short stories, plays, poems, and essays that reflect on, question, and problematize Latina/o participation in war. Just as Latina/o individuals and peoples occupy a variety of positions vis-à-vis the US nation-state—as conquered and colonized populations, as internal “minorities,” and as migrants and refugees—so, too, have Latina/o texts that take up war reflected a variety of positions. Taking an expansive view of war that includes movements of military-backed annexation and colonization, this literature may include Latina/o literary and cultural engagements with the annexation of Texas in 1845, the Mexican-American War (1846–1848), and the annexation of Puerto Rico in 1898. These topics sit alongside very different perspectives on US militarism such as those that reflect Latina/o experiences within the US armed forces in World War II, Korea, Viet Nam, Central America, and Iraq. This literature, then, covers works that celebrate and oppose US military action. Although factors such as geopolitical setting, history, ethnicity, and nationality affect the ways Latinas/os have experienced and interacted with US militarism, gender, and sexuality have also played important roles in these articulations. Gender is a necessary category of analysis that facilitates a more nuanced understanding of the way individuals and communities experience war. Just as it is best not to assume that military service for Latinas/os has had a singular or constant meaning (such as an experience of bravery or pride), it is necessary to avoid approaching gender as synonymous with women. Thus a gendered analysis facilitates questioning of the way masculinity and femininity shape and are shaped by questions of violence, military intervention, and national cohesion.

scholarly journals What is the responsibility to respect human rights? Reconsidering the ‘respect, protect, and fulfill’ framework

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Jason Karp
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Cold War ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Theoretical Argument ◽  
Political Responsibility ◽  
Human Rights Practice ◽  
Do No Harm ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
The Us ◽  
Mexico Border

AbstractThe world's understanding of the action needed to advance human rights is deeply structured by the ‘respect, protect, and fulfill’ framework. But its potential is significantly undermined by a narrow conception of ‘respect’ for human rights. This paper systematically addresses these weaknesses and advances an original alternative. It first provides a historical account of the ‘do no harm’ conception of ‘respect’ in the political context of the late Cold War. It then analyzes this conception's empirical functioning today, using the example of unauthorized migration along the US–Mexico border. These points illustrate an overarching theoretical argument: the responsibility to respect human rights should be based on a responsibility not to dehumanize, rather than exclusively on a duty to do no harm. This involves the consideration of each person as a moral equal, the elevation of human rights practice as a basis for judgment inside of a moral agent's self, and the rejection of state-centrism as the basis for all political responsibility. This argument has implications traversing the theory and practice of human rights, including: the ability to translate and embed into practice the new meanings of ‘respect,’ ‘protect,’ and ‘fulfill’; and the need to re-consider the contemporary significance of 1980s liberalism.

scholarly journals Adiponectin/leptin ratio and Metabolic Syndrome in a Mexican American population

2011 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaper Mirza ◽  
Hui-Qi Qu ◽  
Quan Li ◽  
Perla J Martinez ◽  
Anne R Rentfro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Us ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Circulating Levels

Objective: Adiponectin and leptin play critical roles in the development of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS). This study was designed to assess the feasibility of using circulating levels of adiponectin and leptin for the early diagnosis of MetS. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed using data from 367 participants randomly selected from a well-characterized cohort of Mexican-Americans living at the US-Mexico border. Results: Significant differences in circulating levels of adiponectin and leptin were observed between males and females. Adiponectin/leptin correlated significantly with MetS in this population. A receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) analysis demonstrated that adiponectin/leptin showed a high sensitivity (70.9% for males, 78.9% for females) and specificity (90.2% for males and 69.8% for females) for the diagnosis of MetS, independent of BMI measurements. Conclusion: These data support the central role of adiponectin and leptin in MetS, and demonstrated that adiponectin/leptin can be used as a highly sensitive and specific biomarker for MetS.

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