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Notebook 5 

The zine project was a great assignment to have had for this Ethnic studies class. Without having realized it my life was preparing me for this class even before the first day arrived. When I was presented with the assignment I immediately knew the object I was going to choose. I knew which object because over winter break I had the opportunity to go on vacation to Mexico, after about nine years of not going. This experience was much nicer since I am now older and could reflect on how blessed I am to be able to live in the U.S. and have so many opportunities. When I arrived to a small town known as San Nicolas, where my mom was born and raised, located in Michoacán, Mexico they were preparing for a fair to celebrate the molcajetes. The molcajete was getting its own weekend of celebration, which allowed me to realize that this object must really mean something for this small town that is known for their production to molcajetes. The molcajete is indeed an important part of this small town because for the families who produce them it is the determinant of how much they can provide for their family. The molcajete became more than just an object it became a symbolism of hard work, families, and culture. Thinking of the molcajete in this way makes it amusing how it has made its way across Mexico and into the United States. It’s almost as if a person has physically made its way into the U.S. without having to worry about entering illegally or becoming a citizen. The molcajete has allowed me to see certain things from a different perspective and it is no longer just an object for me, it is now more than that.

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The Mexican Molcajete

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Notebook 3

The word immigrant refers to a person that goes from one country to another and becomes a permanent person of the new country.

·       However, the process of becoming a legal citizen here in the U.S. when entering illegally is not easy which is why many people do not become legal citizens right away.

-       Many immigrants take years before even bothering to start the whole process while others think about the idea but make no attempt to do anything.

-       This is because many people are scared that they will not be accepted and many beliefs that they are only exposing their selves to the country that they are here illegally.

-        The U.S. makes the situation difficult for the first generations of immigrants to enter legally this should be a sign that changes need to be made.

-       Not to give everyone an automatic acceptance but letting people know what the right way to do things is, by informing and providing them with assistance if they need it, once they do that it will be easier to have a control of the number of people entering the country

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Wendy Delgado

Maria Celleri

3 February 2017

Notebook 2

           The molcajete has migrated from places in Mexico specifically San Nicolas to places in the United States like, Southern California. However, the molcajete wasn’t the only thing that migrated, the molcajete can be seen as a symbol representing the culture that the families bring along with them when they immigrated to the United States.  

A national bind that relates to my object is citizenship because normally when people immigrate they do it for a chance to provide their loved ones with a better life even though sometimes that means entering the U.S. illegally. However, since my object is only an object and not a human it didn’t really enter illegally, why can’t it be the same for people who just want a better life for their selves. The molcajete doesn’t have to apply for citizenship however the people that brought it along in order to keep a part of their culture close to them do if not they are considered illegal immigrants. Currently our new president is attempting to make immigrating into the U.S. much harder by building a bigger wall, increasing the number of border patrol, and imputing more restrictions on outsiders who are allowed to come into the U.S. In doing this he isn’t only preventing people to from having a chance to improve their life’s but he is also making it harder for different cultures and ideas to migrate into the U.S. If immigration stops people will not be coming into the country and bringing along with them their culture for example, like the molcajete was brought over to southern California by some people including my ancestors.

Currently many people who are part of the working class are being targeted by their own president because most of the people from the working class are part of a family that has immigrated from another country. Specifically, the president stated that Mexico sends its worst to the U.S., this is something very difficult to hear not only is it hurtful but it is not a fact. When my family came over they did not come to make this country a worse instead they worked the right way and earned everything they now have by working hard. They didn’t only bring their determination but when they immigrated their culture migrated with them to part of that including the molcajete. The molcajete is now being used in some Mexican restaurants here in the U.S. Many times, it is actually part of the restaurants main dish, if families and their culture hadn’t (im)migrated to the U.S. there wouldn’t be so many beautiful different cultures. 

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