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In the last reading response, I explained how I had never learned so much about Cesar Chavez, so it’s not surprising to me that I had never known exactly who Dolores Huerta is. After reading about her I was left with some questions about her and life in general.
ReplyDeleteI’m not very sure I agree with the suggestion that Huerta believed in gender equality. The article describes that she believed women had certain capabilities and skills that men didn’t and therefore the organization needed more women like her: not dependent and strictly dedicated. Instead of equality, it convinces me more to believe that she believed in complementation. The fact that women don’t have the typical manly ego, as she describes, adds to the overall skills possessed in the organization creating a well-rounded union of abilities that together contribute to the main goal. This way man and women create a stronger force that strengthens their possibilities or making a change.
The whole article was very eye-opening, but the situation that I found the most intriguing was the fact that Dolores Huerta had 11 children. I don’t know if that’s positive or negative choice she took., but what I do know for sure it’s that she had such a powerful humanitarian strength. Not having money to feed your family, and not having time to spend with them are hard decisions to make which can only be sustained by an immense sense of community care. The fact that she preferred to help the majority are proof to the high moral values she possessed. I’m shocked.
Ingrid Davila
When it comes to Dolores, the most that we know about her is that she fought next to César Chavez in the farm workers movement and that she is cofounded of the united farmworkers union but we don’t know what she did to help in the movement, how she collaborated or who she really is above all. I personally don’t know anything about her other than what I mentioned before, but she spoke to communities as well, to gather people whose idea was the same in wanting to get the rights that they deserve and the treatment that everyone should be getting despite their looks, background or ethnicity. She was a regular and simple woman with one purpose in her mind, to spread the word of the fight that they were in with the employers and employees. She spoke to them with her heart in her hand and from past experiences that they can all feel identified. She had the ability to speak her mind and make others feel identified with the situation that they are going through, she was able to give them the courage and strength to join the fight and make a change! She made great impacts throughout the fight that only those who got to see her were able to meet such great women that she is. Although her name and work do not shine as much as that with Cesar Chavez, she is still in fact a strong woman who fought for a change and should be recognized more as a hero to migrant workers. She came from a very humble beginning just like most farmworkers and she had great sacrifices just like everyone has but she was a woman who spoke her mind which was not so common, she wasn’t all tough and had this masculine figure. She was simple, kind and gentle woman with a strong purpose to speak her mind. She had to give a lot of things up, like spending time her family and those are moments that usually cherishes and memories that last forever. But she wanted to make a change so that her children could have a different future which is in a way a better decision and gives one even more courage to fight.
ReplyDeleteAshley Escalante
Dolores Huerta was an important historic figure in Mexican-American history such as Cesar Chavez who we previously read about. Women have made great long strides toward achieving gender equality in the modern era. This kind of stuff doesn’t happen without a great powerful leader. This is where Dolores Huerta comes in as she is a significant symbol and advocate for women’s rights progression. As I didn’t know that much about Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta wasn’t mentioned in previous classes until now. In fact, Huerta co-founded the United Farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez. She is known to be called the unsung heroine, La Pasionaria, a humble woman, a non-traditional Mexicana, union leader, and a great negotiator. Chavez and Huerta changed many Mexican’s lives and that is why they’re both important to our history. I found it very interesting and amazing how they both worked together to make a change in this world. I never knew they had any contribution together but as soon as I found out, I was impressed. Huerta was also viewed as a feminist in favor of closing the gender gap in America, and is praised for the countless participation in various non-violent strikes and protests. Huerta strongly believed women were better than men when it came to having certain capabilities and skills. Now this is where I disagree with her because I feel like she’s stating that men aren’t useful in which I strongly believe they are and always will be. However, many women would disapprove of Huerta, because they felt she had an aggressive nature, the way she would constantly neglect her children and how her actions would cause tension between men and women. Despite many issues she may have faced, it didn’t affect her on her mission to improve social and economic conditions for farm workers and to fight discrimination. She will go down as an important figure in Mexican-American history and is easily one of the greatest activists to exist, as proven by her unbridled sense of determination.
ReplyDeleteMichael Garcia
Dolores Huerta was just as important as Cesar Chavez in the Farmworker movement back in the 1960s. She was the female role. As it explains in the reading, she had her own way of thinking. Although she worked with Cesar Chavez and contributed to leading the United Farm Workers Movement, they had their differences and would disagree on some things. Dolores’s comment on MS magazine states, “Cesar and I have a lot of personal fights, usually over strategy or personalities. I don’t think Cesar himself understands why he fights with me.” The author explains that they were both stubborn and opinionated. I do believe that Dolores Huerta was brave and fought for the union, but was it too much? I am a strong believer that family should come before anything. Was she a traditional “Mexican woman”? She wasn’t. A traditional Mexican woman was one who was “activist, but still a housewife”. Huerta was different. She rebelled and competed with men in the UFW. I thought it was a bit harsh that she would even leave her kids to go and help with the union. I understand her passion towards the strikes, but I strongly believe that family should come first always.
ReplyDeleteGiselle Sanchez
After reading the article over Dolores Huerta, I got to know the things this strong women did for our society. As stated in the article her name is known, but no one ever really knows the things she did or know nothing about how she was. Dolores Huerta was one of the few females that have contributed to change in society. Huerta was criticized for being the way she was. She was not seen as the typical Mexican female who stayed home taking care of her kids and she was also criticized for not acting ladylike. I believe that she should not be judged for not making family her first priority, because that is how life works, sometimes you have to sacrifice things in life. Dolores Huerta trespassed many borders. For example cultural and gender borders, by acting the way she did. She was a very independent women who was not afraid to speak her mind and defend people’s rights. Huerta was well aware of the societal injustices in the united states and discovered that she had to do something about it, which led her to a future in which she fought for social justice. While reading this it made me realize that deciding what to do in our life is not as easy as how some people make it seem, but deciding our future depends on the way we decide to control our failures and once we dedicate our selves to something, never give up.
ReplyDeleteGuadalupe Cazares
Dolores Huerta has been a role model to all the Chicanos. It is amazing how she has fought all her life for the rights of the people and she continues to do it to this day, at the age of 87. The way her and Cesar Chavez bonded really made an impact in the early 1960’s because of the United Farmworkers union. Both of these characters showed great leadership but what really grabbed my attention from Huerta was how great of a leader she is despite all the issues going on back then. As stated in the reading assigned, “she has been called the unsung heroine, La Pasionaria, a humble woman, a non-traditional Mexicana, a union leader, and a great negotiator.” This quote shows that many people supported her because she really caused big changes as a civil rights activist. Not only that but as discussed before in class, she helped organize the Delano Grape strike in 1965. I am glad she was part of this strike because she was able to negotiate the workers contracts and they really deserved it. What stands out to me the most is that she never gave up even though her family opposed her. The text mentions that her two husbands opposed her methods including her father. As stated in the text, “Huerta holds many different ideas, but her foremost focus is on the ideas of fairness and justice, no matter what group or person she is addressing.” This quote shows what her true intentions were and still are. She really believed in fighting for equal rights and I think that she made a huge impact with all of her decisions. (277)
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“The new mestiza copes by developing a tolerance for contradictions, a tolerance for ambiguity… She has a plural personality; she operates in a pluralistic mode…” – Gloria Anzaldúa. Dolores Huerta epitomizes the new mestiza consciousness as Anzaldúa put it, a consciousness of duality. I was intrigued to read that Huerta did not come from a farming background, she lived a middle class life, graduated high school, attended college and was a teacher. It truly takes a confident, selfless person to not only see the societal injustices that occur around us, but to act upon those. Realizing her own lack of civic virtue at the age of 17. It was empowering to read that most of her strong willed character she got from her single mother, who raised her and her brothers as equals, and developed in her a sense of individual freedom, “Be Yourself.” I was confused with as to what compelled her to relinquish her opportunity for “making-it”, but as I kept reading it became clear that she wanted everyone to make it. That is a true egalitarian, enduring the criticism as a wife and a mother, she continued to fight a cause that could have been unrelated to her, but she made it personal. (205)
ReplyDelete-Victor D. Gaytan
Reading on how much of an impact Dolores Huerta was to the movement really opened my eyes on how some of the most important people don’t get credited. Every history class I was in I would always hear the name Cesar Chavez, never Huerta. That stuns me because of how valuable she was to this whole movement. The fact that she co-founded the same union that led the movement is already kind of a big deal. She was Chavez’s partner in the revolution. As most woman revolutionaries, she was also a feminist fighting for the equality In gender and closing that gap that was at its highest at that time. Her determination did give her a little too much confidence to state that men weren’t useful or able to help women in their kind of revolution, but that itself was another separation in gender equality. She did have the tendency to abandon her own children for the movement. But that can also be used as the symbol of her determination to fight for equality. Both her and Chavez should be credited equally because they both had the same goal, which was to improve social and economic conditions for farm workers, and fight against the discrimination that Chicanos all over America were facing
ReplyDeleteHector Chapa
After reading “Dolores Huerta: Woman, Organizer, and Symbol” made me notice how crucial she was for the NFWA movements to succeed, I think Huerta was the brain of the whole union and without her it may not have prosper. Huerta’s mother played a major role in her life, not only she was her role model, but also his mother not implemented typical traditional Mexican values that we still see today in Latin American culture. Huerta grew up knowing every person should be equal living in a community that was so diverse with people from different countries, with that and his mom’s lessons she understood men and women are the same, so men should not fell superior and women inferior. I think after Huerta’s trip to Mexico seeing how Mexicans-Americans were treated in America made an impact in her perspective she felt she needed to make a change. Huerta is an example of how powerful the women could be in a society, but at first, she must brake all those “macho stereotypes” that surrounds women. Huerta’s ideas go beyond fighting for farm workers, she wants his community to succeed and prove to it is when she criticizes Mexican-Americans that often are mad about not having someone who represents them in an important job, for example politics, but she says they are not doing anything do make that change.
ReplyDeleteLuis Reyna
Like Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta was a very strong firm advocate and activist for the Chicano people. What I found very interesting about Dolores Huerta’s life is that she too lived a life without borders, just like Gloria Anzaldua. She was raised by her mother during her early years of growing up as her parents divorced at the age of 3. She then moved to Stockton, California, to a racially diverse and poor neighborhood with her 2 brothers and began to see differences in the treatment of her Latina friends and neighbors at such an early age. Her mother became her inspiration as she became an entrepreneur and began her own restaurant/hotel business. She was very dominant and independent without a man, and never assigned gender roles around the house for her family. This took role on Dolores because she had never experience sexual discrimination nor sense of inferiority until teachers also began to question her essays as well. She felt extremely offended because she stayed up all night revising that work and was being segregated from the other students according to GPA’s. At the age of 17 when she took a trip to Mexico, she came to conclusion that she had been right about the social injustices in the United States this entire time. When she returned, she developed this centerless web of beliefs and desires driven by her general commitment to justice, fairness, and most importantly equality. She began to join reformations and ended up being cofounder of Farm Workers union along with Chavez in 1962. She dedicated herself to these movements so much that her 2 husbands, and even her father opposed her disagreeing that her family came second to working with the union. Gloria Anzaldua best described her as the new “Meztisa woman,” who lived on the border between tradition & non-traditon. Nevertheless, she did not let anything stop her from changing the lives of many Mexicans, especially farm workers in the United States.(328)
ReplyDeleteAdrian Martinez
After learning about Dolores Huerta, I learned she was a powerful leader and she fought for the rights of the employees and as well as the treatment that everybody deserves no matter their race, or where they come from. Dolores knew how to speak to people and make an impact in them, she would tell them about her past and the audience could relate to her. She wanted to make a change and when she spoke to the people she gave them courage to not be afraid to fight for what they believed in. Some woman didn’t agree with Dolores, they felt that a man should lead and she should be at home. But Dolores didn’t believe that, throughout her childhood she was raised that man and woman were equal, has time passes by she realizes that man and woman were treated differently. Dolores had eleven children and it was sad how she never had time for them because she was out there fighting for the community. But she knew that all this fighting would help her kids have a better future and not suffer with discrimination. No matter what Huerta never allowed anybody to let her down, she always found a way to figure things out.
ReplyDeleteSandy Martinez
Reading the article “Dolores Huerta: women, organizer, and symbol” makes me realize how strong was she by joining to the fights. Although she said she didn’t do it because it was a woman’s duty to her man, she would do it as a personal calling. She wanted what every men and women was fighting for so that all should share equally in the goods and services of American society, and that all should have a voice in determining their own lives. Something that really impress me was about her experiencing a life without boarders, I mean traveling to different places is hard I experienced it several times with my parents and I really didn’t like the fact that I had to change schools every time. And like her I grow up knowing that everybody are equal and that nobody should feel superior. I really admire the fact that she knew that being a women leader was difficult but once again she prove that she was capable of that and more. Before reading this article I didn’t know a lot of things and that’s because I’m Mexican but know I know that she was a hero, a voice, to most women that didn’t have the courage to speak up for what they believe in.
ReplyDelete-Mayra Saldaña
Prior to these readings, I had a very minitaure understanding as to who Dolores Huerta was. I knew of her importance, but I never realized how much factors she had in organizing strikes, marches, and the entire movement behind UFW and NFWA. I was never aware to Cesar Chavez's complex relationship with Dolores Huerta. I felt like they would have worked perfectly fine together, but the readings told me very differently. I had no idea to their complicated views, and how she never fit in with the radical feminists or with the average Mexican Housewife. "Chavez is more dogmatic in his views, while Huerta is able to move with a pragmatic mind through the limits of her "Mexican" and "American" identities without losing her sense of either." (Garcia, 2013. pg. 59) Another thing that shocked me about Dolores was her burden as a mother to 11 children, and how she did not let that get in the way of her organizing. I have massive respect for Huerta, and the fact that she does not find herself constricted to gender roles in a very binary time was shocking to me. Having to have the voice at that time must have been tough, but the entire world is a better place for it.
ReplyDeleteMichael Gonzalez
Reading “Dolores Huerta: Woman, Organizer and Symbol” was very interesting to me because I did not really know much about her and her role on the farmworkers union, which she was a big part of along with Cesar Chavez. I think a big part of her role in the movement was her mother, her mother was a big example because she grew up seeing her mother helping people when they were braceros, so she wanted to be like her mother and help others. She played a big part in organizing, speaking at rallies, planning boycotts, and she was not getting paid that much, which shows how she was doing all of this for justice, to fight for people’s rights, for equal opportunities for everyone. She also showed she was not the “typical woman” that stays home taking care of her kids and waiting for her husband to arrive, she showed that as a woman, she can be a leader and she fought for what she believed in. She also set a good example for her children, showing them that they can do a change in the world by taking an action on what they believe in.
ReplyDeleteYadira de Leon
Dolores Huerta is a true inspiration to women. She was never stopped by the malicious comments made about her performance as wife and mother. She once decided to help people succeed and dedicate her whole life to those in need of justice and fairness.
ReplyDeleteI love it when Gloria Anzaldua calls Huerta “a woman sin fronteras”, a woman that lives between the border of “the accepted and the non-acceptable”. I am impressed by the strength and courage this woman had to fight for the rights of farm workers. Many things were against her, the main one being that she was a woman fighting in a society ruled by men. Nonetheless, she never gave up fighting for what was right, decent and human in the world.
Despite the fact that Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez had a very complicated relationship, together they did wonderful things for farm workers, they created the beginning of a new and improved quality of life for thousands of Mexican Americans working in farms.
Dolores Huerta never desisted from the ideal that her mother instilled in her to always be herself, and that ideal is what made the great unheralded heroine that fought for farm workers rights improving their living conditions for generations to come
-Rossy Tapia Cervantes
Dolores Huerta, although a huge a part of the Chicano movement, is rarely mentioned and unheard of during the few instances that the topic is discussed. Richard A. Garcia describes Huerta as a strong minded leader who believes in justice and is willing to make difficult ethical decisions in order to achieve it. I feel like I can relate to Dolores Huerta because I too come from a very privileged position and was unaware of it until looking at the world around me through an analytical scope. I try helping my community and taking part in activist work as much as I can because, like Huerta, I want to use my upbringing to my advantage and help out people who are not as blessed. The author uses some ideologies from Gloria Anzaldua when discussing Dolores and her personality. He describes her and her decision making as non-binary, “what I am suggesting is that we cannot rely on the familiar categories to characterize or understand Huerta.” (70), and describes her as the ‘New Mestiza’. I found it surprising to read that she was once a Republican, which I think goes to show how blinded she must have been in her bubble of privilege and a middle-class life. If anything, I believe it is admiring to see someone go from one end to the other of a political spectrum.
ReplyDeleteAndrea Juarez
In reading “Dolores Huerta: Woman, Organizer, and Symbol” by Richard A. Garcia, I began to ponder on the legacy and renown that Huerta left on not only the Mexican American audience but also on the watching nation(s). Before being introduced to her name and work she was positioned in as an activist, I did not know about who she was and her cause for what she did. I admire that she did not carry herself in a violent nor forceful manner as she was confronted with the scorn of others, particularly other Mexican American women. Because of her personal experiences, her observant eyes of her surroundings, and willing heart, Huerta acted the way that she did. It is very significant to read that “She simply [saw] her work as a personal calling,” because it allowed and still allows for others to perceive her as being sincere and truthful to those she worked for and, essentially, to herself (Garcia 60). I believe that is why her work was effective; for she came to a place of discovery within her own self, and by doing so, she was made capable and received the tools needed to also help those in need. How can one lead a people without self-awareness?
ReplyDeleteCeline Brianna Salas
While reading Richard A. Garcia’s “Dolores Huerta: Women, Organizer, and Symbol,” I gained a more understanding of what Huerta stood for. I have found the history of women leaders to be very interesting and inspiring. Huerta encouraged the idea that gender should not hold you back from standing for what is important and could be of great change. She would not tolerate gender oppression and sought to carry out her goals of going against the discrimination the people of color had in this country. Huerta was raised to assume that men and women were equal, as they should be, and that molded her into being an independent woman who wanted to make a change in how the minority group was being treated. Throughout that time many of the Mexican American women did not have an education and stuck to the traditional role of being a house wife. Since Dolores finished high school and went to a community college she felt it to be her responsibility to help those less fortunate. Many were intimidated by her strong character which did pose as problem when she began to speak of her principles and opinions. To many she was considered a skillful organizer, one with all the creative ideas to involve the people to stand in the union. Dolores Huerta stood by Cesar Chavez and many saw her to be behind him, which I think to be frustrating. She was a woman and in that time, and maybe even now, was not taken seriously. Huertas’ values, although very similar to Chavez by both their ideas of equality for all people of color, the way she chose to voice her ideas was not the norm. Chavez had chosen to categorize her as a liberal. Chavez was a great leader and stood for the minority but it seemed even he could not understand the ways Huerta chose to do things. I think this says a lot about her character in that she encouraged individuality and equality. She was willing to sacrifice many things for the justice of the people and I admire that she did not let the discrimination of others towards decide how she stood for the Mexican American people.
ReplyDeleteAlma De La Llana
As reading about Dolores Huerta it showed her importance in the Farmworker movement just as Cesar Chavez was an important person during this time. She was a very strong and independent woman. The fact to know that she was a woman who spoke up for what she believes in and not follow the image of a Mexican women out to be. She was such an inspiring and iconic individual, she gave other Mexican American women hope, faith and the power to speak up just as Cesar Chavez did. She was the Co-founded the United Farmworkers Union alongside Cesar Chavez. She was also a leader, organizer and a symbol of strength. Another thing that caught my eye is how Gloria Anzaldua expresses about Huerta as a “Mujer Sin Fronteras” because that is what she was a woman with no border. The way she raised played a big role on her persona. She grew up pursuing that women and men were created equal, as she saw the strength and activist of her mother. Huerta stated when she would be home they would all share equally in the house hold task. She never had to cook for her brothers or do their chores, like many if not most of the traditional Mexican families. There was no sexual discrimination in her home and consequence no sense of inferiority. Her personality was something the young Mexican women needed to look up to as a role model to inspire them. Her independent, self-confidence and her aggressiveness is what young Chicanas needed to have in order to make or leave a mark in this world. Just like she was inspired by her mothers activisism and commietment to help the poor Mexican families, she inspired many who stood up and did the same. She was the living definition of a “Mujer Sin Fronteras”
ReplyDeleteBrandi Rae Rodriguez
It is said that behind a good man, there is always a great woman, this applies to Huerta who was a supporter to the Cesar Chavez cause. She was great leader, an organizer with a powerful character just like Cesar Chavez. Although they both had some differences on strategies, they were fighting for the same cause which was to have better rights for farm workers. After I read the article about Dolores Huerta it surprised me that a woman was leading a big organization with the only objective of making justice for farm workers in those years where there was a huge discrimination towards women and their role in the community. As the author Garcia said in his article, Dolores Huerta almost obligated her husband to quit their job so he could support her and be the face of the organization because most people used not to follow women’s instructions. We must admire Huerta because she made a lot of sacrifices in her life just to fight for what she believed it was right. She used to spend little time with her family. Thanks to her work nowadays workers have more rights and also women have more respect because she contributed a lot on the equality protest. I believe her character was created from all the things she went trough her infancy, the injustices she saw when she was in high school where students were segregated according to their social class en color skin gave her strength to fight. Although many people saw all this, she was one of the only who raised her voice and did something. Now I admire her because she did not judge people because of their gender, she judged people according to their behavior and mentality, like we all must do so.
ReplyDeleteMissael Salinas
I had heard about Dolores Huerta before, but I had never gone much into detail of what she’s done rather than just be the person who was always with Cesar Chavez. I learned a lot of things about Dolores Huerta while reading “Dolores Huerta: Women, Organizer, and Symbol” by Richard A. Garcia. For example, Dolores Huerta is a very tough person, competitive, and very skilled. Another thing was that Huerta wasn’t raise like every woman at a young age would usually be raised in the house hold. She stated that her mother raised her as a dominant figure at her early years, everything was shared equally between man and woman, and didn’t have to do choirs for her family members like many traditional Mexican families. Being raised differently made her different than many other women. Other women would just support their husbands and not say anything, but Huerta wouldn’t do that. She would stand up for what she thought was important for the right of the people and would stand by it, even though sometimes man didn’t want to listen because she was women. Huerta finished high school and went to community college and many women at the time didn’t accomplished what she did, so she felt that she had to give back to the less fortunate. I am proud that a woman like Dolores Huerta wouldn’t let discrimination slow her down to be able to help for the rights of the less fortunate.
ReplyDeleteIvan Lira
Huerta has a great impact on the support that Cesar Chavez’ wanted from the woman’s voice. Growing up in a non-sexual discriminatory home was a positive outcome for how she really is. She grew up doing things that are “specialized” for men and vice versa with her brothers. Because of how she grew up makes her have a different perspective on situations and I respect that. I feel like because of her different perspective it attracted a lot of woman’s attention and supported her to help them get equality. I respect her because she gave an idea that woman be independent, be a mother with children and have an education. Men didn’t like that about her but that’s where “El machismo” comes into play. El machismo is basically where a woman must stay home and play house wife or mother while, the man goes out to work. Until this day, it’s still in play. Huerta gave woman the kind of hope that many women would like to have and not be at home all day. This also ties into our Hispanic culture. El machismo still comes into play where families are like no don’t do this, the man is supposed to do that or other common things. Also, Chavez and Huerta had problems because Huerta was more open minded and would look at things from a different perspective, something that Chavez couldn’t do. However, I feel like Chavez and Huerta had a good impact on the Farmers Association because they wanted to the community to stay together, give them hope for what are fighting for. I respect that because if it wasn’t for them we wouldn’t be here today.
ReplyDeleteYarazeth Ramirez
To me it’s a surprise that Dolores Huerta was also a model for the Chicanos. To me she’s a model the way she fought for the rights of people especially women, and how now days she continues to do it. In the reading, they mention her as “La Pasionaria, a humble woman, a non-traditional Mexicana…” This really grab my attention because they describe her as a humble woman. This proves to me that if back in the day she could make a difference so can I by studying and not giving up on my rights. Although she had some opposing from her family she never gave up and still fought for those rights that she knew she had. She did say that women can do more than men and at some point I agree because us women don’t let nothing stop us.
ReplyDelete(maria leal)
As children we’re taught about women such as Rosa Parks, Anne Frank, and Harriet Tubman, but never was I ever taught about Dolores Huerta. She was such a phenomenal woman who didn’t care what anyone told her, she was going to go out and fight for what she believed in. I think what made her so unique, in my eyes anyways, was that she was raised, and what her morals were, they weren’t your traditional expectations. Dolores not once ever had to cook for her brothers, her mother treated her and her brothers equally. In the articles and in readings they mention that Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta would bump heads a lot, which in a way was strange because even though they would bump heads, they got a lot of stuff done. I wish I could’ve met her. She sounded like a strong empowering woman, and I think without her, Cesar Chavez would not have gotten as far as he did. Even if did I guess you can say insulted her by saying that she wasn’t “Mexican” because she wouldn’t let men tell her what to do. Which for me is great to hear because I was taught the old traditional Mexican way, but somewhere along the way I started to hate that way. I didn’t want to have to depend on someone for a living when I knew that I could do it on my own. Dolores, she gives me hope.
ReplyDeleteJoanne Lopez
In reading Garcia, “Dolores Huerta: Woman, Organizer, and Symbol” I have always thought that it was Cesar Chavez that lead the Famers Union. If I would not have read this article I would have never know how much of a role that Dolores Huerta played in the union. In reading about Huerta’s history, I learned that she did not grow up in a traditional Mexican household. As I grew up I would have to cook and clean for my brother, but in her case, she didn’t it was split equally. What I really enjoyed about this article was how much Garcia talked about her character. It was really refreshing learning about how much power and leadership she held. In reading about her I see her as a role model because she had no filter when it came to her thoughts. Sometimes I’m afraid of saying something that might offend other people but she didn’t; that’s what made her strong. She did not care about what others thought. She only had one focus in mind which were her goals. I wish I was more like her when it comes to the community. Reading about Dolores Huerta makes me want to be more involved in my community along with standing up for my race.
ReplyDeleteVictoria Galvan