The poems "Two Mexicans Lynched in Santa Cruz, California, May 3, 1877," "Revolutionary Spanish Lesson," and "The New Bathroom Policy at English High School" by Latino poet, Martin Espada, are all about the same issue because they are talking about the discrimination of Latinos.
The poem "New Bathroom Policy at English High School" makes the reader think about how kids don't know how to defend themselves. An example from the text that makes me think this is, the boys speak Spanish in the bathroom while the principal listens from his stall. He hears his name and this upsets him, so he bans Spanish. This is wrong because he is only thinking of himself and he is not thinking of his students. This teaches the reader that the kids need to know how defend themselves or if they can't, people should speak up for them. In Espada's poem" Revolutionary Spanish Lesson," the reader is asked to think about how someone is disrespected and it makes them feel upset. We think about disrespect because in the text is makes us think that he feels frustrated when people mispronounced his name and he dreams about doing something drastic that will make them see him and understand. This teaches the reader that there are people that do that purpose and they like to make fun of you and disrespect you and it's not okay to do that. Espada's poem "Two Mexicanos" makes the reader think about how the two Mexicanos were being violated by the forty gringo vigilantes. We think about this because in the poem it says that the "gringo vigilantes cheered the rope that snapped the Two Mexicanos into the grimacing sleep of the broken necks." The vigilantes do this because they think it's their right to give a punishment to the men without a trial.
These poems by Espada are all the same issue because they are talking about the discrimination of the Latinos. It also makes the reader think that they should stand up and speak up for what's right.
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