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United States imperialism along the border
For well over a century the borderlands have been a very heated political area between the United States and Mexico. Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary defines imperialism as the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas.〔"Dictionary - Definition of Imperialism." Webster's Online Dictionary - with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation. WordNet 1.7, 23 June 2001. Web. 5 Nov. 2011. .〕 It is the ambition of one country to expand into other territory. This is certainly the case of what occurred along the U.S.-Mexican border during the 19th and 20th century and even continues today. Through multiple different strategies and tactics, the United States justified war and the acquisition of thousands of square miles of land. Though many different views and opinions arose about the morality of the U.S. and its avidity, the actions taken by the U.S. during this time make up a very important part of the country's history. The endeavors of the United States and the effects of these endeavors on both Mexico and the U.S. have played a huge role in the history of both countries.
==Rhetoric of Dominance==
Rhetoric is the art of discourse which aims to persuade, inform, or motivate individuals. The phrase "rhetoric of dominance" was first used by Leticia Garza-Falcón in her book "Gente Decente: A Borderlands Response to the Rhetoric of Dominance."〔Garza-Falcón, Leticia M. Gente Decente: A Borderlands Response to the Rhetoric of Dominance. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998. Print.〕 One example of the rhetoric of dominance, which we will be focusing on in regards to U.S. imperialism, strives to persuade the public that whites are superior and should dominate inferior races, by expanding, for instance. The power of discourse makes this possible. Before technology advanced and the media became widespread, oral communication was one of the most powerful ways of sharing information. Because so many individuals talked about white supremacy, it was ingrained into the minds of the majority of the population that whites were better than anyone else. Whites from the United States in particular were seen as the worthiest human beings, because not only were they white, but they also lived in a Protestant, democratic country. These individuals began to have a superiority complex, a term conceived by Alfred Adler, meaning they had an exaggerated feeling of being superior to others.〔Ansbacher, Heinz L., and Ansbacher, Rowena R., ed.. The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler - A Systematic Presentation in Selections from his Writings. New York: Basic Books Inc., 1956. 259. Print.〕 This idea of white supremacy is also explored in Jovita González's book ''Life Along the Border.'' In Maria Cotera's introduction to this book, she also uses the term "rhetoric of dominance" to describe a technique used by Anglo-Americans to maintain an uneven hierarchy over Mexicans along the border, which is explored in González's work.〔Gonzalez, Jovita. Life along the Border. Ed. Maria Eugenia Cotera. Corpus Christi: Texas A&M UP, 2006. Print.〕 In order to justify their feeling of superiority, the ideas of manifest destiny and Social Darwinism were widely used.
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