-Mexican-Americans worked in low-skill laborers jobs (factories and warehouses). A large majority worked in railroads pulling up old and laying new track.-Political involvement was non-existent for most Mexicans except for a few college students. Their efforts were spent on national issues surrounding Cesar Chavez.-Other cultures had neighborhoods as today but there were fewer stores and even fewer restaurants. Southeastern Asians started migrating here near the end of the Vietnam War. Most lived in Uptown and created their own neighborhoods:…
Hispanic Cultural Assessment Anitra Wilson Nursing 542 May 31, 2015 Professor Sandra Brown Hispanic Culture The Hispanic/Latino culture is a culture that traces their roots to Spain, Mexico, and the Spanish-speaking nations of Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The Latino culture within the United States is growing rapidly. …
The two groups that I have chosen from my demographic data are the Native Americans (Cahuilla Tribe) and the Hispanics.…
Native Americans were the first people living in the United States until Europeans arrived, sought to colonize and take over. During this time, Native Americans were subjugated to warfare, new government and losing their lands. Forced to submit to White settlers, many Native Americans have had to choose between assimilating into a White culture or preserving their heritage and ancestry. This essay will discuss public policy regarding Native Americans and provide some examples pertaining to ethnocentrism and cultural relativity.…
Not with all the good intentions of all the best American politicians, any policies devised to help a Native American Nation could succeed without the full understanding of the diverse cultures within these Native American Nations. Any Policy made in this era is doomed to failure.…
The relation between the early colonists and Native-American Indians through American settlers and Native-Americans changed so drastically due to many tragic factors. Although the biggest factor would have to be that the settlers saw the Native-Americans as savages and felt that they needed to alter their cultural ways to the European ways. The Sand Creek massacre and the Battle of Little Bighorn were two events that greatly affected the relations among the settlers and the Native Americans. These are only some of the numerous events that caused tension in the relationship between the American settlers and the Native-Americans.…
How is the Puerto Rican experience similar to that of the other Latin American immigrants to the U.S.? The experiences in the video portraying Puerto Ricans had several similarities to that of other Latin Americans immigrating to the U.S. The interviewers had similar stories as to either coming to the US with their parents or by their own choice. The one thing the two groups have in common is the experience of a language-barrier.…
A current issue involving the Native Americans and the federal government is the settling of Cobell vs. Salazar Lawsuit filed in 1996. The lawsuit alleged illegal conduct in the management of Native American money held in trust accounts and managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The trust was established to allow nontribal groups to use Native American lands. The trust contains money from oil and gas production, coal production, grazing leases, and timber sales.…
Greediness and the desire to expand more to the West, in order to acquire more lands, were the main reasons for conflict and wars between the white population of America and the Native American Indians. They could not mutually agree, as they both wanted the best for themselves. The Native Americans were sceptical towards the whites and the whites on the other hand didn’t trust the Native Americans. Many of the white population were running out of room on the East Coast of America. As the US believed in the concept of “Manifest Destiny”, which consisted in filling the whole continent with loyal white Americans, this would inevitably lead to conflict, as the Native Americans wouldn’t have anywhere to live. It must also be noted, the importance of religion in the Indian tradition, it was even considered as a way of communication with foreigners. Indeed, the Indian religion was profoundly different to that of whites, it involved a belief in the sacredness of the land. The chief of the tribe did not have a total power over the actions of his tribe. This was a good system, but the whites could not understand it. Hence, the…
Recount three historical events that illustrate the various relations between colonists and the Indians who were natives of the North American continent. What do these three events tell us about the various relations between colonist and Native Americans?…
The term ‘Hispanic’ recognizes people whose cultural ancestry lies first in Spain and then in the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America which comprises of Mexico, Central America and most of South America except Brazil, and several Caribbean nations. The term gained wide spread prominence only after the 1960s. (Jorge Iber, 2005:6). Spanish and Portuguese explorers and settlers began to arrive in America in the early 1500s. With the intermingling of different communities over the years, most of the Hispanics living in the United States are of mixed heritage. In social research, the definition of any ethnic or racial group always tends to be problematic. Although they are all referred to as a whole, the Hispanics are not a homogenous ethnic or racial group as is perceived by people across the world. The term in itself could be a suitable label for people who do not comprehend the intricacies of this varied population. Despite these romanticised notions of a common identity and political cohesion, first generation immigrants never used to identify themselves as Hispanics. They have always perceived of themselves as Cubans, Mexicans,…
The four Hispanic groups I am going to be writing about are Mexican American, Cuban Americans, Puerto Ricans, and El Salvadorians. The interesting part of these four groups is that they speak the Spanish language. When speaking Spanish, each of these four groups, have a different dialect; however, the spelling is the same, they are pronounced the same, the words have different meanings. In this paper, the following will be discussed: linguistic, political, social, economic, religious, and familial conventions of the four Hispanic groups that are living in the United States.…
Puerto Rico has a unique culture, which significantly is seen in the food, life style, music, and military.…
The experience of Mexican-Americans in the United States is both similar, yet different from other minority groups. They were treated much like the Irish-American and other newcomers of the ninetieth century. Mexican-Americans also like the Irish, soon made themselves indispensable in the first half of the twentieth century as cheap labor. Later in the last decade, they have felt pride began to make themselves a necessity in far more numerous ways to business, government, popular culture and art.…
We live in a world rounded with many cultures and languages. I’m part of the “American salad” which is made up of different races and ethnicities that includes Hispanics. Being Hispanic to me is the cultural that are induced into our lifestyles, the prioritize aspect of the bonding of family, and a strong volition to thrive without excuses. Being Hispanic is rationalized with one category, the language, but being Hispanic comes with more characteristics than just being prone with the ability to speak Spanish.…