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Life of a Hispanic
Chayanne Mendoza-Tello
English 440 Life of a Hispanic
Mrs. Crook
Mar. 22, 1010

Life of a Hispanic, is about my life as a Hispanic in California. First I will talk about my feelings about being hispanic and why I feel so proud of being from Mexican culture. Second,I will describe my family and talk about my role in the house,and how is it living with a hispanic family. Third, I will talk about my religion which is Catholic and my believes, and also why the majority of Hispanics are Catholics. And lastly I will describe a food we Hispanics eat and the preparation proses for that food. And talk about my favorite food, also I will talk about why we Hispanics eat spicy and hot foods, specially with chile's and salsas and why its not the same when we don't eat with chile's or salsas.

To start off, just thinking or hearing the word Hispano or Hispanic make me feel happy and proud inside. Its hard to explain why, well maybe not. I'm I'm proud of being a Hispanic because we have many values. For example, our culture is unique we have delicious food, we have Historic places for example, Teotihuacan Mexico, where the Aztec's are and also where the Aztecs used to make human sacrifices for their gods. Also one of my favorite places, I would have to say, would have too be Cancun Mexico. Cancun is like the perfect beach, with the warm sun hitting your face, the light warm sand touching your feet, and above all the water is the color see through turquoise pretty much crystal clear. Above all the wonderful values as a hispanic I have, The things that makes me feel proud of -1- being Hispanic is that even when people say we can't do something we show them we can. Theres a funny question saying, that go's like this “Are you a Mexican or a Mexicant”. For example the people that cross the border, I know thats not a good thing but from their point of view its a chance for a better life. Also people that argue that illegal immigrants should be disported, should think

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