Personal Narrative: South Lake Tahoe

I live in a small city called South Lake Tahoe in the state of California. The people in South Lake consider themselves locals as long as you have lived here for more than 10 years. However, locals consider our city a town. Our town is mainly a tourist town, skiers and snowboarders in the winter and campers in the summer. When somebody moves to South Lake Tahoe, it may only be for a few reasons; to be a ski bum, get out of the bay area, or family. The people that move here either make it or they do not because of financial reasons. It is very hard to make a decent living here. To say it short and simple, a person can move up here with money or they learn to live paycheck by paycheck. Our community is mostly Caucasians and Hispanics. According
However, they do treat Hispanics differently. I believe it is the way Hispanics portray themselves in our community. Hard to believe in our small town, we still have gang fights at our one and only high school. The gang fights always include Hispanics against Hispanics. Yesterday, my neighbor who attends the high school told me that a fight broke out and between two different Hispanic groups, ending with one boy in the hospital. I asked her why are they fighting against each other and her answer was, "The Mexicans are the only race in our town to have a problem with racism and discrimination. The Whites and Asians do not have a problem with anyone in school, but the Mexicans have problems with everyone, even their own race." My friend's response was a complete surprise to
Many counties already require students to take a second language. The program is called the Two-Way Immersion (TWI) Program. Over 100 people attended the meeting to learn more about the program. All the school board members had positive comments, while two community members who spoke against the program received very little to no applause. The meeting was put together by members of our community to help Whites and Hispanics communicate better. The members believe that a Spanish-English program would help our community. Being bilingual would open doors and minds to appreciate different languages and