The Hispanic community in the United States is multi-national one‚ representing many different nationalities from places as varied as the Caribbean‚ Central and South America. Despite this variety Hispanics share many of the same cultural views in terms of how to handle subjects such as childbirth‚ aging and disability. These shared cultural values effect the way how they utilize health care. In this paper we will discuss the cultural value of "familism" and how it relates to the usage of health
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Rican‚ Cuban‚ and Dominican immigrants‚ along with their American born descendants‚ occupy a unique place in the story of U.S. immigration. They are known by different names‚ come from widely divergent origins‚ and took many different paths in their journey to assimilation into the United States. This paper will examine the different linguistic‚ political‚ social‚ economic‚ religious‚ and familial conventions and statuses of the four Hispanic groups. The author’s goal is to identify the differences
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“The Hispanic community understands the American Dream and have not forgotten what they were promised…”(Marcos Rubio). In the American Education System‚ Hispanics students do not receive the same opportunities as American students. Hispanic students who come from a different country lack speaking the English language causing less understanding when it comes to speaking or listening. Hispanic students who go to school in the U.S‚ have a school dropout rate that is increasing due to the lack of understanding
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Before arriving to college I must declare that I thought being Hispanic or Latino did not matter in any way. Everything changed the moment people display interest about my origins‚ culture‚ and roots that I somehow began to embrace it. My experience being Latino in this country has made me more aware of how different people can be when they come from distinct nations‚ cultures‚ and ethnic groups. I think because we‚ Latinos‚ are often the target of degrading and limiting stereotypes and misrepresentation
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Racial Profiling Against Hispanics Racial profiling is the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense. Racial profiling against Hispanics includes people from North American‚ South American and Central Americans. An example of racial profiling against Hispanics is by the color of our skin‚ which the majority skin tone (Color) is brown but not all of them‚ some may be a different color and are Hispanics. Sadly‚ our identity is defined by the color of
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Alcohol Abuse among Hispanics Hispanics are the largest and most rapidly growing ethnic group in the United States‚ making up about 17 percent of the population‚ or more than 50 million people. Research shows that drinking patterns among Hispanics are different from those of non-Hispanic Whites and other ethnic or racial groups (National Institute of Alcohol and Alcoholism‚ 2015). Hispanics’ drinking problem is associated with low socioecomic status such as poverty and low education‚ acculturation
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During National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15) we recognize the contributions made and the important presence of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the United States and celebrate their heritage and culture. Hispanics have had a profound and positive influence on our country through their strong commitment to family‚ faith‚ hard work‚ and service. They have enhanced and shaped our national character with centuries-old traditions that reflect the multiethnic and multicultural customs
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The Hispanic Challenge According to Samuel P. Huntington‚ Mexicans and Hispanics are threats to American culture because the Anglo-Protestant culture is what originally started the United States of America‚ not Hispanics. Samuel believes the United States identity is being challenged by the large-scale of Mexican immigration‚ bilingualism‚ and failure to assimilate. Samuel argues that the contiguity encourages immigration and that it has steadily been increasing. The number of immigrants coming
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Hispanics in America America nowadays is knows as cultural diversity country and considered a home for many different cultures and races. The Hispanic term is not either a race or ethnicity‚ but is considered an American term use in USA to defined people who speak Spanish or their ancestors spoke Spanish at one point in their life. According to “U.S. Census 2000 State & County Statistical QuickFacts” “Hispanics or Latinos are those people who classified themselves in one of the specific Spanish
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Look Beyond the ’Latino" Label Precis Summary Gregory Rodriguez in the editorial‚ "Look Beyond the ’Latino’ Label"‚ argues that in order for the ’times’ to actually look beyond the ’Latino’ label like they claim they would like to‚ they need to stop overusing such vague terms such as ’Hispanics’ and ’Latinos’ and focus on discerning peoples differences. Rodriguez supports his claim by explaining how using‚ "these catchall terms undermine the accuracy of stories". For example‚ he describes how
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