number of Hispanic Gangs. Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the United States. Between 2000 and 2003 the Hispanic population increased 13% from 34.7 million to 39.9 million. The 2001 National Youth Gang Survey reported that 49% of all gang members were Hispanic. These statistics are quite alarming considering the fact that Hispanic immigrants coming into the United States illegally are not included in these surveys. As the number of both legal and illegal Hispanic immigrants
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Religion & Spirituality in the Native American Culture When the topic of the beliefs of the Native American culture arises‚ most people have generally the same ideas about the culture’s beliefs: they are very strong. Being part Native American myself‚ from the Cherokee tribe‚ I was raised to know my culture pretty well and follow the same beliefs that they teach and follow. One thing f that my grandma‚ who is the great-granddaughter of a Cherokee Chief‚ instilled in me is the importance of
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What problems did Hispanics‚ Native Americans and Women face in 1945 and how far had these been overcome by 1968? Blacks weren’t the only people to face extreme discrimination‚ they also weren’t the only people who were being treated unfairly. Hispanics‚ Native Americans and Women all face some type of discrimination in the year of 1945. In this essay I will explain what types of problems they went through‚ how they dealt with them and if any‚ what solutions they came to. Women were amongst
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essay Hispanics to Americans Cultural diffusion By: Emma Stone “Hello my name is Pablo” said one boy Or better put “Hola me llamo Pablo” Hispanic culture is everywhere and so is their culture‚ music‚ dance‚ food‚ languages‚ and art. If you take the Hispanics out of America you are also taking out very famous artists and actors such as George Clooney‚ Shakira‚ and Jennifer Lopez. But the entire Hispanic culture is not just made up of famous actors
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The Psychological Effects of the Evolving Forms of Architecture: Reflection Paper on the Documentary on Pre-Hispanic Architecture In reaction to the documentary on Pre-Hispanic architecture in the Philippines‚ pre-Hispanic architecture includes various factors affecting its structure and arrangement such as the geographical location and topographical features of its location and religious affiliations. Where the early Filipinos resided and habituated‚ whether along the coastlines or on top of
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INTO THE DEPTHS OF SPIRITUALITY: CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON LITERARY MYSTICISM By E.J. Caoile‚ C.L. Castilla‚ W.M. De Guzman‚ C.T. De Torres & G.A. Dimasin Filipinos are known to be religious and inclined to spirituality‚ and it is needless to say that they believe that there is more to life than what meets the eye. They understand that things that concern spirituality exist‚ though they are intangible. Being a Christian nation‚ Filipinos possess beliefs about life and death that accords with what
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Research Proposal: Hispanics and Immigration Reform Jose M. Peralta American Military University Introduction Inscribed on a bronze plaque of the Statue of Liberty is the poem The New Colossus by Ezra Lazarus. In the poem the poet states “…Give me your tired‚ your poor‚ your huddled masses yearning to be free‚ the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these‚ the homeless‚ tempest-tossed me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” (Lazarus‚ n.d.) But since the events of September 11
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Joshua Wohlgemuth A Tale of Two Cities: The Victorian Era and the Abandonment of Spirituality Throughout the early to mid 19th Century‚ a new and cultural age took hold of Europe‚ specifically Great Britain with the commencing of the Victorian Era. Marked by impressive achievements such as the Industrial Revolution‚ La Belle Epoque‚ and the beginnings of an urban middle class‚ this era was also plagued with child labor‚ poor hygiene‚ prostitution‚ the constant class distinctions‚ and a bloody revolution
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book His Panic: Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S. written by Emmy-award-winning journalist Geraldo Rivera. Rivera has truly emerged as a true warrior in defense of the Latino community and immigrant rights by dissecting and clarifying several myths that feed the anti-immigrant prejudice against the growing number of United States-born and foreign-born Latinos in our nation. One of the most obvious untrue assumptions surrounding immigrants is that Latinos are more prone to crime than their
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the Hispanic community in San Antonio is fairly low considering the growth that has been made in terms of population. The Hispanic community has been growing in great quantities since Texas was annexed into the United States. The Hispanic community has had many struggles trying to assimilate into the lifestyle of the American culture‚ especially in gaining higher socioeconomic status. There Hispanic community within San Antonio has tended not to see a lot of upward mobility. When Hispanics experience
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