Cultural diversity is a major epidemic in this world today. There are many small towns that do not want to deal with the diversity of people and do not want to accept diversity into their community. My community‚ which is known as Princeton‚ was developed in the early 1800 ’s‚ and we are one of those communities. The most common issues with cultural diversity are race and gender. Although the majority of people in my community feel that the days of cultural diversity are long gone‚ I would have
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Spanish-speaking people that originate from Latin America‚ Central America‚ or South America together as one ethnic group referred to as Hispanics or Latinos. Cultural interests identified for each of these four groups will consist of their own group’s linguistics‚ political status‚ social status‚ economic status‚ religious status‚ and familial conventions. The first Hispanic group we will explore is Columbian Americans. Sturner (2012)‚ “Spanish is the language of most Colombian-American households in
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groups in America. The term Latino also includes people from central America‚ South America‚ Dominicans‚ etc. The chapter further goes into explaining how the terms Latino and Hispanic are adjectives that describe people from different countries‚ but those people would never describe themselves by these terms. The term Hispanic refers to the influence of Spanish culture and language and then Latino/ Latina refers to former colonies of Spain. Nationality is very important to Latinos because it helps
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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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in this country. Latino are not working fields a major part the agriculture in this country. Latinos are also becoming the Teachers‚ lawyers‚ and doctors. As well as the congressmen‚ and leaders of communities. According to the 2010 cencus “Hispanics in California make up 37% of the population” You can imgine the influence the Latino vote has. And this is not counting the ilegeal immagrants who are not accounted for. Companies know the influence latinos have on the economy. Now a days you
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Diversity Darrell Seckendorf ETH/125 12/11/12 Betsy Daniels Diversity In the following pages I will be exploring what I have learned about diversity. I will delve into how I came to understand diversity‚ and then discuss my own culture as it relates to diversity. I will discuss the trend in the United States as it pertains to the population and what challenges
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families in order to reflect the general migration story of the larger groups. Thus‚ these individual portrayals serve as representations of the larger collection of immigrants. In the third section Gonzalez discusses several topics relating to Hispanics living in the United States. The topics include politics‚ immigration‚ language and culture‚ free trade‚ and the state of Puerto Rico. His theory is that different societies exist as a result of the historical antecedents to our modern society. In
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was suburban‚ and the "whitest" high school in the region. Here the student body was comprised of non-Hispanic whites (83 percent)‚ Hispanics (7 percent)‚ Asians (5 percent)‚ Filipinos (2 percent)‚ and African Americans (2 percent). The other‚ "Clavey High‚" was metropolitan and more thoroughly multiracial--African American (54 percent)‚ Asian American (23 percent)‚ white (12 percent)‚ Hispanic (8 percent)‚ Filipino (2 percent)‚ Pacific Islander (1 percent)‚ and Native American (1 percent). Perry
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trying to support a family. That’s one of the goals that most Asians wants to succeed. Well‚ that’s everyone’s goal that actually cares. Not only Asians are the only one that are being judge by their appearance or race‚ but some Hispanics too. Just because they’re Hispanic doesn’t mean they “cross the border.” Just
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presented us with the picture of the funny Hispanic maid.” I come from a Mexican family and throughout my whole life have also experienced some form of stereotyping. I was born in Mexico and came to the United States when I was eight. Some people assume that my family was poor in Mexico and that’s the reason why we came here‚ and that’s completely wrong. My parents were teachers‚ we had a decent house and we had a car. The most common one that most Hispanic girls have to deal with is being asked
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