Gustavo Garcia said‚ “I am glad I was able to tell the Supreme Court justices that they were a little confused in thinking that we are all wetbacks”. I remember the first time I heard the term‚ wetback. I was young‚ twelve years old in the sixth grade. I had gone to this elementary since kindergarten‚ and had the same classmates too. We were all friends‚ but as we got older we began to break into cliques. It did not seem like a big deal‚ we still talked to each other every now in then. One day while
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Perez Leydi 10-22-13 ‘’Cubans contribution to the South Florida’s cultures’’ As many people know the United States is habited by millions of Hispanic people from different parts of the world. The Hispanics have developed a great impact on the American community. Latin’s people have influenced the culture of United States in a impressive way. In any part of the country we can meet a Cuban‚ a Venezuelan‚ a Puerto Rican‚ etc. However‚ when we refer to the community of South Florida
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Finial Project ETH/125 December 22‚ 2013 Lydia Kerr Finial Project Diversity is an important part of American culture. Cultural diversity has helped to shape the way we live everyday as well as the different foods we eat. What really thought me about diversity is that it is not limited just too racial or ethnic groups but other minority groups. The new information I have learned about diversity still has not changed my views. I think it is important to learn about others cultures and backgrounds
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in a sort of comic way the concerns about immigration in California. It clearly highlights the idea from how Americans are dependent on Latinos. The main point of the film is what would happen if Latinos immigrants who are in here just disappear. It affects the economy and the state stops working missing the Mexican workers. In the movie when the Latinos disappear‚ Americans are lost and do not know how to do simple things in life‚ because they have some Latinos do it for them. This
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Growing up in Portland‚ Oregon‚ I remember knowing very few Hispanics. I come from a Spanish speaking culture: to be more specific my ethnicity comes from the country Guatemala. My parents have encouraged me to interact with my culture by taking me to events that are related to my country. I have been there multiple times and have seen where my roots were laid. My culture has taught me many things in life; it has taught me to love and cherish those around me. As Latinos‚ we tend to stick together
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Carthage‚ Missouri and see first-hand the cultural injustice for the Hispanic population. I must honestly admit‚ I too‚ was at once under the impression Hispanic people were of many various stereotypes out there; like‚ they are lazy‚ they all get food stamps‚ they are overtaking our country. I don’t know that I was ever that judgmental but maybe I was. Before moving to Carthage I had essentially no interaction with Hispanic people. I am embarrassed to say I relied on stereotypes to build my opinion
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depending on people’s race‚ class‚ and gender. I had three interviews with three individuals‚ the first one is Anthony a nineteen years old African American male‚ born and raised in California state. On the other side is Jennifer‚ a twenty-one-year-old Hispanic female‚ born and raised in Washington state. And finally Steven‚ Twenty-one years old Asian American homosexual. I did change the names in order to preserve privacy for them. As I stated before‚ I interviewed the three individuals Steven
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the United States. Whereas‚ Manuel Munoz’s audience are all Americans‚ especially whites in his essay‚ “Leave Your Name at the Border”. Munoz conquers the problem that assimilation causes through describing the coalesce of Spanish name in American culture. Munoz believes that assimilation has caused Hispanic Americans to become more and more Americanized by ignoring their culture. He uses names as an example of this to show how Hispanics who grew up in America changed their names to more Americanized
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article “Still Separate‚ Still Unequal-America’s educational apartheid‚” kozolool describes the reality of urban public schools and the isolation and segregation the students there face today in the American system. Jonathan Kozol illustrates the grim reality of the inequality that African American and Hispanic children face within todays public education system. In this essay‚ Kozol shows us with shocking statistics and percentages‚ just how segregated Americas urban schools have become. He also brings
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way of thinking (including its beliefs‚ values‚ and other assumptions about the world) and doing (its common patterns of behavior‚ including language and other forms of interactions). Also called symbolic culture. As mentioned above Latinos/ Hispanics have their own cultures and ways of doing things. For instance‚ their language; growing up in California I learned a lot of Mexican Spanish‚ but since moving here and meeting Latinos from El Salvador I hear a difference in speech. An example of this
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