academic prejudice and dire school conditions. In the film‚ it starts off by showing how the Mexican American culture is being completely ignored throughout the lectures of history in American schools. The students read about the wars that the Americans fought‚ when the teacher suddenly points out that it never once mentions Mexican Americans being part of that history. This shows how the majority of Americans‚ the school board of America‚ does not want to teach nor have an interest in the culture of the
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exaggerates and jumps from one period of his life to another. The characters of the story can relate to many young adults. Their experiences and the journeys of their lives are what most Hispanic teenagers go through. The 10 different stories explain the different themes shown throughout the book. The Hispanic community faces many problems and Diaz states a couple of them; gender immigration‚ violence‚ drugs‚ family‚ cultural identity‚ and the Latin experience. In the beginning‚ Yunior and Rafa
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school doing the same. Jeff believes that there is a problem with race and our community. He has a problem with section 8 housing and the “riff raff” that comes to our community from other towns. He also stated that he has a big problem with the Hispanics living in one house together; he believes this drives up the cost for others in the community. As far as people not like us in the community getting treated differently Jeff stated that he believes this does happen. He said “America is prejudice
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the primarily Caucasian ethnicity that is Wisconsin. There were no brats‚ no men that would fight over a disrespectful jibe at the great Clay Matthews‚ and glaring heat. Again though‚ no vivid memories on the subject of diversity besides the huge Hispanic culture. When the new century started is when my life in Wisconsin began. People here are used to the brats‚ the football‚ the brewers‚ fishing‚ sitting at the bar for awhile. In my opinion‚ although everyone is unique‚ Wisconsinites tend to be very
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socialization than education. In the reading he explains how he grew up being known as the other in an American society. Being the other not only means having a different skin complexion as somebody else‚ it is also having an accent‚ being a female or male‚ age‚ sexuality‚ religion and race‚ for example like it catholic churches if you are a Christian you would be the other‚ or if you are African American in a white community you would be the other. In the reading Arturo says “I have spent most of my
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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 the wife of a basketball player accused of a
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gets its name after the first superintendent in the school district and is known for its Fine Arts Academy. The population of students for this four year high school is 1‚617. In that population‚ the student body consists of 43% White‚ 5% Hispanic‚ 15% African American‚ and 7% Other. About 47% of the student body is economically disadvantaged and there is 12% in Special Education Programs. McCaullum High School was established in 1953 and definitely shows it. Walking through the hallways‚ I
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Case Study of Mario Abstract Counseling members of the Latino culture who reside in the United States comes with many challenges‚ as family structure‚ economic‚ and social factors influence an individual’s ability to cope with his new surroundings. In the case study of Mario‚ an examination of his US residency and the motivational role his family played in his relocation is crucial in determining his mental state and understanding of support. Latino men are generally hesitant to seek counseling
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bilingual education and the fundamental characteristics of the Latino community is a perfect way to begin a journey into the depths of the Spanish language and the culture surrounding it. To begin‚ before high school‚ I knew next-to-nothing about the Hispanic population nor Latino culture in the United
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us. This first semester I have learned a lot about myself. At first I wanted to become a Spanish teacher but just because it was the easy way out. I knew Spanish and Being a part of the Spanish clubbed helped me learn about the small amount of Hispanics in towns where the majority is white. In the city where I live here are
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