Hispanic and Latino Americans

Q2: African Americans African Americans constitute the oldest ethnic minority in the IS that were forced to migrate from Africa. On their arrival in the US, they were sold for the purpose of the slave trade to white Americans, most of whom owned acres of plantations were the Negros or black, as they were cold then; were forced to work in extremely dire conditions. Forced into work for almost 12 to 15 hours in the fields, this slave labor force only received meals once a day, slept on the floor…

most overlooked people in the U.S., especially Latinos/as or those of Latino descent, and as a result the younger Latino population are the most disregarded people of all. However, many attempts are being done for the youth and more specifically the Latino youth to be heard. One person in particular, professor Mario T. Garcia of the university of Santa Barbara California, attempts to have the voice of Latino youth heard on his book titled, “The Latino Generation:…

environment, and social customs; and religion teaching leaves strong mark of our way of thinking right verse wrong. Most religion teachings aim at homosexuality as a “sin.” Catholic religion is wide spread among Latino communities; and biblical teaching is an everyday part of life. Latino people are more likely to attend religious gathering more regularly, and believe that homosexuality is not very much accepted by community.…

world affects their views. For instance, if your parents are conservative than most like you will be conservative. Therefore, this research will focus on a Hispanics as an ethnic group with a conflict when it come to political attitudes. Also, I will examine the current presidential elections to understand more about the political attitude. Hispanic culture involves having a sense great pride in their heritage. The problem…

American trade union leader, born March 31, 1927 near Yuma (Arizona) and died on April 23, 1993 in St. Louis (Arizona). Cesar Chavez was the founder of the unit of agricultural workers, who, since 1964, brought together migrant laborers, most of them Hispanic, to fight for the improvement of their working conditions. Cesar Chavez belonged to a family of Mexican immigrants employed in agricultural work. His childhood was stage a succession of fields of work between California and Arizona, which…

the 2010 census, when prompted about race identification, 37% of Latinos selected “some other race”. This means that at least 19 million people are being misrepresented, but why are so many people conflicted? The U.S. Census Bureau defines race as the social group a person identifies with, these include: White, Black, Asian, Native American, Pacific Islander, or Other. They also ask about ethnicity, whether a person is of Hispanic origin or…

Identity Crisis At first glance most would never think I am Mexican-American. Every person only finds out I am a Latina, when they read my name. Even though people think I am some Spanish girl, they do not realize I am actually a Mexican-American. Growing up I was never told that my ethnicity would ever have an effect on me. The term Latino and Mexican-American were the only terms I grew up knowing. Hispanic was a term that was forbidden in my house. It was viewed as a term that was meant to…

were elements of her identity that made her proud. Some of this elements were her race and culture, she has always been proud of being Hispanic but she was discriminated at her school because she was one of the only ten students that were Hispanic. However, in her community the story was different people thought she was becoming more American and was leaving her Latino culture behind. Yet, she did not care she didn't fit in either community she considered herself a proud Latina. Another element…

“We in the Hispanic community are truly tired of both the Democrats and the Republicans promising all of these things during campaigns and then forgetting about it after the campaigns are over. (“Why TV Anchor Jorge Ramos Swam Across The Rio Grande”). Jorge Ramos is a 58 year old Mexican/American journalist and author who is well known for spreading the Hispanic community’s rights and words. To me and many more Hispanics, he is a hero. Someone who doesn’t give up on us, but fights for us. Jorge…

Latinos will change the profile of American culture throughout the following two decades. The Hispanic population will develop much faster then any other ethnicity group in the United States, and Hispanic shoppers will speak to an expanding rate of the American buyer base. Through the first decade of the 21st century we have all supported a critical development of the Hispanic society in the United States. It is not unpredictable to say that the Hispanic are building up a solid and intense…