Communal Identity: Cultural Identities In Latin America

Great Essays
Sandra Jimenez
Cultural Identity Paper
January 18, 2017
Communal Identity My country El Salvador has a similar culture as the other counties in Latin America, and more specifically to other countries in Central America. Mestizo culture dominates the country, influenced by culture clash of ancient Mesoamerican and medieval Iberian Peninsula. In El Salvador, the official language is Central America Spanish. Less than one percent of the population speaks the Pipil language, in places such as Izalco and several other towns. English is taught as a second language, and is commonly spoken by business people, as the country is developing through globalization. Many Spanish who settled the country intermarried with the native Indian population and
…show more content…
My family have always encourage me in all types of situations and also religious because only God could guide me when I need it the most. My jobs and experiences did also helped me to shape me the person that I am right now. Every job I had always leave me with an extraordinary experience in my life that I made me to become a better person. When I was 15 years old, my life change because that is when I came to the United States. The interpersonal layer of meaning focuses on the dynamics of styles, intimacy, emotion, and role behaviors, the styles and sensibilities of specific people filling these roles may differ (17 pp). When I come to the United States, it start my new life styles, new country, new language, and new life. At the begging was very hard because I did not how to speak English, but when I started going to high school everything turn down smooth. Although not everything was happy, I went thru a difficult time because my friends in high school did not understand me and I did not understand them. Over the years, I got used to the new lifestyle in this country, and every experience helped me to mature more. I took bad decisions where, I had a boyfriend when I was 17 years old, and he was older than me. I got pregnant, and another life experience happen in my life, I was a new mother, in a new country where I did not know what to do in my life. My baby boy born healthy, but the doctor diagnosed me with a pre cancer cells in my cervix. I was devastated because now I had a big reason to be alive, I had a miracle in my life and I needed to be healthy for him. At the end, doctor cured me, and I was very bless with this country and the doctors too. Story elements is the simple terms of a narrative story. Stories are one of the earliest and most favored forms of communication, enriching the development of individual lives from childhood through adulthood and old age (32

Related Documents

  • Superior Essays

    “Spanglish” English such a complex language something spoken by many, and yet many others yearn to learn it. That was me a young and fragile girl who yearned to understand a foreign language, a language that other kids spoke. Although I was born in the United States I was not born speaking the native language – English. As early as I can remember, Spanish was what I spoke, heard, and understood.…

    • 1263 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Latin American nations experienced periods of political and economic instability. Their condition was in such decay and disorganized, that foreign governments decided to intervene and remedy the situation, even though those efforts proved to have little success. European and the United States used the situation to their advantage by fulfilling their political and economic desires, rather than fix the problem at hand. They did try to remedy the problem, but inevitably, the nations had to fix it themselves. Politically, European and United States intervention caused a sense of nationalism and patriotism within each Latin American nation.…

    • 159 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    You need to know about your own cultural identity in order to be culturally competent. I have to understand my own beliefs and values in order to know how these influence me on acknowledging and understanding other people’s beliefs and values. Every person has experienced a number of different key life events that automatically influence the way you see the world. All of these experiences shape our beliefs, values and attitudes.…

    • 305 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    The recent changes made by the 2020 Census, which would move Latinos into the race category, brings forward the discussion whether Latinos should be considered a race or an ethnicity. Even though society projects a single stereotype of what it means to be a Latinos, the Latino community is actually extremely diverse with no physical characteristics bounding them together instead the shared experience of being a Latino is the United States ties this heterogeneous group together. This understanding of each other on a cultural level and not on a physical appearance level is what makes Latinos an ethnicity and not a race. While the Latino community contains a variety of people with different cultures, customs, races, and nationalities, they are…

    • 1684 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    “ Distinguishing Cultures” For many people culture is about traditions, beliefs, values and cuisine. All cultures are defined by where they come from, what they eat, and their way of living. The Hispanic and American culture are two of the most diverse among us. Each culture is unique in their own way while they all share one strong similarity.…

    • 678 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The central theme of this book is that you can’t understand the huge Latino presence in the United States if you do not understand the US role in Latin America, the Latino presence in the country is, in fact, a product of the harvest of empire. This presence is the result of over a century of domination. Most of the immigrants came from countries that were more dominated by the United States. Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Salvador and Guatemala are the countries from which there has been a mass migration. The majority of them are fleeing civil wars, as in the cases of Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador, where the US government States played a key role in supporting one group or another.…

    • 279 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Many changes have occurred regarding education, altering what is taught, how material is taught, and what material is no longer available to be taught. The removal of course material that is offered to students is not uncommon in educational institutions, however, the material removed is that with usually very little educational or cultural significance. Seeing as Mexican-American Ethnic studies was not drawing enough student interest, some schools had begun to drop Mexican-American ethnic studies from their course catalogue. The results of this action came as a shock, as many individuals were outraged and took action in many different manners, barring the question: should educational institutions consider reinstating Mexican American Ethnic…

    • 1092 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    This is a subject that hits closer to home as I am sure it may for a few of my other classmates. Cancer is rising in all aspects and in all races; the Hispanic/Latin culture is one of them having cancer surpass heart disease as one of the leading amongst the culture. Although the percentages have slightly dropped they are still higher than any other chronic disease, I have had to deal with this in my own life having my father fall ill to two of the four common (brain and lung) forms of it and know and understand more about this generational scourge. Most of the disparities are as common in the Hispanic culture as they are in any other such as lack of quality health care, location, affordability or even being able to obtain proper insurance.…

    • 337 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Amanda, Nice job explaining several Hispanic cultural beliefs in your post. I wanted to add a couple that I also found interesting. According to Smith (n.d.), the way a healthcare provider greets a Hispanic patient and family member may convey respect or disrepect. She recommends greeting patients and their family members using a title and their full name for the first greeting. For example, saying "Hello Julio" is considered disrespectful, while saying, "Hello Senor Julio Perez" conveys respect.…

    • 366 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Coming to America as an immigrant was not simple especially when there's lot of differences from eating to how people think and interact with others on daily basis. It was a big transition not only for me but for my entire family and getting adjusted to the American vibes was difficult. My father was the first one to come here all the way from India in search of a job, and then when situation improved we ended up moving here as well. I started schooling as an 8th grader which was like jumping in the midst of an ocean with no one to help you. The social life, making friends proved very tough for me especially coming from a totally different background with cultural and traditional differences that no one understood which continued in high school as well.…

    • 674 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In order to have an experience of a culture other than my own I immersed myself within the Mexican-American culture. On the evening of July 21, 2016 I attended St. John the Baptists Catholic Church in Longmont Colorado during the Spanish speaking service. The service began at 6:00 pm, so I arrived about 15 minutes early to make sure I was seated prior to the service beginning. As I parked the car there was not a lot of people there but it was a weekday so attendance was lower than what a typical Sunday service would be.…

    • 437 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Mexico Personal Narrative

    • 622 Words
    • 3 Pages

    During the summer between my junior and senior year of high school, I realized I am Mexican. On one side of my family my grandparents are completely white but on the other side my grandparents are 100% Mexican. I grew up making tamales at Christmas and I learned about my culture. My grandparents who were born in Mexico came to the United States by walking across the border. I admired my grandparents’ strength and courage and they helped me understand the idea of The American Dream.…

    • 622 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    members from migrating themselves thus risking their lives. In the meantime, as long as there is no viable pathway to citizenship for immigrants who are without substantial means and lack of reforms continue to practically nonexistent, illegal immigrants will remain in a limbo. On the other hand, many American citizens have a difficult time dealing with and accepting people who speak a language other than English in the United States. Many Americans feel that if you live in their country, you should speak the language and at times are very intolerant.…

    • 932 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Oedipa Maas Symbolism

    • 1410 Words
    • 6 Pages

    What are stories? This question is difficult to answer because there are many different directions that one could go with it. People are involved in stories, they make them up, shape them, and have the potential to be shaped by them. Stories are accounts of fictional or real individuals and events told for informational purposes or just as entertainment, often giving one a glimpse into a different world and leading the imagination down infinite paths. People everywhere are constantly telling true stories about their own lives and experiences.…

    • 1410 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Race is associated with biology of human beings, whereas ethnicity is associated with the origin and culture. An individual coming into a society where his ethnicity and race is unfamiliar, an opportunity is open for both the individual and the population of that society to learn and get to know each other. It is imminent that the people of different racial backgrounds, especially multi-ethnic groups, will face all kinds of stereotypes when coming to a new society that is completely unfamiliar with the physical features, culture, traditions and world view of that ethnic group. However, that can be rectified with positive involvement and communication in different areas of that society. Individuals coming from various ethnic and racial backgrounds…

    • 767 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays