Hispanic Beliefs

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Different people have different views of Hispanics. Hispanics are brown and illegal immigrants. Hispanics are lazy and drug addicts. Hispanics are gang members and steal American jobs from American citizens. Hispanics are Mexican. But we're simply not that is not what being Hispanic means. Being Hispanic is not living up to these views. Being Hispanic is to be hardworking, to continue on our parents work, to make it worth for our parents to leave everything they know and are familiar with to come to a new place and work for long hard hours for jobs that most Americans are overqualified for. Being Hispanic is having pride in the ability to speak two languages and our rich culture that has influenced many people all over the world.

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