Identity is the element of existence who or what an individual is. When someone asks me who am I? The response given is that I am a mother something I consider my primary identity. Yet this a recent occurrence within the last two years as my daughter is my only child. Before my primary identity was an inclination of nationalism. My introduction would be that I am Puerto Rican as well as Cuban-Chinese. As then I would I identify as Latina.
Latina is defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “A woman or girl who is a native or inhabitant of Latin America or a woman or girl of Latin-American origin living in the United States” (). Latina to me has been a woman who comes from Latin American descent and identifies with that culture. Latin America …show more content…
Crotona Park East in the South Bronx is a prominently Latin American neighborhood and a poverish one as well. Although it may have a negative outlook to experience what is within is quite different. Latino in New York is embracing traditions that one withheld in our origin countries. Things that resembles family ideals, food, linguistics and moral ethics are something that is brought over just as our grandparents or …show more content…
She loved performing and although she wasn’t what the critics wanted she had talent. A skilled dancer with the work ethics of a Latina woman. My Cuban Abuelo had his own standard and ethics when he come from Cuba. While he had a green card visa to obtain education it was not to last long yet he found solace within my Abuela. During the 1950s this Latino couple followed the American Dream standards. My Abuelo worked in a dry cleaning business while my Abuela tended to the home and raised my father, her first and only child. Yet the American Dream standard did not last long due to a divorce between the two. That is when the Latino aspect of my Abuela shifted into one of her own. In Puerto Rico she was a smart talented performer and was Bilingual yet in America she was only qualified to get a job in a factory making handbags and putting labels on clothing. This shift created a different lifestyle my Abuela was use to because it was not a custom she learned. Her skill set was seen as she was only capable of working within a factory and not her full potential. This is something that we can call
Latina is defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “A woman or girl who is a native or inhabitant of Latin America or a woman or girl of Latin-American origin living in the United States” (). Latina to me has been a woman who comes from Latin American descent and identifies with that culture. Latin America …show more content…
Crotona Park East in the South Bronx is a prominently Latin American neighborhood and a poverish one as well. Although it may have a negative outlook to experience what is within is quite different. Latino in New York is embracing traditions that one withheld in our origin countries. Things that resembles family ideals, food, linguistics and moral ethics are something that is brought over just as our grandparents or …show more content…
She loved performing and although she wasn’t what the critics wanted she had talent. A skilled dancer with the work ethics of a Latina woman. My Cuban Abuelo had his own standard and ethics when he come from Cuba. While he had a green card visa to obtain education it was not to last long yet he found solace within my Abuela. During the 1950s this Latino couple followed the American Dream standards. My Abuelo worked in a dry cleaning business while my Abuela tended to the home and raised my father, her first and only child. Yet the American Dream standard did not last long due to a divorce between the two. That is when the Latino aspect of my Abuela shifted into one of her own. In Puerto Rico she was a smart talented performer and was Bilingual yet in America she was only qualified to get a job in a factory making handbags and putting labels on clothing. This shift created a different lifestyle my Abuela was use to because it was not a custom she learned. Her skill set was seen as she was only capable of working within a factory and not her full potential. This is something that we can call