Glum, Julia. “Hispanics in America: Latinos ' Optimism about Racism Tied To History Could Change In Future” International Business Times. December 17, 2014. Accessed November 16, 2016. http://www.ibtimes.com/hispanics-america-latinos-optimism-about-racism-tied-history-could-change-future-1761697
Vasquez, Tina. “I’ve experienced a new level of racism since Donald Trump went after Latinos.” The Guardian. September 9, 2015. Accessed November 16, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/09/donald-trump-racism-increase-latinos
Valencia, Nick. "My Encounter with Anti-Latino Racism." CNN. November 3, 2011. Accessed November 16, 2016. http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/29/opinion/valencia-racism-latino/index.html.
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As the title says, this article tells the story of an individual of Latino descent who experienced the act of racism in a public place while he was enjoying of a pleasant day with friends. Valencia wrote the beginning of the article with the hurtful words he heard from a person he 's never met before, a stranger to him, “Go home! “She yelled at me.” Why don 't you go back home to Mexico before you ruin this country like you ruined your own"(Valencia 1). Anyone would feel destroyed with those words directed to them. Valencia was shocked that racism still exists in this 21st century. As everybody has the right of freedom of speech, people use this privilege as an excuse to not care about the insults they say. Racism does not stay with one person, the crowd will sadly follow. The unique perspective and evidence this article contributes to the sensitive topic of racism in the country, is the personal statement of Valencia whom had the bad luck to experience this. The words “before you ruin this country like you ruined your own” make reference to historical events from 1846 to 1848 when Mexico loses territory due to the proclamation of the Treaty of Guadalupe …show more content…
The second article called Hispanics in America: Latinos ' Optimism about Racism Tied to History, Could Change In Future gives us statistics of Mexicans being the social group with more optimism in the country, but also the ones who are losing the encouragement due to racist stereotypes. Van Tran, an associate sociology professor at Columbia University in New York, writes about “Immigrants tending to be more optimistic in general. Coming to the U.S. inherently gives people a positive outlook” (Tran, 4) Hispanic immigrants migrate to the United States looking for a better quality in their lives. They arrive with a positive view of things, but that perspective disappears once they start getting insulted by people because of their cultural background. Tran explained that “as Hispanics experience "racialization “where society stereotypes them. As they start seeing how Americans treat them, views will become more pessimistic.” (Tran,5). No Hispanic will keep that optimistic view of things if people start stepping on their dreams and desire to live in a country with new opportunities. The perspective Tran needed to portray in her article was the progressive decrease of optimism in Hispanics. Pessimistic feelings that are filling their hearts, not letting them progress for a better future in the United States. Latinos are being discouraged by the
Vasquez, Tina. “I’ve experienced a new level of racism since Donald Trump went after Latinos.” The Guardian. September 9, 2015. Accessed November 16, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/09/donald-trump-racism-increase-latinos
Valencia, Nick. "My Encounter with Anti-Latino Racism." CNN. November 3, 2011. Accessed November 16, 2016. http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/29/opinion/valencia-racism-latino/index.html.
Anyone who thinks …show more content…
As the title says, this article tells the story of an individual of Latino descent who experienced the act of racism in a public place while he was enjoying of a pleasant day with friends. Valencia wrote the beginning of the article with the hurtful words he heard from a person he 's never met before, a stranger to him, “Go home! “She yelled at me.” Why don 't you go back home to Mexico before you ruin this country like you ruined your own"(Valencia 1). Anyone would feel destroyed with those words directed to them. Valencia was shocked that racism still exists in this 21st century. As everybody has the right of freedom of speech, people use this privilege as an excuse to not care about the insults they say. Racism does not stay with one person, the crowd will sadly follow. The unique perspective and evidence this article contributes to the sensitive topic of racism in the country, is the personal statement of Valencia whom had the bad luck to experience this. The words “before you ruin this country like you ruined your own” make reference to historical events from 1846 to 1848 when Mexico loses territory due to the proclamation of the Treaty of Guadalupe …show more content…
The second article called Hispanics in America: Latinos ' Optimism about Racism Tied to History, Could Change In Future gives us statistics of Mexicans being the social group with more optimism in the country, but also the ones who are losing the encouragement due to racist stereotypes. Van Tran, an associate sociology professor at Columbia University in New York, writes about “Immigrants tending to be more optimistic in general. Coming to the U.S. inherently gives people a positive outlook” (Tran, 4) Hispanic immigrants migrate to the United States looking for a better quality in their lives. They arrive with a positive view of things, but that perspective disappears once they start getting insulted by people because of their cultural background. Tran explained that “as Hispanics experience "racialization “where society stereotypes them. As they start seeing how Americans treat them, views will become more pessimistic.” (Tran,5). No Hispanic will keep that optimistic view of things if people start stepping on their dreams and desire to live in a country with new opportunities. The perspective Tran needed to portray in her article was the progressive decrease of optimism in Hispanics. Pessimistic feelings that are filling their hearts, not letting them progress for a better future in the United States. Latinos are being discouraged by the