My Mexican Culture Analysis

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Not all african americans and white people have the same cultural. I Am Mexican, born in the united states but, i have been in Mexico most of my life.I miss one of the main parts of my culture, my language.
My first language is spanish, there is a lot of different type of spanish. Mine is Mexican spanish.I had to learn English to be able to defend myself in the United States.I hate that English is not my first language, sometimes people don't understand me.The only people I talk to in Spanish are my friends and family.My Spanish is not fluent, but I know more spanish than english.Everything would be better for me if more people new Spanish in the United States. I would able to order food in spanish.
One of my favorite thing about my culture is my food.Everyone has their own way of cooking .I personally prefer my spicy mexican food. I love posole, the way a explain what posole, is that is like a Mexican gumbo. There is a lot of different mexican food, for example poole, menudo, tamales, gorditas,tortillas, and much more. My grandfather had told that you are not a real mexican if you don't eat tortillas,beans and spicy food. Throughout the years i learned that what he had said was true.
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Maybe because i actually understand the lyrics of the song.Some people think that Mexican music weird. I understand because when i came here i thought the same thing about english music.Years passed and i know i like english music, is just that i don't understand it as well as hispanic music. In my culture there are a two women and two men that are the are history . Unfortunately Selena Quintanilla, Jenni Rivera and John Sebastian are now in a better place.in the other hand Vicente Fernandez is still alive but, he retairede on April 16 2016 because of his age. People still listen to all four of them. All mexicans are proud of

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