Being born in the Dominican Republic, and raced there until the age of nine. When I came to this country is was overwhelming. I did not speak the language, and adapting to a different culture was hard, but slowly it happened. In changing cultures, I also wanted to change the fact that I was Hispanic because others viewed me as being different in a bad way. I wanted to be Americanized, and I did. As I grew older, I started to understand where I come from and where my family comes from. Identifying myself as being Hispanic, and that being different is not a bad thing my eyes opened up but also showed me the disadvantages when it comes to criminal issues. For example stop and frisk. Black and Latinos/Hispanics were most likely to be stopped by
