Hispanics form a significant portion of the millennials in the US. The number of Hispanic millennials in the past few years is proving to be an important indicator to the projections that whites will be minorities in the coming decades. Hispanics form approximately 20% of all millennials. It is expected that Hispanics shall, in the coming decades, account for 80% of the population growth in the U.S. Unlike other generations of Hispanics; the millennials are widely distributed in the country. In…
Comparing Hispanic celebrations to how it we celebrate in America Hispanic Americans have roots in Europe, Africa, South and Central America. This means that there is a wide population of Hispanics. Today, the Hispanic or Latino population in the United States is estimated 54 million people (cdcc.gov, 2013). The Hispanics have different ways to celebrate than we (Americans) do differently. American and Hispanic cultures have different ways to celebrate. Both the Hispanic culture and the…
Caucasian and the Hispanic. The white upper-class is represented by the Clasky family, and the Hispanic side is represented by Flor Moreno and her daughter, Cristina. The film does a good job in carrying the issue of multiculturalism in the United States, and the main conflict is the struggle of maintaining identity in a multicultural society. The struggle of maintaining an authentic Hispanic culture is seen through the character, Flor. Also embedded in this film are obvious Latin-American…
knowledge immigration Hispanics were among the first to migrate to the United States, and decades later they are still among the most recent immigrants. There are multiple reasons as to why this has come to be. Opposing popular belief, the land connection and proximity to Latin America is only a minor factor in the large portion of Hispanic immigrants in the United States. The great majority of Hispanics never attempt migrating to America. Only a minute portion of Latin Americans choose to…
In society everybody has to overcome challenges in their life. The biggest challenge we have to overcome as a society is the economical barrier. Particularly for the people who are born in the ghetto this barrier is huge to overcome; this world presents a lot of obstacles for the people who come from this environment because they are usually poor. In fact, everything bad that happens in our society is associated with these people just for the fact that they do not live up to certain standards.…
In the movie “the exiles”, Kent Mackenzie illustrates the urban life of a group of young American Indians living in Los Angeles after urban relocation. They struggle to overcome many obstacles and try to survive in the city, yet they all hold their own visions for their city life. Many American Indians left the reserve, hoping to find a good job, a nice home and education for their children (Rocky Mountain PBS). However, when they arrived at the city, they found that everything they knew was…
side of American history that is not being told is that of those who were in the land before the European first arrived. What many people don’t know or won 't accept is that Latino history is American history, and it is being left out of numerous history classes all across the U.S. There are countless people that have attempted…
“We in the Hispanic community are truly tired of both the Democrats and the Republicans promising all of these things during campaigns and then forgetting about it after the campaigns are over. (“Why TV Anchor Jorge Ramos Swam Across The Rio Grande”). Jorge Ramos is a 58 year old Mexican/American journalist and author who is well known for spreading the Hispanic community’s rights and words. To me and many more Hispanics, he is a hero. Someone who doesn’t give up on us, but fights for us. Jorge…
Orientation Identification: The terms “Hispanic” and “Latina/o” are normally interchangeable, even though most governmental and scholarly documents have a preference for the use of “Hispanic”, while religious affiliations and grassroots incline to the latter one[ Suzanne Oboler, Ethnic Labels, Latino Lives: Identity and the Politics of (Re)Presentation in the United States (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1995), 3.]. In the past decades, those terms have come into general use in the…
influenced connotation on where I’d prefer to live; however, ever since I was a little girl, I’ve always dreamed of living in California. California is a better place to live in because of the opportunities, diversity, and atmosphere. Although we, Americans, may live on the “land of opportunities,” that doesn’t necessarily mean that still everyone is given a justified opportunity. Arizona is currently ranked 48 in education, whereas California…