Black Hispanic and Latino Americans

Black Pride with Brown Pride African Americans and Latinos have always felt like they have been ostracized from society, for which I believe to be true considering we have always been the minorities in this country, however despite these adversities we seem to show great compassion and understanding to each other because we can relate through our livelihoods. We tend to always stay in one general area despite our culture’s way of life, our social standards, or our marginally different religions…

the 2010 census, when prompted about race identification, 37% of Latinos selected “some other race”. This means that at least 19 million people are being misrepresented, but why are so many people conflicted? The U.S. Census Bureau defines race as the social group a person identifies with, these include: White, Black, Asian, Native American, Pacific Islander, or Other. They also ask about ethnicity, whether a person is of Hispanic origin or…

riddled with misfortune for those who have some pigmentation in their skin. African made in to slaves, Asians lured under pretenses of money only to end up in mines or working on the railroad tracks, Latinos escaping the cartel to end up being pushed around, and the list goes on. We see the Latino and Black community being smeared while the white community is depicted as successful, and above the violence. The cultural development that I have noticed in the past twenty five years is the racial…

70’s, blacks throughout the U.S. were really impoverished and they kept fighting for urban social order and economic equality, however the government completely ignored them. Instead of answering their pleas for help, the government chose to attempt to instill “proper values of work and marriage in black men and…

HISTORY In 1848, the victorious United Stated acquired a large part of Mexican territory, along with it, thousands of residents who were offered American Citizenship as a part of the treaty ending the war. Legal citizenship for Mexican Americans was one thing; equal treatment turned out to be quite another. Many would lose their land to unfamiliar American laws, or to swindlers. With the loss of land came the loss of status. HERNANDEZ VS. TEXAS In 1950, Pedro Hernandez, a migrant cotton…

members of a group (Dictionary). Latino stereotypes are no different. Charles Ramírez-Berg lists six basic Latino stereotypes that were prevalent then and are still used today. They were first popularized in the 1900s; they twisted the public’s view on Latinos and gave Latinos a negative reputation. One movie in particular that depicts Latinos as the “bad guy” in an unfair manner is West Side Story. West Side Story tells the tale of Romeo and Juliet with a Hispanic twist. The Capulets and the…

Participants Similar to the Martin, Bradford, Drzewiecka & Chitgopekar, (2003) study, data will be collected from a group of 300 or more white college students from the Midwest region of America. Additionally, data will be collected from 300 or more black college students from the southeast region of America. Specifically, students from Luther college and NCA&T university will be assessed by using a questionnaire from Martin, Bradford, Drzewiecka & Chitgopekar, (2003) study that was modeled…

Furthermore, Latino media in America also has a strong influence over how populations are perceived in a society. In “Closing the Telenovela’s Borders: Vivo por Elena’s Tidy Nation,” scholar Adriana Estill analyses Latino telenovelas as a platform where “nationality, nationalism, and Nation are produced and reproduced” (Estill 75). Through government involvement and censorship, telenovelas can create “an ideal space where the ideal citizen is constructed and disseminated” (Estill 85). Racial…

population in New York, NY was roughly 8,175,133. According to the Census Quick Facts Sheet, the racial population consists heavily of three races in 2010: White alone (44.0%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (28.6%), ending in Black or African American (25.5%). The remaining races all fall under 15%: American Indian and Alaska Native (0.7%), Asian (12.7%), Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (0.1%), Two or more races (4.0%). Segregation trends between 1980/1990 and 2010 Exposure…

toward in my observations. These fairy tales and fables attract a wide range of all students from all the races and gender. Moving to my next variable, I chose Black Protagonists. This is an underrepresented group with only 15 books available to the students. I chose this variable because even though there is only one African American student in the class she needs to see people who look like her represented in books and stories. Having said that, there are 17 children in the classroom who…