Gulf of Mexico

The thing that defines me in an essential way is the color of my skin, my ethnicity, and my heritage. Women with privilege who want a temporary bronzed summer glow covet my skin, yet for me, it is the first thing that everyone sees and what people use to stereotype me. As a Mexican-American woman in Southeast Texas, I often face different types of prejudice, stereotypes, and racism. As a young girl, it was rather difficult to feel comfortable with who I was, even though my ethnicity was…

Hot Springs National Park is located in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It was established March 4, 1921. It is the smallest of all the national parks and is the only one that is almost inside a whole city. Hot Springs National Park has attracted many tourist and is a great place to go visit. It is extremely pretty and has many interesting places to go to. Its most famous attraction is the bathhouses, water. That's what first attracted people, and they have been coming here ever since to use the soothing…

America may be recognized preeminently for its indigenous origins, cultural celebrations, ancient ruins, charismatic music and delightful food, but the media’s representation of Latin America wasn’t always ingenuous. Throughout the years, countries like Mexico, Nicaragua and Guatemala have been slandered in the media due to the high rates of crime and violence that occurs. As insightful as you may concur the media to be, their sources and information may not always be 100 percent true. Times of…

economically beneficial for the US by increasing the US’s trade with Mexico and Canada, adding millions of jobs to the US economy by increasing the efficiency of US companies, and decreasing prices of goods for American consumers. NAFTA has dramatically increased trade between its member nations of Mexico, Canada, and the US by stopping tariffs among the member nations and adding a better framework for trade. Trade with Mexico alone has increased quintupled while trade with non NAFTA nations has…

The state of Alabama just passed a law on December 1, 2011. H.B 56 is the new anti-immigrant law. This law means any illegal Hispanic immigrants within Alabama are allowed to be questioned and deported back to Mexico. To be able to prove to the state that you are not an illegal immigrant. The state checks birth certificate and more. This law states that an alien can’t enter, or attempt to enter, a business transaction within the state. It is a class C felony.…

One would be body language in business protocol. The textbook points to how those in Japan bow versus shaking hands and how “Latin Americans are generally very physical and outgoing in their expressions and body language” (Carpenter & Sanjyot, 2013). They may find bowing or just shaking hands odd or standoffish; they will embrace or even give you a kiss on the cheek. When thinking of a Latin American meeting someone from Japan, there would definitely be a challenge as you’re talking about two…

In the image of a mural painted by frank romero “Going to the Olympics, 1984” shows a beautiful painting done on the side of a Hollywood freeway. It was dedicated to the Olympics, it has 5 old model type cars with valentine hearts over each car, there are palm trees in the background as well he uses light pastel colors to give off the light cheery mood. On top in the sky of the mural are symbols as well; there is an iron, two men wrestling, a Good Year blimp, a stallion, and a mailing stamp.…

Furthermore, Minjarez paints this mural in his community which made up of Hispanic and other racial backgrounds to build a supportive and relatable connection with each other. He wants the public to think that the future for immigrants is a reachable and realistic one. It is a possibly chance for undocumented adults and children to obtain a citizenship, reducing unwarranted police checks or stops, keeping together families rather than separating them through deportation, these are all…

It seems like most everyone would love another reason to feel okay about eating chocolate. As a result, many people have tried to switch over to eating dark chocolate as a way to be healthier. There have been studies done that show dark chocolate is a more mindful alternative than milk chocolate. NPR and BioMed Central have each released articles stating their views on this matter. NPR is a popular reporting business that recently published an article over the effects of dark chocolate…

How Did Cabeza de Vaca Survive? Cabeza de Vaca is trekking through the humid green swamplands, and mosquito's are swooping into his nostrils for every breath he takes; he has to keep on going, or he will die. This is one of many challenges Cabeza de Vaca had to face in order to get back to Spanish colonization while he was exploring the land of Texas, and trying to find treasure and colonize. He had been through what many call the impossible, and hadn’t given up. Cabeza de Vaca survived by…