Plantain

Key Informant (KI) is number one 40 years old Register Nurse from Palmetto General Hospital who work in 7th floor Women’s Health. She was Cuban émigré and for last ten years lived in Hialeah. She is married and native language is Spanish. Bachelors of Science in Nursing one year ago. During the interview series questions was asked about community. Key Information two is a 30-year-old white Cuban American female receptionist from. The Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program in Hialeah. She…

yourself dizzy, you can cure yourself by spinning back around in the opposite direction. A new grief will put the old one out of your mind. Make yourself lovesick by gazing at some new girl, and you're old lovesickness will be cured. Romeo- The plantain leaf is excellent for…

countries, and what we offer here in California is often a more Americanized version of the food. However with that being said, this cuisine has become hugely popular amongst Californians. Also, several of our tropical fruits such as mango, papaya, plantains, and pineapple come from South America. Again, without the immigration of Hispanics, our state would be lacking this delicious cuisine and would be missing out on these wonderful flavors of the…

Who Am I ? “Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” Dr. Seuss once wrote this poem which was music to my ears growing up. It fascinated me to think that in this gigantic world filled with 7 billion people that I was the only Amanda A Laryea to ever walk its surface. Until about 8 years later on a random Facebook search, I found about four other individuals who share my name. However, our similar names do not connote similar personality…

In this essay I hope to first examine the African/African American experience in the 17th and early 18th centuries. I want to explain the different cultural features of the African communities from which the African slaves came. I’m going to look at who were the victims of the slave trade and why the marginalized Africans being stolen to America, what the middle passage was, what the slave experience was, how did the experiences of the Plantation slaves differ from the small farm slaves, and…

Imagine starting a new school, in a new state, maybe even a new country. On the first day of class looking around, seeing you 're the only one whose skin color is not white, you’re the only one with dark curly hair, and you 're the only one who “doesn’t belong.” Upon entering the classroom you hear comments like “It 's a Mexican”, “Do you even speak English?”, “How did you cross the border?” That 's what students like Natalia Martinez, Genesis Garcia, Kendrick Rosado, and I had to deal with when…

Q3: Why did the Columbian Exchange make it easier for the expansion of Europeans into the New World? Understanding how the Columbian Exchange worked and why it was significant to both the Old World and New World is the most important conversation to have. The essay defines the Columbian Exchange as an “artificial re-establishment of connections through the commingling of Old and New World plants, animals, and bacteria.” The author is describing how the two different societies combined their…

Thousands of years ago, blacks were held against their will to suffer in the pain of slavery, unfair Federal policies, and racial discrimination. They were stripped away from their families, worked to literal death, and treated as creatures. Treated as property, and dehumanized by the races that felt they were superior due to society. There were many events that occurred that assisted in the development of such issues at this time, however specifically the Civil War. African Americans were…

consists of four main components: rice, beans, a side, and some sort of meat. For example, “Rope Vieja” which literally translates to “old clothes” is shredded beef simmered in tomato sauce that is served with rice, beans, and either yucca or fried plantains. |Another cultural aspect of the Cuban people is their music. Latinmusic.about.com tells us that Cuba has had the greatest influence on today’s Latin music. In continuation, Cuban music is considered the melding of African rhythms and…

January, with a depth of around 13km. This relatively shallow depth meant that most of the energy of the earthquake was released close to the surface, resulting in a devastating catastrophe. The event was first thought to be related to the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault but actually occurred on the newly discovered Leógâne fault located near the Caribbean and North American tectonic plate boundaries.…