Puerto Vallarta

Spanish. Speaking broken Spanish to my parents is perfectly fine, but speaking it to my Puerto Rican relatives is a whole different story. Their vocabulary and pronunciation is so distinct to mine. Hand gestures were key components to use in order for them to understand me. This used to be frustrating, to the point that I would rather bypass the conversation. I was not always this excited. In fact, when I went to Puerto Rico with my family for the first time, I was mostly scared then excited.…

When the hip-hop era started back in 1970s in Bronx, New York, it was arguably predominately for African Americans. Now days, hip-hop are becoming more universal with different types of ethnicities. We see different types of ethnicities with hip-hop culture of graffiti, break dancing, and rapping. For example, the film 8 Mile and Step Up is about B-Rabbit and Tyler Gage who are both white pursuing hip-hop cultures such as break dancing and rapping. Both B-Rabbit and Tyler had struggles such as…

While talking with Jessica she was well mannered with perfect posture. She spoke loudly and thought about her responses before she spoke. Jessica smiled during the entire interview and spoke with positive enthusiasm. She explained that she moved to the U.S. for family opportunities with work. Jessica is a visual learner who needs a lot of modeling to help her understand the lesson. She struggles with her speaking and pronunciation. Several points in the interview I noticed that she would skip…

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…

The American Temperament of Exceptionalism and Egalitarianism Egalitarianism in the United States of America has not always been a philosophy that has been met with much popularity. Minority groups like African Americans, Latinos, homosexuals, women, the poor and others, have all had to fight to gain access to an equal territory regarding rudimentary civil liberties. America was established on Thomas Jefferson’s idea of unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.…

Barbara’s quote is shown in the story, “The Lottery”, by Shirly Jackson. “The Lottery is about a small village that has a strange custom. Every year, before the harvesting season, they hold a drawing, or a lottery. At the beginning of the story, it seems innocent enough, but as the story goes on, it becomes apparent that the drawing may be a little more sinister than previously believed. In a twist ending, one of the women in the town, who wins the lottery, is the target of a stoning that was…

Smoke Signals (1998) is an independent film that deals with the controversial and serious topics of family, anger, guilt, alcoholism, and tradition, delivering them in an understanding and heartfelt way. Even though this movie was released 17 years ago, it gives a fresh take on how the Native Americans may be living on the reservations now. Director Chris Eyre presents a thrilling and dramatic view of Victor and Thomas’s relationship on the reservation and their interactions with others on the…

Therefore, all the participants were Spanish speakers of Puerto Rican descent. The one hundred and eight participants selected were children ages three to four who were all enrolled in a Head Start program for bilingual students in Philadelphia (Goldstein & Iglesias, 2001). Fifty-four of the participants were…

Education and healthcare are two of the major factors in the African American community. African American children are not receiving quality healthcare and education because of the location of each. In the late 1950s education was not valued by the government for African Americans because of segregation. The difference in classrooms was astounding which shows the significance of how education was not an equal effort for African Americans and whites. Low wages and taxes are important in certain…

Native American's have been victims of white settlers, since the first contact. In Mary Crow Dog's memoir, she talked about how the Native Americans decided to stand up for themselves, and unite as one people; they were one unified tribe against the white people. In Mary Crow Dog's own words, "we had faced White America, collectively, not as individual tribes"(Lakota Woman, pg. 91). What significance did AIM play a part in this feeling of collective identity? Through analysis of Mary Crow Dog's…