Second Spanish Republic

Latin American social movements have stimulated silenced divisions of the community including indigenous people, students, LGBT, the unemployed, undereducated and all those who have been excluded from the promised ideal globalized economy. The movements, which include non-violent protests; maintaining culture; and addressing the educational achievement gap have deployed a wide array of strategies and actions which have been outcome oriented. The movements have helped to synthesize old ways of…

Around second grade, our classes began getting separated into two categories: the students who mainly spoke spanish, and the students fluent in english along with bilinguals. Of course, I felt comfortable around people who spoke spanish, but as a child I would notice most of my friends who were in the “normal” classes would get small prizes which allowed me to have something…

us with colonial Latin America in 1820, the sketch is composed of a Spanish man who we are able to conclude is well off economically. He seems to be the head of the household, this is noticed by his leadership position in the sketch and is followed by what seem to be his daughters, wife, Indian servants, and African slaves. Although, many might argue that this is a sketch is…

A Hardworking Immigrant Before Ruth Day retired at the age of 75, she was a cashier at a food supermarket called Casey Jones for merely 25 years. Unlike most cashiers, Ruth was a short elderly woman with square-rimmed glasses, aging skin, and grey, curly hair. She knew how to make her workplace seem like a big family. Every customer who walked in the store knew Mrs. Ruth. Once they finished walking the aisles shopping, they instantly looked for register six, where she normally worked, to check…

When it comes to Latin American it was interesting to know that the time from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century was called the “land of opportunity” and that was from the many emigrants from Europe. With Argentina became one of the main countries of the many emigrants from Europe which was approximately 6 million people. This was contributed to the labor and the capital that began to flow into Argentina. Despite the great number of people flowing into Argentina there was tremendous…

to start studying it very hard and seriously. Betts wrote, “I studied Spanish for three hours every day by working through one of the textbooks I found at the library, writing every page in longhand, then doing the assignments and giving them to another inmate to grade. […]” (229). We can say that, studying and practicing another language like Spanish is all about a strategy that learning and practicing on how to speak Spanish takes time for him to develop and understand its target language in…

English language that was mainly developed for better communication within people, but has not been said to have a real meaning behind it. On the other hand, Spanish is know to be a language that’s been passed down from generations, which is a way for Hispanics to “pass down their heritage and culture” (“Latino/Hispanic Culture in the U.S”). Spanish with years of memories and tradition continues to bring the history into the future becoming more beneficial for everyone. The meaning of each…

I worked at McDonalds for a year and half, which exposed us employees to very distinct and abstract languages; nothing like the English language. There were days when customers came in to be serviced and they had to use a notepad in order to interact with me. Also, there were instances when customers came in and they were not able to hear, so I had to use my hands and body language in order to interact with them. When exposed to such conditions, it leads a person to have certain feelings toward…

States didn’t change that much, as they always incorporated Spanish into their conversation. This manly happened when they are home with their parents. Now why do you think their parents always spoke Spanish to their when they are all together? This is to keep their family heritage and they do not want their kids growing up and becoming too Americanize. Unlike other immigrants, their kids had lost their traditions and constantly speaking Spanish, they carried on their tradition from generation…

Society stereotypes certain cultures such as Spanish. They are being associated with illegal immigrants. Also, they assume Spanish citizens do not speak clear English and therefore are not intelligent. In Manuel Munoz’s article, “Leave Your Name at the Border,” he discusses how powerful someone’s name can be. He also touches on all the stereotypes…