Spanish language

Racism is always around us, and all around the world, and plays an enormous part in society not only to the Hispanics, but also to the African Americans. Personal experiences of racism have been where I was called Mexican for being Hispanic which angered me to the point of a super sayian. Politicians giving Hispanics a bad name calling them criminals ,and the stealers of jobs for Americans. Racism has affected, not only Hispanics, but to all humans life that live on this planet. Racism is an…

The best U.S. President was Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27th, 1858. Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt did a lot of good things during his presidency that made some people think he was the best U.S. president. One of the first things that Roosevelt did when he first became president, was that he wanted to start construction of the Panama Canal. However, Panama was under Colombian rule at the time. Roosevelt used his Big Stick diplomacy, which was that the Big Stick…

example, in Southwest Virginia, the ability to speak Spanish is not a highly prized skill. Therefore, I don’t get many opportunities to practice the material I learn in Spanish, which can make it seem as if Spanish is useless. However, instead of succumbing to the temptation of procrastination and, I started to implement speaking Spanish into my daily routine. While eating dinner or speaking to my family, I consider how I would talk about my day in Spanish. I share the information I learn with…

For my interview I chose to interview my 56 year old aunt Mara, from my mom’s side of the family. We share similarities in that we are both Dominican-American, the difference being that I was born here, where she lived the first thirty-Five years of her life in the Dominican Republic, then assimilated into American culture. In the Dominican Republic she was a doctor of medicine, she practiced there for five years until she married her second husband, who was an American citizen. Mara had three…

TS: The United States was looking to move forward with even more expansion in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which is where Latin America became an area of interest. Expansion was not necessarily to make the country larger but to make it wealthier in resources, which in return, over time, increases their power as well. Thesis: In order to move in on Latin America they were in need of excuses to convince those countries to let them enter and help them. Mexico had a large…

Zaniness in Victor Hernandez Cruz’s “Business” The poem “Business” by Victor Hernandez Cruz exposes the mediocre side of mainland United States. Business portrays the difficulties of an immigrant making a living as a street vendor in a metropolitan city. His business, he sold puppets and whistles for a living and also play his guitar. This is how he made his money. He would gather crowds of people and put on shows and play his guitar. This was his only source of income as an immigrant. He…

Saludos Amigos During the 1930s and into the 1940s, the United States intervened in Latin American countries on mutual grounds. Their policy was known as Good Neighbor, and created a relationship where both parties benefited. The United States agreed not to intervene in any foreign affairs of Latin America, with the improved importation of goods as well. As this was happening, it would lead to a greater economic opportunity in the U.S., with their influence on Latin America growing as well.…

Throughout the settlement, colonization, and eventual formation of Latin American nation-states, the social and economic elite pushed to create and maintain a dichotomy between themselves and those below them. While some tools may seem obvious, such as emphasizing the superiority of certain races or limiting economic opportunities for the impoverished, the very organization of cities and geographic space allowed them to pursue their own visions for their countries. Essentially, cities were…

The central theme of this book is that you can’t understand the huge Latino presence in the United States if you do not understand the US role in Latin America, the Latino presence in the country is, in fact, a product of the harvest of empire. This presence is the result of over a century of domination. Most of the immigrants came from countries that were more dominated by the United States. Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Salvador and Guatemala are the countries from which…

What it means to be a Gonzalez My grandfather and my grandmother’s on my father's side was born and raised in the small town of Jayuya, Puerto Rico. My grandmother’s family were but simple farmers within the very heart of Puerto Rico but they're more than that ,see, The men and women were notorious within Jayuya. Day in day out all they did was constant work, they were the largest farming family out there. They absolutely grinded to get where they are even to this day, they were loyal to their…