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mixture of Mexican and American citizens, but we believe in the importance in taking pride of our native culture. My parents made sure that my brothers and I knew Spanish, but they not only made sure we could speak it but they made sure we could read and write it. Our parents assured us that there was no reason to be ashamed of speaking Spanish in public, and that we should be a positive example in a country where there is suspicion about foreigners in general, but especially Mexicans.…

Angel Cinetros: Latino Identity and Political Attitudes The second presentation on ethnic identity was very interesting. It was stated that Latinos possess many Republican traits. They are socially conservative, middle of the road, and ideologically religious. The presentation went on describing how race and ethnicity are the same thing but tend to only matter politically, like on the census. Furthermore, group membership is not the same as identity. People can choose their own identity even…

In 1588 the Spanish Empire had arguably become the most powerful nation in the world. King Philip II of Spain was now filthy rich due to exploration of the New World. During this time Spain had control of the Spanish Netherlands who he had forced to become Catholic; however, these people wanted independence and had become Protestants in secret. During this time the English had begun to help Dutch Protestants and this maddened King Philip II. In 1587 Elizabeth I had Mary, Queen of Scots,…

The president of Uruguay is President Tabaré Vázquez. He began his term on March 1, 2005 - March 1, 2010 and then again on March 1, 2015 and is still in office. Uruguay is one of the smallest country in South America. It is located on the coast of Rio de la Plata. The highest mountain is approximately 513 meters high, and Uruguay also has no deserts or valleys. There is also beautiful lakes that you can visit like Rincón del bonete, laguna de roncha, and laguna de diario. Uruguay may not be…

The author of this article is Carlos Hipolito-Delgado, and he is an undergraduate at UCLA. Spanish-speaking people label themselves differently from other kind of Spanish speaking people. We are not the same, we come from different countries, and here in the U.S they label all of us with one word. Many of us that come from Mexico label each other something differently from others because we feel we identify each other differently. The author probably wrote this article because he wanted to let…

France and Spain, in the Pyrenees mountain range. They live in three regions on the Spanish side of the mountains and three on the French side. The Basques refer to these regions, together, as Euskal-Herria, or Land of the Basques. The population of Basques is almost 3 million, but there are about one million people living the Basque regions that are of other ethnicities. In the early 1500’s, the Basques on the Spanish side won the right to a small degree of self-government, but in 1876, all the…

and practice Spanish in an authentic environment. The beauty of these places and the new cultures I was exposed to opened my eyes to a more global, unbiased perspective. I had the ability to build relationships with many people that I otherwise would have not have met. I was nominated as President of Spanish Club, which empowered me to share my love for the language and culture others, and inspire them to pursue learning Spanish outside of class. The moment I decided to add Spanish to my…

In 1588, Queen Elizabeth I gave a speech to her troops during the assembling at Tilbury to repel an invasion of England by the troops serving the king of Spain. Elizabeth’s intention was to convey to her troops that she is their queen; she will come amongst all of her people. In addition to this speech, “Queen’s Elizabeth’s Speech at Tilbury”, she fills her troops with a will to survive, gives them motivation, and also fills them with loyalty, which is the inspiration to protect their country.…

of the many points in the story is linguistic terrorism, which meant for her that if a Spanish language is different from the other doesn’t mean that one is less authentic. It means that different people had different ways of talking to each other like the word “Vato” and such, more that only some Spanish people would understand because they switch it a bit from the authentic one. We get the switch in the Spanish language from our parents and people who we hang out with. Mex-Tex people. Mex-Tex…

Spanish American not oppose Spanish American war will not oppose to the United States by the Spanish colonies. Spanish American war, United States won in 1898 as the result of winning we got Spain’s colonies that was in the Philippines. United States should not claim the Philippines and let them have their independence. This argument is from Document B and Document C. Documents C, show unfit for self-government they would be soon have anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain was. “It…