Spanish people

neighbors. With there being a big gap between the Hispanics and Latinos minority and the other minorities you would think people would know more about the Hispanic and Latino culture. In Raleigh high schools there are no classes offered about the culture of Hispanic and Latinos. There are classes offered about African Americans, Asians, and American Indians(Wake County 80). Yes Spanish is offered as a foreign language, but students don 't learn about the…

As I sit here at my computer, I look out my tiny window and see the clear, blue sky contrasted by the pale grass and line of dark trees in the background that make up the woods with which I am so familiar. It is beautiful. It is safe. It is home. It is free. It has so much potential, and in some small way, represents what it means to me to be an American. As an American youth, I grew up with a mindset of independence. There was never a time when I was told, “You can’t do this.” Instead, I was…

maintaining the brands hype during the tournament. The campaign was highly interactive, allowing people to comment about the games and also win…

The Indians did not have freedom. They were held in captivity like animals. The Indians were not viewed as people; they were viewed as beasts tied to a rope. They were the Spaniards slaves. The Spanish decided how the Indians would live and controlled their every move. The Indians are not use to working as hard as they were. They often got very ill because they were not accustomed. This was not enough…

traditional quinceanera party is over done in this generation. Journalist Alvarez’s purpose is to inform the readers that birthday party is a waste of money because many people treat sweet 16th birthday party like weddings; therefore, this statement is a categorical truth. The idea of a quinceanera birthday party started from the Spanish culture. The party symbolizes a young girl transforming into a woman. Journalist Alvarez states that everything can become Americanized. The idea of a…

I noticed this two years ago when I moved here with my family. We can define and recognize people from other countries, but still we try to communicate in the best possible way and to learn the meaning of special words when we are talking to them. Inside the United States, we have lots of different communities, such as American, Black, Hispanic, and others. The interesting thing about this is that inside them we have lots of sub-communities which have their own dialects. For example, in American…

Davidson and Richard Ladkani portrait the mining near the city of Potosí. By a perspective of Basilio Vargas, a fourteen-year-old Bolivian boy who work in one of the Cerro Rico 's mines, the directors show us the labor condition of work and life of people on that field. Basilio Vargas is the firstborn in a family of a widow mother and two more siblings. Working in a small and improductive mine, he and his younger brother work for longs shifts journeys. Using coca leaves to cut the pain, hunger…

of the popular perception of Malinche. Finding the reality about Malinche underneath all the bias is seen as unraveling or uncovering the truth. Malinche is often described as a tainted, violated traitor, whereas Cortes and his representation of a Spanish faced no harsh description. How can Cortes not be accused of being a deadbeat dad, while Malinche gets condemned as a whore any way you look at it?…

and colonization, Latin America has provided a site for the complex interaction of peoples of indigenous, European, and African descent. This triple cultural heritage has at varying points in Latin American history resulted in intricate socio- racial hierarchies that embraced racial heterogeneity in daily social practice. This sketch presents 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…

Under the flag of caring for salvation of the Indians, Spanish and Portuguese alike fought against each other: “ Theories linking conversion to subjugation and mission…intensified the race to win over natives…and raised the question of which one was the higher cause: salvation of the souls or territorial domination”…