Tamale

Being a first generation American is truly a blessing. As a child I wanted my parents to adapt linguistically and culturally to the American culture. I was embarrassed of having parents who had an accent when they spoke. I was also embarrassed to have to translate for my parents when we went to places where the service was only available in English.They would tell me to translate but I was hesitant. I can now say that I am proud to be born in a diverse country where my identity and my background…

Today I did my meditation at night because I did not have time in the morning due to studying for my anthropology test. Since today is valentine's day everyone is in a loving mood and no one seems to be having problems with anyone, which makes my mood calm even before doing any of the meditation. As I sat on my yoga mat in my mother’s bedroom by her lamp I feel the silence upon me. I never knew that the silence could be so loud. With no one being home, nothing turned on to make sound (not even…

In Judith Ortiz Cofer's personal essay, “The Myth Of The Latin Woman”, the author defines numerous oppressive stereotypes that she single-handedly endured. During these prejudice interactions, Cofer responded with pure modesty and high hopes that her actions would diminish others credence within the myth of the Latin woman Through Cofer’s personal reflection, the author acknowledged instances in which she was subjected to racial stereotyping. Regardless of the author's “travels” or personal…

“Taco or Burrito!!! Can’t decide on which one then eat them both”. In this paper we will discover the origin of the taco and the mighty burrito. How the Chili Queens became the sexually alluring creature that they are. How the Taco became a Friday night ritual and how the culinary tourism promotes Mexican food. The origin of the taco dates back to the 19th century and the Silver mines. Many people believed that the Spanish word taco could be associated to the silver mines. Miners would call it…

them. They celebrate Los Tres Reyes in January. Instead of only having the traditional Christmas turkey and ham along with dressing, gravy, and all the fixings. Hispanic children in multicultural, bilingual families also enjoy the custom of making tamales, mole, pozole and Pastel de Tres leche (three milk cake) that is part of their Hispanic culture. Just as the traditional southern American family's children and Hispanic family's children celebrate Halloween, the Hispanic families also…

consists of dressing up like a redneck cowboy, delicious food and dancing the quadrilha. When it comes to the traditional Festa Junina parties, food is the center of attention. Most of the dishes have corn such as Roasted corn, corn bread and corn tamales. Canjica, which is a thick dessert corn pudding, is also very popular. There is a huge variety of desserts from things such as pe-de-moleque which is a type of peanut brittle. Chup-chup which is a homemade popsicle that is great to beat off…

I remember the day when my mother dropped me off at the front door of my pre-school class- the welcoming teachers who were extra tender, the vibrant wall decorations, and the clueless children who were dominantly from Mexican heritage, but the image that strikes me most is of me hugging my Guatemalan mother’s leg, telling me “Todo ba estar bien mijio.”(“everything will be fine, son.” “Ba” is informal spanish for “va”) In Thompson's web article “Five Reasons Why People Code Switch”, He…

There are many different cultures in the world and it would be too difficult to try to explain all of them. I know that the only way that I could explain a culture is to explain one that I already know well enough. Mexican culture is a culture that is closely related to me because my family comes directly from Mexico. My parents have greatly influenced my Mexican culture. Mexican culture has a wide variety of festivities, foods, traditions, and dances. Important holidays celebrated in Mexico…

All my life I’ve been asked to describe myself. I always replied with the answers I assumed were “right” and “impressive”, words such as, outgoing, and intelligent, but those words don’t describe me. Words don’t describe me, actions do. You learn more about a person by observing how they act and what they participate in than they could ever try to explain. I was always the kid in class who finished all her work and excelled on all the tests. I was eventually labeled the nerd but I enjoyed being…

eat our specialty foods. Although I was born here my parents are from Central America, so in my family we celebrate holidays as my parents would in their country. For Thanksgiving we don’t have a turkey but instead have pupusas, panes con pollo, tamales and for dessert: arroz con leche, empanadas de platano, and pan dulce. Thanksgiving is…