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of the fastest growing ethnic/racial groups today, Hispanics contribute largely to the demographic trends affecting the United States. According to the U.S. census bureau, as of 2013 there are 54 million Hispanics residing in the United States, which is 17% of the total population(“Minority Health”). This makes the Hispanic community the largest ethnic minority in the United States. It is also estimated that by 2060, Hispanics will constitute 31% of the total population. This essay will try to…

economic crisis and most certainly how did we reach the severity that we have? (Heffner) The issue that America is facing, is the idea that we can continue to import nearly $238.6 billion of products compared to our export of $198.0 billion. (United States Census Bureau) Thomas Heffner, author of Economic Problems Facing the U.S., claims that America persists in a superpower mentality. (Heffner) Having this massive debt over head, were struggling to live in the utmost “picture perfect” life…

In 1970, the United States government came up with the word to describe a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. This is a word we are all familiar with when it comes to referring to this group of people. This word is “Hispanic.” At the present time, the United States Census Bureau defines race in five categories and does not specifically define Hispanic with a category of its own. The categories include: white…

The Community and Walmart In almost every community in the United States, Walmart has taken take over sales with cut throat low prices, while paying its employees the bare minimum. The superstore does have some benefits like donating to causes and give communities millions in tax dollars. However, at what point can we say that Walmart's problems outweigh the bad for example; driving out local mom and pop businesses, low compensation for the workers, and the way employees are treated. Walmart…

largest and most rapidly growing ethnic group in the United States, and Latinos/Hispanics accounted for 50% of the total population growth. The Hispanic population covers people from 26 countries. “The Hispanic culture is one of the fastest growing cultural groups in the United States. The U.S. Census data indicates that Hispanics will be the largest minority group by the year 2050” (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1992). Hispanics in the United States includes any person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto…

The modern redistricting process (being gerrymandering) completely undermines the quality of a genuine democracy in the United States because it reduces electoral competition. Democracy is supposed to be the practice of social equality and gerrymandering is practicing the exact opposite of that. State legislators are intentionally drawing the districts lines for their party’s own political gain and this is unacceptable. They are basically choosing their voters, which clearly brings a political…

and they are the eagle nest lake and the Abiqulu reservoir there are 2 major towns here and they are Los Alamos(As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 17,950 people) It is approximately 90 miles north of Albuquerque, 35 miles from Santa Fe, and 55 miles from Taos. At 7,355 feet altitude, Los Alamosa has a mild, four-season climate. and Taos (As of the 2010 census Taos had a population of 5,716) The elevation of the town is 6,967 Just north of Taos is Wheeler Peak, at 13,161 feet the…

The United States Multilingualism Have you ever thought in the United States the most frequent language spoken isn’t English? Well now on days the United States is form from many people around the country which everyone brings something when they migrate to the U.S. As children we are taught English that’s the teacher goal for every student to learn English. But in my situation I was taught Spanish throughout the school until I got 2nd grade that’s when they started teaching me English. As…

Despite the progress that has been made, the playing field is far from level. Women continue to earn 77 cents for every male dollar (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2010). Black people continue to have twice the unemployment rate of White people, twice the rate of infant mortality, and just over half the proportion of people who attend four years or more of college (see Figure 1). In fact, without affirmative…

Health Literacy in the Hispanic Community The United States Bureau of Census determined that more than half of the minority population is classified as functionally or marginally illiterate (Kutner et al, 2016). A major aspect of this problem is that recent immigrants know little or no English when they arrive to the United States (Kutner et al, 2006). The level of the English language that is known is limited to what is required to function in the workplace and community (Kutner et…