United States communities with Hispanic majority populations

better way of life. Today, the United States is experiencing another great wave ripple of immigration, a movement of people that has profound implications of a society that by tradition gives respect to its immigrant roots at the same time it confronts complicated and deeply embedded ethnic and racial division. This great surge of immigration leads to the division of the majority and the minority group. Majority Group is the group that…

people who had attained a higher education level lived a healthier life, in contrast to those who had a lower standard of education (Spivack, 2011). In the United States, white people attain a higher education level than the Hispanic community, meaning that the Hispanic population averaged a less healthy lifestyle compared to the white community (Kotecki, 2012). The research shows that 6 out of 10 persons with a higher level of education, ended up with more successful careers and, therefore, a…

Introduction: Webb County, Texas is predominantly Hispanic community along the South Texas border. The majority of the population is economically disadvantaged, which affects their ability to live a healthy lifestyle. The average median household income in Webb County is $35,659, and the poverty rate is approximately 31.8% of the total population which is double the state average.1 As a consequence, school-aged children face the nutritional problem of being food insecure. Food insecurity is…

The Hispanic community is growing in the United States. With this growth, in the Hispanic community, healthcare providers have had to change how to approach them. There are several things that can interfere with the care that is provided for them. When Hispanics arrive to this country, they are faced with many challenges. Hispanics face healthcare disparities due to language barriers, financial difficulties, and fear due to being undocumented. Hispanics face healthcare disparities due to…

The use of identifiers like “Hispanic” or “Latino” has been loosely used by governmental agencies in the United States, in hopes to capture a proper census on populations of Spanish and Latin decent. Yet over time, many have opposed a singular identification in order to maintain heritage based on individual country of origin. Choudhuri, Santiago-Rivera & Garrett (2012) note that there is a complexity in the variety of dimensions in which a Latino individual affiliates with in an ethnic group,…

The United States Counts its population every ten years, and each census reveals that the country’s racial, and ethnic mix is changing dramatically. So, by the year 2050, the “average” person in the country will not be descended from Europeans, but the majority of them will trace their ancestry to Africa, Asia, and the Hispanic world, the Pacific Islands or the Middle East. 2 Once the United States was a microcosm of European nationalities, today it is a microcosm of the world. 3 The United…

health issue with an increasing rate of diagnosed cases in many communities in the United States. Type II occurs when the pancreas can’t produce enough insulin and lack the ability to take in insulin. It leads to a higher reading of glucose levels, which increases the risk of metabolic complications throughout one’s life (NDEP-“The Diabetes Epidemic”, n.d.). Epidemiology While diabetes most prominently affects the Hispanic/Latino community, it is only in the recent decades that the diagnosed…

Ethnic and Racial Diversity in the United States In the video, “Ethnic and Racial Diversity in the United States”, showed a brief listing in how the United States was shaped by immigrants. There were one million Native Americans left after the mass death of the native tribes of the United States. Then, three million Whites which made up of different cultures that assimilated their characteristics of such. Also, 800,000 African that were forced into slavery that developed the New Nation in 1776…

and “Bad Boys and Peaceful Garifuna” Anderson presents how this community homogenized by world through stereotyping. He mentions that his interest on this community because Garifuna is rarely understood in Honduras. Their area is depicted as violent place because of the stereotyping of black areas in North America. However, Garifuna also known as “pacificos” humble, peaceful people and unique from other black descendent communities. He argues, transnational political actors are trying to…

Despite Hispanics being the largest minority group in the Unites States, issues plaguing Hispanic communities far too often do not get much attention in the academia. And although environmental injustices affect the general minority population, Hispanic communities are further disadvantaged because their cries for help are repeatedly silenced by either language barriers, deportations fears, or just an overall of lack awareness. Unfortunately, there is an obvious gap between environmentalist…