White Hispanic and Latino Americans

These situations are living proof that people who come here are trying to gain a better life for themselves or their family. In America there is this agenda that has been pushed about immigrants in general, that they are “taking jobs away from Americans” or they are “sending their worst” and have even gone on to say that they are “using up…

Caucasian and the Hispanic. The white upper-class is represented by the Clasky family, and the Hispanic side is represented by Flor Moreno and her daughter, Cristina. The film does a good job in carrying the issue of multiculturalism in the United States, and the main conflict is the struggle of maintaining identity in a multicultural society. The struggle of maintaining an authentic Hispanic culture is seen through the character, Flor. Also embedded in this film are obvious Latin-American…

knowledge immigration Hispanics were among the first to migrate to the United States, and decades later they are still among the most recent immigrants. There are multiple reasons as to why this has come to be. Opposing popular belief, the land connection and proximity to Latin America is only a minor factor in the large portion of Hispanic immigrants in the United States. The great majority of Hispanics never attempt migrating to America. Only a minute portion of Latin Americans choose to…

In society everybody has to overcome challenges in their life. The biggest challenge we have to overcome as a society is the economical barrier. Particularly for the people who are born in the ghetto this barrier is huge to overcome; this world presents a lot of obstacles for the people who come from this environment because they are usually poor. In fact, everything bad that happens in our society is associated with these people just for the fact that they do not live up to certain standards.…

side of American history that is not being told is that of those who were in the land before the European first arrived. What many people don’t know or won 't accept is that Latino history is American history, and it is being left out of numerous history classes all across the U.S. There are countless people that have attempted…

“We in the Hispanic community are truly tired of both the Democrats and the Republicans promising all of these things during campaigns and then forgetting about it after the campaigns are over. (“Why TV Anchor Jorge Ramos Swam Across The Rio Grande”). Jorge Ramos is a 58 year old Mexican/American journalist and author who is well known for spreading the Hispanic community’s rights and words. To me and many more Hispanics, he is a hero. Someone who doesn’t give up on us, but fights for us. Jorge…

influenced connotation on where I’d prefer to live; however, ever since I was a little girl, I’ve always dreamed of living in California. California is a better place to live in because of the opportunities, diversity, and atmosphere. Although we, Americans, may live on the “land of opportunities,” that doesn’t necessarily mean that still everyone is given a justified opportunity. Arizona is currently ranked 48 in education, whereas California…

that realize different roles such as childcare, healthcare and social work. Additionally, assume many of the domestic responsibilities and has a full time or part time job. The organization serves in your majority at the Hispanic community and all of the employees are Hispanic and speak Spanish. We are a group an also present this characteristics. The majority of the promotores are from Mexico only I’m from Peru. We have a good connection because each of us enjoys our labor. During the meeting…

East Los High is a TV soap directed toward teenagers that has been described as a “Latino Degrassi meets Gossip Girl meets Glee.” The show, which just ended its fourth season, consists of 20-minute episodes that air on the digital platform Hulu. East Los High is more than a teen soap, though. The was created to show young people making healthy choices when faced with difficult situations while refraining from being “preachy or moralistic.” For example, one character finds out she is pregnant and…

as a separate entity, I would like to give some background on the differences between male and female Latinos. Female Latinos outnumbered their male counterpart (57% to 43%) in college classrooms (Lango 1995). Perhaps, this may be cultural since we see the same trend with US-born population (Lewin 2006). I just wanted to recognize that gender also plays a role in academic achievement in Latinos as well as other ethnic groups. Primary education in the United States refers to the first eight-nine…