White Hispanic and Latino Americans

debating adding Mexican to the list of options. However, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAS) opposed the addition of this category for many Latinos at this time were attempting to assimilate into the American society and gain citizenship ("Census Counts”). Segregating Mexicans from the white category would cause further difficulty for Latin Americans and set the idea that Mexicans were not American. Due to their protests, the new category was never added. This example proves…

lives of the African American and Hispanic groups. Since January 2013 2.3 million living in America were incarcerated. Out of that number, most people in prisons were mainly African-American or Latino(PRESS TV, 2012).Since the Independence of those people many people criticize US criminal justice system and have also highlighted a lot of studies. Statistical studies show that many African American adult males expect to be arrested at least once, and only 15% of adult white males are arrested.…

Whiteness for White Euro-Americans According to Sue and Sue (2012), there are two underlying factors that amount for the denial and mystification of Whiteness for White Euro-Americans. First, Whiteness is transparent precisely because of its everyday occurrence-and because Whites are taught to think of their lives as morally neutral, average, and ideal (D.W. sue, 2004). Second, Euro-Americans often deny that they are white and many times become defensive, because they do not wan to accept White…

believe that racism is restricted to blacks and whites only. This cannot be further from the truth. Racism affects other minority races in the country, including the Asians, Hispanics, Africans, among other non-white groupings. For example, Nicole Chung in the article, “What Goes Through Your Mind: On Nice Parties and Casual Racism” explores the racial treatment of Asians by non-Asians. Similarly, Larry Lehna talks about the distinct differences between whites and blacks in law enforcement.…

black, white, or latino?” I never understood why that mattered, but that little box always taunted me. Growing up with an Argentinian mother and African American father, it bothered me that I could never select more than one box of that section, thus, forcing me to choose. It was when I was a senior in high school when I was told that my skin is black, so I am considered African American in this society. Since then, I pushed myself to only publicize my Latina culture and even to major in…

One of the many privileges and freedoms we have as Americans is the freedom to pick the future president of our country. This year our final candidates we had to choose from was either Donald J. Trump or Hillary Clinton. By the end of the race Hilary had more support from the people, so naturally we thought that Hilary was going to win the election. However, when the results of the Election came back, and we found out that Donald J. Trump won it got me wondering how did a person who had the…

Bullet" to a predominantly African-American meeting in… the Congress of Racial Equality …which was shifting from nonviolent protest to Malcolm X-like black nationalism. Helping provoke this shift were speeches like this one, which was received enthusiastically” (Miller). Many African Americans came to Malcolm’s speech because they really wanted to know what he meant by the “ballot” and “bullet”. By the end of his speech, Malcolm wanted that many African Americans would stand up for their right…

I have shown that due to the fact of skin color, one is more likely to be pulled over and serve a longer sentence than that of a non-Hispanic White man. I have shown there is inequality structured within the structure. I have broken it down into three separate races describing what they are most convicted for, how long they are sentenced, and how long they serve their sentence. Racial inequality does exist. This inequality stems from the time of slavery when diversity was not accepted. With…

The scene opens at an award assembly to honor the few distinguished students of Ballou High School. Unfortunately, the assembly basically made sure "the ‘whiteys' now had faces. The honor students were hazed for months afterwards (Suskind 3)." In addition to showing the adversity Cedric faces from his peers, the opening chapter also portrays Cedric positively. "Cedric Jennings often retreats [to Mr. Taylor's classroom to practice SAT problems (Suskind 4)]." Unfortunately, one person can only be…

“restricted people to certain circumscribed areas of residence or to separate institutions and facilities on the basis of race or alleged race” (encyclopedia.) Segregation of schools, and other places caused a lot of trouble. Like for instance, African American children were not allowed to attend the same schools as Caucasian children. In many cases, this is not right at all; everyone is to be equal right? If that’s the case why were children discriminated from not getting a good education…