how heredity, environment, and culture influence patient health practices.
Hispanic American Diversity
Cultural Diversity
Instructor Stephen Sinclair
According to the Mexican Movement Right (2009) Mexican Americans language is made up of a mix of their national language Spanish and English, sometimes referred to as Spanglish. Politically Mexican Americans were very active in the Mexican American Civil Rights movement spearheaded by Mendoza, V. "…Reies Lopez Tijerina and the land grant movement, is picked up by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales in Denver who defines the meaning of Chicano through his epic poem I am Joaquin, embraces César Chavez and the farm workers…"(2000). The movements as defined by Mendoza, V.
"The Mexican American Civil Rights Movement” compassed a broad cross section of issues-from restoration of land grants, to farm workers rights, to enhanced education, to voting and political rights. Socially Mexican Americans seem to want what all immigrants who come to this country seeking; the American Dream. (Alba, R. 2006). Educationally, Mexican Americans, no matter the generation rarely go past High School; according to the reading, Alba, R. "Huntington presents information that appears to show very low levels of Mexican- American educational advancement beyond high school, regardless of generation." And that; "Thus, he cites numbers reported from the National Latino Political Survey, conducted at the end of the 1980s, to show that no more than 10 percent of Mexican Americans of any generation earn a credential beyond high school and only 4 percent of the fourth generation attains the baccalaureate; 40 percent of this generation fails to obtain the high school diploma." (2006)
Throughout the immigration of Mexicans to America it seems that little progress is made for Mexican Americans to move up from immigrant status to mainstream social status. Due in part to the amount of discrimination and poor educational systems that were provided to them, Mexican Americans have not really assimilated themselves
Cultural Diversity
Instructor Stephen Sinclair
According to the Mexican Movement Right (2009) Mexican Americans language is made up of a mix of their national language Spanish and English, sometimes referred to as Spanglish. Politically Mexican Americans were very active in the Mexican American Civil Rights movement spearheaded by Mendoza, V. "…Reies Lopez Tijerina and the land grant movement, is picked up by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales in Denver who defines the meaning of Chicano through his epic poem I am Joaquin, embraces César Chavez and the farm workers…"(2000). The movements as defined by Mendoza, V.
"The Mexican American Civil Rights Movement” compassed a broad cross section of issues-from restoration of land grants, to farm workers rights, to enhanced education, to voting and political rights. Socially Mexican Americans seem to want what all immigrants who come to this country seeking; the American Dream. (Alba, R. 2006). Educationally, Mexican Americans, no matter the generation rarely go past High School; according to the reading, Alba, R. "Huntington presents information that appears to show very low levels of Mexican- American educational advancement beyond high school, regardless of generation." And that; "Thus, he cites numbers reported from the National Latino Political Survey, conducted at the end of the 1980s, to show that no more than 10 percent of Mexican Americans of any generation earn a credential beyond high school and only 4 percent of the fourth generation attains the baccalaureate; 40 percent of this generation fails to obtain the high school diploma." (2006)
Throughout the immigration of Mexicans to America it seems that little progress is made for Mexican Americans to move up from immigrant status to mainstream social status. Due in part to the amount of discrimination and poor educational systems that were provided to them, Mexican Americans have not really assimilated themselves
References: Alba, R., Mexican Americans and the American Dream., PS: Political Science & Politics June 2006., Retrieved April 11, 2009 from Center for Latin American Studies., 2004, Retrieved April 11, 2009 from socrates.berkeley.edu:7001/Events/fall2003/11-20-03-stepick/index.html Gonzalez-Clements, E., Mexican American Traditions in Nebraska., Nebraska State Historical Society 1998 Retrieved April 11, 2009 from www.nebraskahistory.org/lib- State University Extension Fact Sheet., Retrieved April 11, 2009 from ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5257.html States. Puerto Ricans., 1999., Retrieved April 11, 2009 From www.trincoll.edu/~tosorio/puerto.htm