The Controversial Issues of Latinas

The Controversial Issues of Latinas
Each year Latinos make the big journey to the United States. They usually settle for the first low paying jobs, which are offered to them resulting in not moving up the corporate ladder. This consequently results in a pattern of never seeking mobility. The second generations that are born here, either follow their parent’s footsteps or seek for better opportunities through education in order to get their families out of the poverty. Most Latino families today, face the burden about money being the strongest economical issue. The children take account of all the hardships their parents face and are forced to contribute to the families economic crisis. It is hard for the children to move forward since they feel the pressure to give back to their families and decide to work straight after high school, instead of pursuing a career. Since the parents are worried about keeping food on the table; instead of their children’s education the children do not realize how important education is and end up dropping out. All the free time that they have in their hands leads them into joining gangs, doing drugs or having a baby at a young age.
The media likes to speak on behalf of how the Latino youth are problematic; but they never talk about the accomplishments of a Latino, which results to all these negative stereotypes. As a Latina women, I have experience several accusations because of the stereotypes that Latinas have today. My high school required us to do a big research project of our choice before we graduated. I decided to do research on children with special needs; once I graduated I was going to college as a psychology major and I thought researching children with special needs would help me with the courses. I decided to visit the local elementary school that had a Special Ed class. I had to talk to the district and the school first before moving forward with my research. They approved and allowed me to sit in the Special Ed