1. Selena ’s father says it is difficult to be a Mexican-American. Why does he say that? He says this because he feels the Mexicans want you to be more Mexican and the Americans want you to be more American. 2. Selena and her brother don ’t seem to be as bothered by the difficulties the father describes. Why do they not share his feelings? Things had changed since the time their father grew up and both the Americans and the Mexicans had become more accepting of cultural differences. 3. Selena
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and in english. Her name was selena quintanilla perez. Hello i’m elizabeth vazquez and today i’m will be talking about selena quintanilla _ perez. She was born in Lake Jackson‚Tx‚on April/16/1971. Selena began performing as a child at age 10 in her parent’s restaurant with her siblings. At that same age she became the lead singer of her family’s band called “selena y los dinos”.The band started playing at clubs‚weddings‚fairs‚all around texas. Even though selena signed in spanish she grew up
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A Latino I would spend the day with would be Selena Quintanilla‚ a Tejano music artist. Selena was tragically murdered during the height of her fame as a Latina artist when she was only 23 on March 31‚ 1995. Even though she had passed before I was born‚ Selena has made a great impact in my life through her music. I was the first generation of my family to be born in the United States‚ so my family often spoke English and Spanish at home. When I entered pre-school I began learning more English and
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Tristin Mays Bio‚ Net worth‚ Boyfriend‚ Dating‚ Wiki‚ and Ethnicity Tristin Mays Short Bio With reference to bio obtained in Wikipedia‚ Tristin Mays was born on 10 June 1990 in New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ US. She was born to mother Viveca Mays‚ who was an artist whereas her father Michael Mays worked in the military.She is of White Ethnicity and is an American citizen. Her parents are also of White ethnicity and are US citizens. She grew up with her family and elder brother Jeryn Mays who also works
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1.3 billion live on less than $1.25 a day. Judy Gomez is a 17 year old teen who has already been swept into a life full of hard-work‚ inadequate opportunities‚ and the scuffle to survive within the country’s modern economic status. In a diminutive apartment building in New York‚ Gomez along with eight other family members‚ live together in close corridors attempting to apply each other’s skills to their preeminent ability in order to survive. Gomez can testify firsthand the struggles he endures on
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Diversity 2 Abstract In this paper I am going to talk about the 1997 movie Selena as it has a strong focus on the singing career of a developing Mexican American singer in the early 1990’s. She experienced many hardships from fans that did not admire the fact she primarily spoke English. She soon embraced her culture and developed loyal devotees to her music and that in the end was what motivated her to grow in her course. Diversity 3 Diversity
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Did you know that Selena Gomez became famous when she was 8 years old? She was raised by a teenage mother and grew up poor. She really wanted to be on TV so her mom found her an audition for "Barney and Friends" and she got the role . Over the years Selena has won 38 awards. Selena is one of the most entertaining performers of her generation. Selena Gomez was born in Grand Prairie‚ Texas on July 22‚1992. Her mother Mandy Teefey was single and only 16 years old when she had Selena. Since she didn’t
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Selena Quintanilla Perez was a famous Mexican American Tejano singer. Her life was filled with lots and lots of success. With all the success she had‚ Selena had lots of problems on the way. Selena had lots of friends and family supporting her to all of her success. On March 31‚ 1995 something very bad ended her career. Selena was born April 16th‚ 1971. She grew up in a nice town surrounded by music with little friends and little playing outside. Selene has 2 sibling A.B( her brother)
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bestfriend? Selena started singing when she was only 3 years old! She was Mexican- American‚she was born on April 16‚1971‚ in Lake Jackson‚ Texas. She didnt know how to speak or write in spanish.Her father taught her how to sing in spanish‚but she learned the lyrics phonetically at first‚eventually she spoke spanish fluently. Selena is a hero because she is talented and confident. Selena was very brave when she was only 10 years old! She was the lead singer in her family’s band‚ Selena y Los Dinos
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Today the United States is diverse with people of different ethnic backgrounds. That is since immigrants make up about 28 percent of America’s population. The struggle of immigrants is unknown until they tell their story. Such as‚ Elisa Gomez Cristinio‚ an immigrant that migrated from Guerrero‚ México to Houston‚ Texas. She crossed the border and faced several obstacles‚ for instance‚ the lack of money. To begin with‚ Elisa came to the United States of America on the 20th of January‚ 2001. Back at
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