Hispanics On Campus: Stereotypes Of Latino And Latina Students

“Hispanics on Campus” tells us that most believe all Latino and Latina students belong to a single homogenous group. In the article, we learn that there are four groups of Hispanic students. The first group of students are active immigrants or children of immigrants. Most of them were born in Mexico or Puerto Rico, and English is their second language. The second group is the foreign students from Latin America. Most of them speak English and have no insecurities about their ethnic identities and seem willing to mix with American’s. The third group is the largest of Hispanic students which include the second and third generation Latinos and Latina. These students think of themselves as Americans and act like everyone else around them. If a