from the same country and we are classify as Latinos?” at the beginning it was so offensive that people will ask me “Are you Latina from Mexico or EL Salvador?” and used to get so upset and tell them “No! I am from Ecuador and I am Hispanic”. Despite‚ the fact that Latinos and Hispanics speaks Spanish as their primer language of communication‚ this does not mean that we are all from the same country. First‚ it is well known that must of Hispanics and Latinos speak Spanish to communicate with each other’s
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COUNSELING WITH HISPANIC FAMILIES Multicultural Counseling Success with Hispanic Families Dawn With Artz University Mike Smith‚ Ph.D. December 16‚ 2009 Abstract There are many characteristics and commonalities among immigrants coming into the United States such as language‚ values‚ tradition‚ religion‚ and culture. They come to the United States from many different countries and yet American culture puts them into one large melting pot and calls them Latino or Hispanic without
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2011‚ by Perez-Avila‚ Sobralske and Katz; the name of the article is “No Comprendo: Practice Considerations When Caring for Latinos With Limited English Proficiency in the United States Health Care System”. In the United States‚ Hispanics form the largest minority. Most of this community has limited English proficiency; the purpose of this article is to teach us how Hispanics feel when catered to by English only speaking healthcare staff. Summary of the Article The article in my opinion was well
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human service program; going in to detail about the interworking of the services‚ the role of the government‚ civil rights‚ transracial adoption‚ and the recent changes between 1970- 1988. The article discusses African American children‚ Native American children‚ Hispanic American children and the child welfare system and the many ways the services varies during the discussed years. This article also gives a broader view of how these children have been treated and the interventions that have changed
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identify the linguistic‚ political‚ social‚ economic‚ religious‚ and familial conventions or statuses of Columbian Americans‚ Cuban Americans‚ Mexican Americans‚ and Puerto Rican Americans living in the United States. | Cultural Interests of Spanish-Speaking Groups in the United States Cultural interests of Columbian Americans‚ Cuban Americans‚ Mexican Americans‚ and Puerto Rican Americans that live in the United States of America are the focus because of the diversity and controversy that surrounds
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the strains on curfew are never going to get better‚ or even the time spent on homework is ever going to get lesser. Hispanic and Latino families are perceived as field works or even factory workers at an early age. It seems as if education will never be the center of importance in their lives‚ but that is not true at all‚ just merely a rumor. There always has been word that Hispanic households are some of the most strict when it comes to letting their children be children. In a way‚ many only piggy
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Historical Report on Race Hispanic Americans are also called Latino’s and they come from Central and South America the Caribbean and Spain so there are many different Hispanic cultures and backgrounds. Because of their many origins‚ lots of people today‚ identify themselves as being at least part Hispanic. According to our text book the Hispanic population in the United States as of 2009‚ was over 48 million which makes Hispanic Americans/Latino’s‚ the largest minority group at 15.8 percent
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I are familiar with. In Los Angeles I went to a co-ed Catholic school called St. Eugene. When I first picked up the book I was excited to find out the back story of the organization of Las Hermanas. “In the forefront of liberation of the Mexican American community are beautiful and courageous women‚ women who know how to fight‚” Canciόn de Las Hermanas. That quote summarizes the movement dealing with Latina women in the Catholic Church. Las Hermanas formed the first national religious-political
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LATIN AMERICA CULTURE Duma Salas March 5‚ 2013 Harvest of Empire Chapter Two The majoring groups of Latinos living in the United States. Each of the following groups is described in this section: Puerto Ricans‚ Mexicans‚ Cubans‚ Dominicans‚ Central Americans‚ and Columbians and Panamanians share a chapter. Within the chapter‚ Gonzalez writes about individuals or families in order to reflect the general migration story of the larger groups. Thus‚ these individual portrayals serve
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reference: • Select 1 racial group from the list below: o African American o Asian American o Arab American o Hispanic American/Latino o White/Caucasian • Write a 150- to 300-word summary of the economic‚ social‚ and political standings of that group. Use additional resources if necessary‚ from the University Library or your textbooks. Provide citations for all the sources you use. Hispanic Americans or Latinos in America descend from many different countries such as Mexico‚ Puerto
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