Currently‚ racially mixed people experience difficult and often awkward situations involving their identity. These experiences can cause them harm as they question their identity or cause them emotional distress. In Los Intersticios: Recasting Moving Selves‚ Evelyn Alsultany talks about her experiences about being a racially mixed person in her day-to-day life. In 50 Experiences of Racially Mixed People‚ Maria Root explains fifty different experiences or questions racially mixed people experience
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There have been several moments in theatre that seems to whitewash the ethnic characters. West Side Story is one of those musicals. West Side Story is a loose musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The twist is that it’s set in 1950s New York‚ with the plot set around youth street gangs entangled in a racially charged conflict over their “territory” in the lower West Side of Manhattan. There is the Puerto Rican “Sharks” led by Bernardo‚ who has recently brought his family‚ including
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“Hispanics are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as people of any race who are Mexican‚ Puerto Rican‚ Cuban‚ Central or South American‚ or belong to any other Hispanic origin group” (U.S. Department of Commerce‚ 2000). “55 million is the Hispanic population of the United States as of July 1‚ 2014‚ making people of Hispanic origin the nation’s largest ethnic or racial minority. Hispanics constituted 17 percent of the nation’s total population” (Bureau‚ 2015). In 2008‚ there are an estimated 3‚838
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Community Treasure Hunt The Hispanic Community of Memphis Tennessee By Amanda Emerson Our Lady of the Lake University SOWK6325 Abstract This paper explores the Hispanic community in Memphis‚ Tennessee specifically an area known as Hickory Hill‚ which is about ten miles outside of the downtown city limit. Memphis has been well known for their major community problems since the town was founded in 1819‚ including crime‚ poverty‚ and gang activity. Tennessee has been called the laziest state
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readers how society is brought up to reject Hispanic and Latino immigrants rather than implement them within our economy where both parties are able to benefit. In the article‚ ”Immigration Policy‚ Criminalization and the growth of the Immigration Industrial Complex Restriction‚ Expulsion and Eradication of the Undocumented in the U.S.” by author Diaz‚ Jr. Jesse‚ it explains how the immigration industrial complex is a system that is being used to eradicate Latino immigrants from society; to stifle their
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CULTURE & TRADITIONS The term “Hispanic” is used in the United States to describe all people of Latino and Spanish descent. It is a broad ethnic classification of people originating from over 20 countries in Central and South America. HISTORY Long before English immigrants came to North America‚ the Spanish had explored‚ settled‚ and claimed lands such as California and Florida. The United States later annexed lands claimed by Mexico that are present-day Texas‚ New Mexico‚ Arizona
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Cultural Differences America is a melting pot filled with many different cultures and ways of life. In this paper‚ three of the many will be discussed and explained. First‚ will be the Asian American culture‚ next the Latino culture and finally the African American culture. Exposure to these cultures will be imminent in the medical field and the information provided will help one who is looking to work with people from these cultures on a daily basis. Knowing information on a patient’s culture helps
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understanding and appreciating the family and their values. Latinos are the leading and fastest growing population in the U.S. As of 2015‚ they are considered the largest Mexican-origin population worldwide aside from Mexico
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Christopher Taylor Religious and Ethnic Groups paper June 8TH 2014 I have chosen to write about the Muslim/Islam religion. Racial/Ethnic group‚ I have chosen to write about Hispanic and Latino population. Islam is a monotheistic religion based on revelations received by the prophet Mohammed in the 7th century A.D.‚ which were later recorded in the Quran (or Koran)‚ Islam ’s sacred text. Islam has spread rapidly throughout the centuries and today the religion is‚ by some measurements‚ the
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Assignment: Hispanic American Diversity ETH/125 As of today the Hispanic community forms the fastest growing ethnic minority in the United States. As of 2003‚ population data sowed 37.4 million Latinos‚ outnumbering the 34.7 million African Americans. Today‚ 25 million‚ or two-thirds of Hispanics in the United States‚ are Mexican American. The term Hispanic is used for all people from the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America and from Spain. As I continue this essay‚ I will be identifying
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