over time? Anzaldua described her community to be a Hispanic one. Adults judged her on how she talked spanish and she felt left out. Wideman described his community to be an African-American one where you grew up in a tough neighborhood. In his neighborhood doing something bad meant good.. For example‚ a person making money to feed his family by selling drugs or doing other illegal activities. Me and Jennifer’s discourse community is a Hispanic community. Both Wideman’s and Anzaldua’s stories were
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My Hispanic culture and ethnicity means more to me than just being able to speak Spanish. Being Hispanic captivates my personality and lifestyle from being raised in a Puerto Rican family. While my father is African American‚ I’ve always lived with my mother and her family‚ influencing me more with the Puerto Rican culture. The Catholic religion is very important to my family and culture‚ however I do not go to church that often. But‚ I do believe in all of the principles in ideas that are represented
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Mexican-American Who are you? What do you identify yourself as? Are you happy with how people portray you as? Everyone thinks about who they are‚ what they identify themselves as. Recently I have been giving some thought as to who I am‚ I think of myself as an average Hispanic MexicanAmerican girl who is labeled and criticized based on the color of my skin. Some of the terms that I would consider myself as is Hispanic‚ Mexican-American‚ Chicana‚ and People of Color. "56.6 million the Hispanic population
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Hispanics in the Election Megan Bailey Latino voters completely changed the 2012 election for the United States president. Many of the eligible Latino voters‚ voted for Barack Obama. But‚ why? The number of immigrants in the United States has drastically increased since 2008 and they took a different road than expected. Obama’s speech in El Paso‚ Texas on May 10‚ 2011 changed the hearts of many Latinos. He said‚ “The flow of immigrants has helped make this country stronger and more prosperous
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Aiken AP English Composition 25 July 2013 "Blaxicans" and Other Reinvented Americans In "Blaxicans" and Other Reinvented Americans‚" Richard Rodriguez points out that America has become a place that is fully populated by immigrants from around the world. He asserts that there is no way to assign race names to citizens because everyone can be multiple races. According to Rodriguez‚ Americans create labels (e.g. Hispanic) in a ridiculous attempt to classify people in the simplest form; a plan doomed
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I chose to look at the Hispanic culture. Hispanic families put the utmost importance on family. This means they support each other in any way they can financially‚ emotionally‚ and socially. Hispanic families tend to be very close and care more about the whole then the individual; older siblings will often take care of the younger ones. In Hispanic families‚ the males tend to take on the role of authority with the eldest in charge. Women in Hispanic families gravitate towards being the caretaker’s;
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rather die on my feet than live a life on my knees. This quote has often served as an inspiration to many Mexican and Mexican-Americans throughout history. Several times this quote has been brought to a reality in the struggle for the equal human rights among Chicanos. In this paper I will be illustrating the unfair opportunity at life that Mexican immigrants and Mexican-Americans were given by the United States. Three major themes that persisted throughout the early history of Chicanos were poor education
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Hispanic American Diversity Cultural Diversity Instructor Stephen Sinclair According to the Mexican Movement Right (2009) Mexican Americans language is made up of a mix of their national language Spanish and English‚ sometimes referred to as Spanglish. Politically Mexican Americans were very active in the Mexican American Civil Rights movement spearheaded by Mendoza‚ V. "…Reies Lopez Tijerina and the land grant movement‚ is picked up by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales in Denver who defines
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rhyme which are “English” (5) and “Spanish” (6) and also with “Mexicans” (14) and then with “Americans” (15). The poem also has rhythm‚ it is a low steady beat. It is a straightforward poem about how life is for a person with the same race/ethnicity as others and at the same time‚ different from others. The poem “Legal Alien” is about a woman of Mexican parents‚ who is born and raised in America. An American citizen established by law‚ but at the same time this person feels like an illegal alien because
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Struggles of Asian American Many different minorities go through some kind of struggles when living in a country that is so diverse‚ such as America. Whether that struggles is good or bad we learn from those experience and try to make our life the best we can. People judge others no matter what race or color that person is. The article “Growing up Asian American” written by C.N. Le and published on January 22‚ 2006 talks about how difficult it can be for Asian American to grow up in America.
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