Diversity Analysis: The impact of Hispanics in the Workplace October 27‚ 2011 Abstract Everyone knows that the United States is known has the melting pot which consists of all different nationalities and cultures. According to the Census Bureau‚ among these different ethnicities the 2010 United States Hispanic population count rose 43%‚ going up to 50.5 million from 35.3 million in 2000; Hispanics now consist of 16% of the nation’s total population of 308.7 million (Reddy‚ 2011). In an
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Stereotypes Against Hispanics Throughout time most Latin Americans have been seen as an undereducated and naïve race. For instance the type of job an American citizen would have wouldn’t be recommended for a Hispanic‚ because society has adjusted to them only doing the jobs they are good at. These so called “good” jobs are actually low-wage jobs that in an economy like the one today would not be able to support a family. Today Latin Americans have created a better name for themselves and are no
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HisRepresenting nearly 63% Mexican Americans are the largest group of all the Hispanic Americans in the United States (US Census Bureau‚ 2011). Originally encouraged to settle into what is now Texas to boost Mexico’s economy. As the number of settlers increased‚ so did their want of autonomy – resulting in a battle over land and rights in the Mexican American War in 1846. According to “The U.S.-Mexican War‚ The Aftermath (2006)” by war’s end “approximately 80‚000 Mexicans resided in the territory
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Introduction: The Hispanic population is becoming a particular group dominating the United States. According to Heuman‚ Scholl‚ and Wilkinson (2013)‚ there will be a significant increase of 29-30% by the year 2050 within the Hispanic population. The rising of this particular group makes it significant for the healthcare system to be attentive to the well-being of Hispanics or Latinos. Within this group‚ there are numerous health disparities which affects their quality of life; however‚ type II
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The Hispanic community in the United States is multi-national one‚ representing many different nationalities from places as varied as the Caribbean‚ Central and South America. Despite this variety Hispanics share many of the same cultural views in terms of how to handle subjects such as childbirth‚ aging and disability. These shared cultural values effect the way how they utilize health care. In this paper we will discuss the cultural value of "familism" and how it relates to the usage of health
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Mental Health Care for Latin or Hispanic Americans Megan E. Gillard Texas A & M International University Abstract The Hispanic population in the United States has rapidly increased over the last decade and is underrepresented and cared for in mental health services. By understanding their culture and learning about the environment they live in therapists can better meet the patient’s needs. This paper covers Historical content‚ Family structure‚ Education‚ Rates of Psychiatric Disorders
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The Hispanic Challenge The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the United States into two peoples‚ two cultures‚ and two languages. Unlike past immigrant groups‚ Mexicans and other Latinos have not assimilated into mainstream U.S. culture‚ forming instead their own political and linguistic enclaves—from Los Angeles to Miami—and rejecting the AngloProtestant values that built the American dream. The United States ignores this challenge at its peril. By Samuel P. Huntington
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Whether you choose to refer to our immigrants from the south as Hispanics‚ Latino ’s or their actual ethnicity‚ we cannot deny that they are growing in numbers at a accelerated rate in the U.S. Education‚ television‚ politics‚ to the local supermarket are starting to cater more and more to the Hispanic market. If your one of the few still with basic television services‚ you will notice that there are only about seven channels. Out of that seven‚ there are at least three Spanish channels; even HBO
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The Hispanic Community Grand Canyon University Concepts in Community and Public Health NRS-427V-O104 October 27‚ 2013 The Hispanic Community Based on the United States (U.S.) Census Bureau in 2011‚ there were roughly 52 million Hispanics living in the nation‚ which represented about 16.7% of the total population (Zepeda‚ 2011). People of Hispanic origin are the nation’s largest ethnic minority group (Zepeda‚ 2011). Arizona’s Hispanic
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Who Constitute the Hispanics? The term ‘Hispanic’ recognizes people whose cultural ancestry lies first in Spain and then in the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America which comprises of Mexico‚ Central America and most of South America except Brazil‚ and several Caribbean nations. The term gained wide spread prominence only after the 1960s. (Jorge Iber‚ 2005:6). Spanish and Portuguese explorers and settlers began to arrive in America in the early 1500s. With the intermingling of different communities
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