Hispanic American Diversity
...statuses of four Hispanic groups living
in the United States; the following four groups have been chosen,
Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and El Salvadorians. Each
group has a rich cultural identity but has been placed in the same
category, Hispanic Americans, on the basis of language. All these
groups share the Spanish language, though each has a different
dialect and some words spelled and pronounced the same have
different meanings. For example, sopa means soup in some countries,
but in others it means soap.
Mexican Americans
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 the meaning of Chicano through his
epic poem I am Joaquin, embraces Cesar Chavez and the farm
workers
"(2000). The movement as defined by Mendoza, V. "The
Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
" "
encompassed a broad
cross section of issuesfrom restoration of land grants, to farm
workers rights, to enhanced education, to voting and political rights
"
Socially Mexican Americans seem to want what all immigrants who
come to this country seeking; the American Dream. (Alba, R. 2006).
Educationally, Mexican Americans, no matter the generation rarely go
past high school; according to the reading, Alba, R. "Huntington
presents data that appear to show very low levels of Mexican-
American educational advancement beyond high school, regardless of
generation."...
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