Hispanic Diversity
...familial conventions and/or statuses of four Hispanic groups living
in the United States; the following four groups I have chosen,
Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and El Salvadorians. Each
group has a wealthy cultural identity. Yet, has been placed in the same
category, Hispanic Americans, based on language. All these
groups share Spanish speech, though each has a different
dialect. Some words spelled and pronounced the same also have
different meanings. For example, sopa means soup in some countries,
but in other countries it means soap.
Mexican Americans
The Mexican American language is made up of a mix of their national
languages Spanish and English, some people refer to it as “Spanglish”.
In the political sense Mexican Americans were very involved in the Mexican American
Civil Rights movement. It was run mainly by Mendoza, V. “…Reies López
Tijerina. The land grant movement, adopted by Rodolfo "Corky"
Gonzales in Denver who defines the meaning of Chicano through his
epic poem “I am Joaquin” It embraces César Chávez and the farm
workers…”(2000). The movement was made by Mendoza. “The
Mexican American Civil Rights Movement…” “…encompassed a broad
cross section of issues—from restoration of land grants, to farm
workers rights, to enhanced education, to voting and political rights…”
Socially Mexican Americans appear to want what all immigrants want; the American Dream. (Alba, R. 2006).
Education wise, Mexican Americans (no matter what generation) really don’t move
past High School; according to the reading, Alba, R. “Huntington. Alba
presents data that appear to show very low levels of Mexican-
American educational advancement beyond high school,...
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