Hispanic American Diversity They have similarities, but they are a diverse population. With the East being more used to the common word Hispanic, and the West being more used to the common word Latino, it can create confusion for non-Hispanic Americans. In this essay I am will be going into detail about Mexican Americans, PuertoRicans, Cuban Americans, and Venezuelan Americans; discussing the linguistic, political, social, economic, religious, and familial topics within each group. Economically, the gap between non-Hispanic whites still remain constant, even after the last few decades income have gradually increased, the gap does still remain. Linguistically, Hispanics share the same heritage of the Spanish language.
HISPANIC INFLUENCE ON MODERN US CULTURE Many countries around the world are the focus of immigration from neighboring areas, but the most desirable is US. Have you ever wondered why? This is the land of dreams; no matter how hard the immigration rules are, people will do whatever it takes to reach it. Currently, American culture is constantly changing due to the mix of races. Hispanics have the highest level of immigration in US.
While country-wise speaking, Mexico is the one contributed the largest number of immigrants – 94,783 (13.7%). The study on multicultural issues in counseling has been on for decades, and as the ever-increasing number of immigrants and foreign aliens, the awareness of importance of multicultural respects in counseling has increased, too. Normally, multicultural study does not provide a clear distinction between American minority groups who have lived in the major society for a significantly long period (ex. minority born and raised in the USA) and those who newly immigrated. Although the latter group can be facing a much more extreme challenge of cultural difference, they are rarely studied as a distinctive subgroup (Brilliant, 2000).
Several changes have occurred in the demographic trend of the precinct since 2000 census. In the past there was not as much of Latino. The majority of the population was divided between white (4202) and Latino (4295), but nowadays Latino are the most dominant race and the rest are divided between black white and other. And it is really growing faster in the precinct making it a Latino precinct. Also in the precinct a massive foreign speaker are noticed such are French speaker and other Asian
Since the dawn of time Texas has been a revolutionary place where many cultures manifested and changed. Latino Culture has obviously been a major influence on Texas overall, this can be taken from the name itself and other things. Not only does “Texas” derive from spanish origin, but the progress of Latin culture into America and the civil rights movement has gone a long way and truly made a foundation for Texas since the 1500s . The majority of latinos in Texas can trace their ancestry to the racial mixture that happened after the conquest of Mexico by Spain near the 1520s. When this happened there was a major increase of population due to the fact that many spanish males mixed with Indian females, beginning the mestizo race.
U42181013 Mrs. Tamara McLaughlin EAP 1851.017S15 13 March 2015 Immigration is The Bright Future of America “About 20 percent of all international migrants reside in the United States, which accounts for less than 5 percent of the world’s population” (Nwosu, 2014). The topic immigration is taking so serious in the US that even splits the people into those who support it and those who stand against it. Moreover, nowadays more people stand against immigration and that because of many reasons including the previous struggles that the country had in the past years with Mexico. People shouldn’t deny the fact that immigration is also considered a beneficial source to the US, because it increases the efficiency of the economy, Brings entrepreneurs
These beliefs have been passed down from generation to generation along with their strong family orientation. Hispanics are known for their large families. Just the other day my dad was asked how many kids he had, he said one, surprised the cashier said “one? But you are Mexican.” As if it was mandatory for Hispanics to have many kinds. The truth is most Hispanics are the same size as any other culture, the only difference is that we do not use terms such as second cousin or cousins cousin.
• 55% of all illegal aliens come from Mexico. (Other Latin American countries account for another 20%). • 40% of all illegal aliens live in California. (TX, NY, FL, and IL account for the next 40%). • The illegal alien population is growing by about 275,000 each year.
Currently, in our modern time, the immigration issue we have now is with the Mexican ethnicity. Some people say the vast amount of Mexican immigrants are tying up American jobs but in reality they are not, in fact they are improving it, most American aren’t interested in the jobs that the Mexican immigrants hold. “ The vast majority of the jobs held by Mexican immigrants are jobs that would not interest the majority of Americans because they are generally low paying work done by unskilled workers” (Steven A. Camarota, “Immigration From Mexico” Web Article). Mexican immigrants also in no way harm us in our wealth but they rather help us with our finances. “Mexican immigrants contribute four percent of total U.S. GDP.
Since 1970 record numbers of Mexicans have entered the United States, and many of these have entered without legal documentation. They have joined Mexican Americans in established communities such as Sunnyside in Washington’s Yakima Valley, Woodburn in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, and Caldwell in western Idaho, and constitute the majority in some small rural communities such as Wapato, Washington. They are also settling in urban and remote, isolated areas previously unpopulated by Mexicans or Mexican Americans. Prior to 1970, a small population, low levels of education, and discrimination kept Mexican Americans from any meaningful political participation in the communities where they resided. Mexican Americans and Mexicans will continue to shape politics and culture in the Columbia River Basin as more of them become U.S. citizens and more second-generation descendants obtain an education, vote, develop businesses, and contribute to the cultural life of the