Hispanic American Diversity Assignment.doc

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Assignment: Hispanic American Diversity

Resources: Chapter 9 and 10 inRacial and Ethnic Groups, the University Library, and the Internet

Here is a worksheet to fill in the facts and examples here and post it as an attachment. Each box should have at least 25 word countsummary when appropriate.

Languages spoken Politics Religion Education Economic status Family style,traditions

Any groupfrom Centraland SouthAmericasuch asChile, ElSalvador,

Colombia,etc.

Spanish is not thedominant language forthe people from Centraland South America,such as Colombia,Chile, El Salvador, ect.

There are many differentlanguages that arespoken by the peoplefrom these areas.(Schaeger, 2006)

According Sturner,2011,the Dominican Republicand Chile speakSpanish. Colombiansspeak Spanish and

American Indian.Salvadorians speak

Spanish and Nashua(among someAmerindians)

Central and SouthAmericans have politicalviews which range fromconservative right wing toorthodox Marxistorientation. However,

these communities haveended up with limitedpolitical power becausetheir communities havenot unified around theissues associated withthem. (Cordova & DelPinal, 2011)

The Catholic churchprovides crucial support toLatin Americans throughoutthe United States. Religiousceremonies are closely tiedto important customs and

traditions, suchas compadrazgo, theestablishment of kinnetworks through the choiceof godparents (usually theman and woman who actedas the best man and themaid of honor at the parents'wedding); their preservationhas been assured in recentyears as parishes haveadded Spanish-language

services in not only largecities, but also a growingnumber of suburbs. Thechurch is also one of the fewvenues that offer respitefrom the isolation,loneliness, and hostility thatimmigrants may encounter in

American society.(Sturner,2011)

Colombian Americans valueeducation highly and oftenmove to the United Statesfor the chance to educatetheir children through highschool and beyond, a

privilege reserved inColombia for the wealthy.Such ready access offers acrucial advantage toimmigrants from the middleand lower classes, for whoman American degreerepresents an end to thecycle of limited educationand poorly paid work thatinhibits economic mobility.(Sturner,2011)

In the mid-1990sColombian Americans hadone of the highest averageincomes among Latinos.Many have prospered inbusiness, especially in

ventures in Miami relatedto trade with LatinAmerica. (Sturner,2011)

In Colombia traditionalvalues define the home:the husband is the wage-earner and head of house;the wife sets the tone ofthe household and rarely

holds outside employment;children are taught to obeytheir parents and respectauthority. Families preferto immigrate together buthave increasingly beenprevented from doing soby restrictive immigrationlaws. (Sturner,2011)


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CubanAmericans

Cuban Americansmainly speak Spanishwhen they are at home.(Scheager, 2006) 85%of these Cuban

Americans believed theyshould speak Englishwhen dealing with the

American public.(Goonen,2011)

Cubans are mostly loyalto the Republican party.This started after formerPresident Ronald Reaganvisited Miami wearing aquayabera and told thecrowd Viva Cuba Libre.Cuba Si, Castro no.(Miller, 2010)

More than 70% of CubanAmericans calledthemselves RomanCatholics in 1954. In Floridahowever, there are otherreligions being practicedsuch as Baptist, Methodist,Presbyterian, Episcopal, andLutheran. (Goonen,2011)

Cuban Americans are veryconcerned with educationand their children are verywell educated. About 83%have completed high schooland other forms of highereducations. (Goonen,2011)

Most Cuban Americans,both foreign-born andU.S.-born, were employedin 1989 and 1990. Theirrates of unemploymentwere lower than those ofPuerto Ricans andMexican Americansthough somewhat higherthan those of non-Hispanic

white Americans. Almost18 percent of Cuban

Americans wereprofessionals ormanagers. (Goonen,2011)

In the United States,these elements havebecome less characteristicamong families of Cubandescent. For example, theCuban tradition ofselecting godparents for achild who will maintain aclose and quasi-parentalrelationship with the child

has begun to decline in theUnitedStates. Compadres, orgodparents, are less likelyto play a significant role inthe lives of Cuban

American children.(Goonen,2011)

MexicanAmericans

Mexican Americansspeak Spanish more

often than they do anyother language. Thereare 23% of Mexican

Americans that speakEnglish. (Schaefer,2006) The 20th century iswhen Mexican

Americans moved intoprofessions where co-workers speak English,this has the second and

In the early days politicalparticipation was limited

due to discrimination. Bythe 1920s Mexican

Americans realized iftheir interests were goingto be protected theyneeded power. Early inthe 20th centurymutualislas was formed,this was a protectiveorganization. (Englekirk &Marin, 2011)

75% of Mexican Americansare of the Catholic faith and

in the Southwestern part ofthe United States over 2/3rd

of Catholics are Mexican orMexican American.(Englekirk & Marin, 2011)

In the late 1800s and early1900s many families had to

rely on their children to helpwith income so educationwas out of the question. Bythe 20th century Mexican

Americans were attendingpublic school. (Englekirk &Marin, 2011)

Mexican Americans wereseemed to be attracted to

such jobs as mining,agriculture, transportation,and ranching. They werehard workers but did notget paid very well.(Englekirk & Marin, 2011)

Male dominance wastradition. The husband

was the breadwinner andhe made all decisionswhether they are social oreconomical. Wives hadcontrol over the householdbut had to be obedient andsubmissive theirhusbands. (Englekirk &Marin, 2011)


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third generation MexicanAmericans start to speakmore English. (Englekirk& Marin, 2011)

PuertoRican

Americans

Puerto RicanAmericans mainly speakEnglish however; thereare about 21% thatspeak Spanish.(Schaefer, 2006) Thereis no such thing asPuerto Rican language.The Spanish that somePuerto Rican Americansspeak is proper

Castillian Spanish, thiscomes from ancientLatin. (Green, 2011)

Throughout the twentiethcentury, Puerto Ricanpolitical activity hasfollowed two distinctpaths one focusing onaccepting the associationwith the United Statesand working within the

American politicalsystem, the other pushingfor full Puerto Rican

independence, oftenthrough radical means.(Green, 2011)

As recently as 1960, over 80percent of Puerto Ricansidentified themselves asCatholics. By the mid-1990s,according to U.S. CensusBureau statistics, thatnumber had decreased to 70percent. Nearly 30 percentof Puerto Ricans identifythemselves as Protestants ofvarious denominations,

including Lutheran,Presbyterian, Methodist,Baptist, and ChristianScientist. (Green, 2011)

Most Puerto Ricans place ahigh value on the educationof the young; on the island,

Americanized publiceducation is compulsory. Aneducation is very important.(Green, 2011)

In mainland urban areas,though, unemployment isrising among PuertoRicans. According to 1990U.S. Census Bureaustatistics, 31 percent of allPuerto Rican men and 59percent of all Puerto Ricanwomen were notconsidered part of the

American labor force. One

reason for these alarmingstatistics may be thechanging face of Americanemployment options.(Green, 2011)

Both Puerto Rican menand women care verymuch for their children andhave strong roles inchildrearing; children areexpected toshow respeto (respect) toparents and other elders,including older siblings.Traditionally, girls areraised to be quiet and

diffident, and boys areraised to be moreaggressive, though allchildren are expected todefer to elders andstrangers. Young meninitiate courtship, thoughdating rituals have for themost part become

Americanized on themainland.

1. Describe the similarities and differences among these groups in a 300 word countsummary.

For the most part all of these groups are similar in several areas. When it comes to languages all four groupsspeak Spanish. However, not all Spanish is the same. Mexican Americans Spanish could sound way different


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than the Spanish Cuban Americans speak. Some of the people from Central America and South America alsospeak Spanish however, there are other languages spoke there as well. Politics is something that none of thesegroups are too active in. Most of these groups consider themselves to be Catholic or Roman Catholics. Cubans inFlorida also practice Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, and Lutheran religions. Three out of the four

groups value educations very highly. In the early 1900s Mexican Americans needed their children to work to helpsupport the family so education was put on hold. However, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Central, and South Americanpeople make sure educations is on the top of their priorities. They also make sure their children are well educatedas well. All of these groups are very hard workers but seem to get the short end of the stick when it comes to pay.Cuban Americans seem to have the lowest unemployment rate of the four groups. Family styles and traditions areall very similar as well. Each group has a male figure, husband and father, who is the head of the house hold andbreadwinner. The male also is the one person who makes all the decisions no matter what they may be. Thefemales are the ones who take care of the house and children. The female rarely works outside of the home.Wives are obedient and submissive to their husbands. Puerto Rican Americans are a little different because bothmother and father have strong roles in childrearing. Fathers take as much responsibility for their children as the

mother does.

References:. You can rely very heavily on your textbook to complete this assignment, as most of the information is right there. Youmust, however,put the information in your own words. Include two outside references to add to this information

Richard T Schaefer, 2006, Racial and Ethnic Groups, 10 th Edition, publish Prentice-Hall


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Norma Goonen, Cuban Americans in the United States, 10/23/11,http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Bu-Dr/Cuban-Americans.html

Pamela Sturner, Colombian Americans in the United States, 10/23/11,http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Bu-Dr/Colombian-Americans.html

Allan Englekirk & Marguerite Marin, Mexican Americans in the United States, 10/23/11,http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Le-Pa/Mexican-Americans.html

Derek Green, Puerto Rican Americans in the United States, 10/23/11,http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Pa-Sp/Puerto-Rican-Americans.html

Carlos Cordova and Jorge Del Pinal, Our Multicultural Heritage: A Guide to Americas Principal Ethnic Groups-Centraland South Americans, 10/23/2011, http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~raquelrp/art3.htm

Carlos Miller, Hispanic News: Why Cuban Americans vote Republican, 10/23/2011,http://hispanic.cc/why_cubans_vote_republican.htm
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