Analysis Of Samuel Huntington 's Article, A Genetic Fallacy

A questionnaire was given to a group of Hispanics born outside of the United States that contained four sections: background, simple skills like signing your name, literacy stimulation skills like reading, and finally oral. (Ortiz,P.152) When it came to the results, Hispanics born in the United States had a little higher level of literacy of 284.0 as compared to foreign-born Hispanics who had a 240.4. But when it came to English proficiency, native-born Hispanics and Foreign-born Hispanics were neck and neck at 3.6 on a scale from 1 to 5.(Ortiz,

In his “Open Letter to the Citizens of Tucson,” Tom Horne explains why he believes ethnic studies should be banned. Horne explains what happened at the Tucson magnet school when a Republican Latina came to speak. Tom Horne writes, “Her speech was non-partisan and professional, urging students to think for themselves and avoid stereotypes. Yet a small group of La Raza students treated her

David G Gutiérrez’s Walls and Mirrors: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the Politics of Ethnicity discuss the deep and complex understudied relationship between Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants. This relationship was a natural consequence of the mass illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States that had constantly been increasing the population of “ethnic Mexicans” and along with it brought tensions between those who were Americans of Mexican descent and had been living here for generations and those who had freshly arrived to the United States and as such did whatever they had to do to make a living.

Are Immigrants actually hurting America? In the article “Supporting Family Values” Linda Chavez writes to inform Americans about immigrants. In American people make the assumption that immigrants are here to hurt America instead of improving America. In reality there is only a small group of immigrants that hurt America. People need to separate the groups to realize that there are immigrants who help America and that they should be allowed to stay in America under certain circumstances. Immigrants should be given amnesty if they have families and work to contribute to America.

He mentions that Hispanics have higher median earnings than Blacks, but their educational levels fall far below what African Americans have achieved. Parrillo argues that the Hispanics fall behind other groups in educational attainment due to the limited formal education of parents. Mexicans are the least educated while Cubans are the most highly educated. Parrillo also mentions Hispanic Americans’ median income fall below Asians and Whites, but their median income is above African Americans. I don’t disagree with the fact that Hispanic Americans fall in terms of education and Parrillo’s point of having a low education due to their parent’s level of education is definitely a fact. Overall, Hispanic Americans greatly contribute to the American economy and help make small businesses become successful. My one question to Parrillo’s analysis would be what would happen to the economy once the newer generations of Hispanics become educated. My prediction would be that the small businesses would collapse due to no one making up for labor-intensive job positions. The future shall tell the outcome of Hispanic Americans since President Trump’s proposed plan is to deport Mexicans since he believes they “bring drugs, and bring crime, and their

This paper will try to explain the variety of hardships many Mexican-American students endure in hopes to gain a higher education. Many are driven by the “American Dream”, which is the idea that individuals living in the U.S. have the equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and abilities. The American Dream often motivates foreigners to enter the United States illegally, hoping for that “equal opportunity” to success. However, not everyone living in the U.S. has equal opportunities, compared to native-born American citizens. This is why it can be difficult for Mexican-American students to attend colleges and universities. A higher education is difficult to obtain for Mexican-American students because of their low socioeconomic status, their differing cultural and structural characteristics, and the social and political institutions in our current society. Although this paper does not focus on the educational opportunities in Mexico, this paper will mostly focus on the educational system in the United States, particularly California State University, San Bernardino. In addition, this paper will refer to Mexican-American students as first-generation college students.

Another alternative motive why Mexican Americans come to America is in pursuit for remedial assistances to better their education.

According to Huntington, unlike previous immigrants, Hispanics wish to retain a dual culture. This presents them with the culture clash of two varying views on culture as well as education. There are several factors that have made this culture of immigrants assimilations’ so much different than the past immigrants that America has so fondly welcomed with open arms. These include contiguity, scale illegality regional concentration, persistence and historical presence.

By  Luis Rodriguez writes how people from a different community is placed in under structure classes, which is not a class  for A+ students but toward lower income community minorities. He states, “But the school also took in the people from the hills and surrounding communities who somehow made it past junior high. They were mostly Mexican, in the “C” track (what were called the stupid classes), and who made up the rosters of the wood, print and auto shop. Only a few of these students participated in school government, in sports, or in the various clubs.(83) Rodriguez elaborates that Mexican students were placed in a classroom that is considered stupid and undesirable environment to be in. Also According to a study by John Eligon, writes how children, lack of education can cause implication of having a job in society, especially not graduate high school which will increase the unemployment rate. He states, “For some, there was admittedly a lack of motivation to job-hunt. For another, Criminal records got in the way. Kaos said he had been turned away from Walmart, walgreens, Footlocker and other. One in four adults in this neighborhood has not graduated from high school, and the unemployment rate is 33 percent, two and a half times the citywide

On the other hand a Mexican-American during Affirmative Action time was taking advantage of society. During the affirmative action time being a minority was the beneficiary, that's how Rodriguez shows it. College at that time need to have diversity in order to complete their quota. As Rodriguez said “I would see other Mexican-American and know we were alike only in race.” (Page 81). What he means is that the only thing that they had in common was their race and nothing else. He knew that being a minority will help him and make his education possible.

The Hispanic population in the United States has increased throughout the years, but so has the racism. Sad to say that many other races don’t like the fact that more Hispanics are migrating all over the United States. Donald Trump our 45th president of the United States has created more racism with his statements towards Hispanics. In the article from “The Washington Post” by Michelle Ye Hee Lee, mentions that there been many violent rallies with many people getting hurt, as well as many protest around the United States due to these words from president trump “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people”.

When one thinks about Hispanics, all too often the image of a field full of migrant workers picking fruit or vegetables in the hot sun comes to mind. This has become the stereotypical picture of a people whose determination and character are as strong or stronger than that of the Polish, Jewish, Greek, or Italian who arrived in the United States in the early 1900's. Then, the center of the new beginning for each immigrant family was an education. An education was the "ladder by which the children of immigrants climbed out of poverty into the mainstream." (Calderon & Slavin, 2001, p. iv) That ideal has not changed, as the Hispanic population has grown in the United States to large numbers very quickly and with little fanfare. Now, the

Mexican Americans in the education system have been treated unfair. From the Mendez v. Westminster to the low number of students graduating from high school and moving to a higher institution shows that the system has done nothing to help these students. By the help of the community wealth theory many of the few numbers of scholars who have been able to reach these higher institutions have been able to put families, schools, peers, and other influences for their benefit and for helping them enter these systems which are not welcoming to them. Various aspects of these systems need to be change from the diversity of teachers and desegregation in and within schools around the US which would influence the communication and thoughts that Mexican

“However, they also take away value by weakening the legal and national security environment. When three out of every 100 people in America are undocumented (or, rather, documented with forged and faked papers), there is a profound security problem. Even though they pose no direct security threat, the presence of millions of undocumented migrants distorts the law, distracts resources, and effectively creates a cover for terrorists and criminals.” http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2006/03/the-real-problem-with-immigration-and-the-real-solution

Prejudice doesn’t discriminate, it lives in all runs of people: Whites, African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Republicans, Democrats, men, women, young, old- you name it. In a perfect world this level of hatred wouldn’t be the norm, but it is. It is so widespread that there’s tangible evidence that shows even Hispanics (immigrant or not) have negative affiliations with immigrants. How can this be when Hispanics take the cake for making up the largest portion of new-comers. Interestingly enough, research done by the Pew Research Center concludes that the more Hispanics have become accustomed to nativism in American culture, the more likely they are to feel negatively toward the matter. This sense of superiority is quite frankly sickening, to know that even counterparts of immigrants could fall suspect of discrimination goes to show its daunting power. What’s more, the false notion that immigrants are purely responsible for the uprooting of crime, scarce resources, drugs, disease, and more have been fed to natives by the media and those in powerful positions to continue defacing the image of immigration as there’s no solid evidence to justify being anti-foreign.