Being Hispanic Person

My Hispanic identity and heritage is an important part of my identity because it has shaped my journey as student and guided me in discovering my passion in life. I strongly believe being the daughter of immigrant parents has pushed me to work harder as a student and has motivated me to search for ways to help my Hispanic community. Since my parents and the majority of my family are immigrants from Mexico, this unique position has exposed me to the reality of thousands of people who come to the country looking for the American Dream, but also the difficult obstacles they face in their daily lives. As a child, I witnessed how my Hispanic community lived in the shadows and were afraid to speak up when injustices occurred because of the inability to speak English and the lack of knowledge

According ,to google Hispanic means: spanish speaking countries especially those of Latin America. Being Hispanic for me means: being proud of how diverse and strong my culture is.The foods, music ,language and the special love we all share. or instance, fiery, hot nourishment is basic in a few weight control plans and moderately truant in others. When it comes to Hispanic Heritage Month or any special celebration(Mexico Independence Day, Cinco de Mayo,etc…) . During these celebrations it make everyone in the culture to bond in a way that make it so easy to be friends with other Hispanic in the different areas of the neighborhoods.My life experiences shape my answer because people think I look Indian based on the color of my skin, but once

Why do I care about this? Is this morally and culturally ethical? Ignorance is bliss, no? Of course, considering the environmental, social inequalities, and health aspects, my interests seem to be clearly justified … no? Philosophical inquiry will allow me to ask these questions and meticulously ponder their meaning. Specifically, however, LFP will allow me to incorporate and further understand my own “lived experience” regarding environmentalism and being Latina. In other words, LPF gives me an academic voice to articulate and expand on my experience. For example, [an experience] already during this winter break, my father reflected upon his views when I mentioned what I was planning on

Race is genetically mixed, socially filtered, and an inextricable subject of change. That’s why most Latinos prefer to identify themselves according to their country of origin. They are in some sense executing the strong national identity they are taught in school. The problem comes when they are asked if they are Hispanic or Latino, which is the current format that the Census Bureau uses to ask people about their “ethnicity”. With only linguistic connotations, this two words cannot define the whole Latino community. So, how can we better define their ethnicity?

I have learned more about Hispanics’ unique perspective of race that it doesn’t necessarily fit with the definitions of United States officially. Hispanic is considered more as an ethnicity than a race and that Hispanic individuals can come from any racial category. However, the census makes it difficult for Hispanics to describe their racial identity as there not many relevant options to choose from. This is why they fill in the “other” section of the census. I think it’s completely irrelevant to categorize Spanish-speaking individuals into one single group as they come from different parts of the world, such as Central and South America and parts of the Caribbean, different European nations, indigenous regions, Asia, and Africa. I am glad

Being an hispanic brings a lot of pride to me. I am more than a statistic. Bing hispanic means that I am only suppsoed to graduate from high school enroll in a college only attend for a year but then drop out. But I am here to change that. Such as many other latinos, my parents matter to me a lot. I must bring pride and honor to our family name. Not just here but to those who have stayed behind on the other side of the Rio Grande.

The conceptual definition for the word Hispanic used in this paper is: an individual of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish-speaking country, culture or origin. This conception of the word Hispanic is board because it includes all people with ties to a Latin American country or country with Spanish culture, while remaining specific by maintaining that that these connections are through origin or culture.

United States is an example of the diversity cultures, but the majority is the Hispanic culture. The Hispanic culture has been growing up so fast in this country that currently White Americans does not want them here anymore. Most of White Americans has been debatable about the theme of Hispanics because the fact that they do not speak English, get more jobs than the white people does, taking money that they should not, and think that the Hispanics are bad persons because they could be drug dealers.

Before coming to the US at the age of 13, I lived in Canton, near Hongkong, in China, a country with 58 official ethnic groups. In the US, we are all either Asian, or for the more discerning, simply Chinese. A friend from Ecuador is Latino here in the US, but negro/black in Ecuador. Going to school in New York City, and riding the 7 train, I have lived in one of the most racially and ethnically diverse parts of the country, and yet my friends all seem to subscribe to the US census categories: white, black, Asian (lumped in with Pacific Islander), and then Latino or non-Latino. At some level my friends know racial categories social. For example, Puerto Rican and Dominican friends of mine squabble over who is a better or more model Latino—this

When I was growing up I was always told to be aware of my surroundings and who I would hang out with. The main ethnic group at the time I was told to be aware of was Hispanics, only based on the fact that all I would see as a kid was gang members and they just so happened to be Hispanic. Granted not all Hispanics are in gangs but growing up I thought so. I was also told that Hispanics were some of the laziest people around, but I do not think that it true what so ever, because of people like them they are taking the jobs that no one is willing to take just to make anything they can to provide for themselves or their families. I commend the men and woman who are out there and taking and doing these grueling tedious jobs. As a young man I did

Over the course of history, the term ‘Hispanic’ has been used to categorize a certain portion of the world’s population without knowing the true meaning behind the term. By definition, the term ‘Hispanic’ refers to “of or relating to the people, speech, or culture of Spain or of Spain and Portugal” (Webster, 2014). Another definition of this term is “of, relating to, or being a person of Latin American descent living in the United States; especially one of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin” (Webster, 2014). Before one can assume that they fully understand this controversial term, they must remember how the term came to be. The formation of this term began in the early years of the XV century when Spain and Portugal began the

As human beings, we all think different and judge people based on the values our intermediate community teach us. I was walking home from school when a group of teenagers pass in a car and offended me they said, “you need to go back to Mexico where you belong.” I did not reply nothing probably because I was intimidated but for sure I felt anger and humiliation. I talked to my mother about this experience and she told me, “make sure you do not do the same to other people and to report it to the right people when it

Lastly this story is when I went over to my aunt's house who is also hispanic, this happened a year ago and since then she feels uncomfortable going and shopping because she feels like she’s going to get discriminated by her skin color or her ethnicity. Myself went over her house yesterday to interview her about how her experience, it was shocking to hear what she had to say. it's sad to think that people feel okay to say these types of words when in reality it's not. Because for this matter there are people out here who feel like they should just eb g

Prior to this incident, I had never been a victim of prejudice. As I responded to the situation, I could not help but think about how this person is not even aware of my citizenship or my ability to speak English. I was extremely defensive because I felt that this man, despite knowing how long I have been in this country, decided to attack me and my family for simply being ourselves. My actions were based solely on my belief that although I am an immigrant, I am a legal citizen with the right to hold on to my native culture. In hindsight, I feel the only way I could have handled this situation better was by not letting it intimidate me. This might have allowed me to explain my stance on the issue and maybe even educate the man who insulted me and my mother. Most importantly though, I would not have allowed it to hinder my comfortability in speaking my native language in public. Now that I am older, I have come to realize that there are many people with different opinions about immigrants in the United States. Whether I

Many Hispanics in the United States have been discriminated and it is a serious problem. “About half of Hispanics in the U.S. (52%) say they have experienced discrimination or have been treated unfairly because of their race or ethnicity”, according to a newly released Pew Research Center Survey on race in America. For example, I was working at “Food 4 Less” helping Spanish speaking customers when I was only able to speak English to them. My fellow work members from a distance were looking at me, most likely talking behind my back. I would go ask for another coworker who is able to speak Spanish to help out my customer, but I Mexican and I was supposed to be able to speak Spanish. Since I am not able to a lot of the Mexican workers say a lot of mean things behind my back in Spanish or when they are right next to me. What they don’t know is I am able to understand what they are saying. I don’t know how to speak Spanish, but I can understand Spanish very well. I was born in America, but my parents were born in Mexico and came here to the United States legally. I was just never able to get the hang of speaking Spanish just understanding the basic parts of it. I have been personally discriminated by other Latinos, not African Americas or Americas during my work. African Americas are the number one race to get discriminated by in the work when Latinos are coming in second at 52%. According to a Pew research poll, Latino people are the 2nd most discriminated against ethnic group