Hispanics And Asians: A Case Study

Throughout this first chapter of Latino Americans the key points in my opinion were the following. Starting with the origin story of the Americas, the book mentions there might not be a definitive starting point because there “500 nations in North America before a European ship ever dropped anchor off the Eastern Seaboard” (Suarez 3). The book from this point on chronologically starts narrating, first about 55 years before Protestant refugees from Mayflower ever stepped on American soil, a Spanish sailor Pedro Menendez de Aviles forced French protestants from their Florida coast settlement to then stablish St. Augustine. From this point the book continues to tell the stories of Juan de Oñate, from witnessing the founding of Santa Fe, the oldest capital of North America, to exploring more than half a dozen of American states, he is one of the most fundamental conquistadors who is the least

Mexican Americans were affected by the case Mendez v Westminster this case affected Mexican Americans in Orange County . The case was brought to court in 1947 the basis of the case was that the school district was segregating the Mexican Americans. When the Mendez children were sent to another school because they were Mexican American the case was filed in March 2, 1945 by the Mendez family. The case was also for the other 5,000 kids attending the district that were Mexican American. The cases argued that segregating children of Mexican ancestry violated the equal protection of the law clause in the 14th amendment .The defense argued that education was a state issue and the courts did not have any jurisdiction. They also argued that Mexican Americans were being segregated so

| Hispanics are currently the fastest-growing minority group in the United States constituting 16.3% of the nation’s entire population. There population is 42,687,224.

I have chosen to write the following paper about the incident rates of cancer and the Hispanic/Latino populations in the United States. Cancer is the number two leading cause of death in the United States among all populations. In the Hispanic/Latino, cancer is the number one leading cause of death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (hereby referred to as the CDC), “about 1 in 3 Hispanic men and 1 in 3 Hispanic women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime”1. The incidence of cancer among the Hispanic/Latino population is for all “new cases: About 58,400 new cancer cases in Hispanic men and 67,500 cases in Hispanic women are expected to be diagnosed in 2015”1 compared to the rest of the U.S. population. There

Underrepresented Minorities is a big topic that I felt covering in this class was necessary, especially on the leadership viewpoint. Being part of the Latino community, we have struggles of being misrepresented, especially lately in the social media concerning Donald Trump. His comments hit home with many of us and drew many Latinos to attention that we are underrepresented as a community within the minority category.

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The current census questions concerning race and Hispanic origin questions are respectful in that it allows Hispanic individual to classify how they see themselves instead of just lumping every Hispanic person into one category. The depth in which the census goes into identifying Hispanics and say an American Indian or Alaska Native tribes shows that we as people now know that not every Hispanic or American Indian are the same, in that they have different cultures. The categories do make sense. I don’t think that the categories should expand or change because it also has an additional box that says other race if you feel as if you don’t identify with any of the races listed above. The government could be interested in race and ethnicity for

Thank you for the post, it was informative and educational. Adding some highlights on the health disparities between the Latinos and the Caucasian, there is greater socioeconomic difference between the Caucasian. According to the 2000 census, the number of Latinos in the United States has increased by approximately 60 percent, from 23 million in 1990 to 35.3 million in 2000 (Leo, Marielena, Raynard, Robert, & Jose, 2002). Statistics illustrates that the Latinos population is one of the fastest-growing racial/ethnic groups in the United States today.

For 20 years, Asian Americans have been portrayed by the press and the media as a successful minority. Asian Americans are believed to benefit from astounding achievements in education, rising occupational statuses, increasing income, and are problem-fee in mental health and crime. The idea of Asian Americans as a model minority has become the central theme in media portrayal of Asian Americans since the middle 1960s. The term model minority is given to a minority group that exhibits middle class characteristics, and attains some measure of success on its own without special programs or welfare. Asian Americans are seen as a model minority because even though they have faced prejudice and

In 2004, the United States Census Bureau (2015) indicated there were approximately fifty-four million Hispanics in the United States, making up seventeen percent of the population. Hispanics who migrates to other places, whether it’s a country, state or city are faced with challenges; one being discrimination.

group that is growing faster within future retirees. By 2050, Hispanics will account for 20

An analysis was done on the large population of Latinos in America by The Pew Research Center of U.S. Census Bureau. Results following the test showed that the Dispersion and growth of the population has slowed since the Great Recession happened in December of 2007. The Latino population had been on a steady growth from 2000 to 2007 which was at an all time high of 4.4%, but has slowly fallen to a mere 2.4% in the following years. A major factor as to why this is happening is Immigration and birth rates in America shifting drastically. This is most likely due to Border enforcement that has been put in effect in the past years. The large Growth in population that started around 1990s was due to the fact that the people immigrating

The American Dream for everyone alike is to prosper and succeed in a land that individuals are determined to call their own. Almost every immigrant that has entered the United States has done so in hopes of finding a better life for themselves and for their families. For most Hispanic-Americans, the goal was the same. Hispanic-Americans come from a variety of different Spanish-speaking countries. Just as the wave of immigrants from Europe came to the United States of America in the late 1800's and early 1900's, Hispanics came from places like Mexico, South and Central America, and the Caribbean Islands. Although everyone came with the same goal in mind, to make sure their families would have a better life in a new environment, each subgroup within the Hispanic community faced different circumstances once they arrived in the United States and have different definitions of what it feels like to be an American.

Does it matter what we are called: Latino or Hispanic? Does it change who we are as people? To an extent, most people do not know the difference between either. Typically, people group both terms as one singular item. However, Hispanic and Latino racial classifications are more than a broad category for people from Spanish-speaking countries. The words connote and represent a history of colonial terminology that based its success on the failures of innocent, historically peaceful, cultural groups. Hispanic and Latino terminology are political and economic in every sense. This paper will show that colonial leanings to control and govern people’s lives have yet to culminate, even though the era of imperialism ended a century ago. The United States, although far from its heyday as the singular house of power, still manages to achieve control and influence over the imperialized minds of groups of people, specifically Hispanics and Latinos.

Yes, I do feel that the efforts to gain equal rights and right for traditionally excluded people are still incomplete. Society is still suffering from the after effects of slavery. Although, we as a society are looked at as all human beings with the same life value, it is not that simple. The efforts for everyone to be equal has made a tremendous improvement it still has not done enough to say that we are all equal in society. The African Americans community and Hispanic community are very inferior to the Caucasian community. Society has made it very clear about how they feel about the African American and Hispanic community. The media, television, education is very stereotypical on the “inferior” communities. The media have depicted African Americans as ghetto, uneducated, Drug Lords, crack victims and classless.