...The Hispanic population is no stranger to hard times and struggles in life, just like any other culture here in the melting pot of America. Many are first and second generation immigrants who traveled to America in search of a better life for themselves and their families. They come with their own traditions, values, and belief systems that make them who they are as a culture. At times these values and beliefs can be challenged when they don’t fall in line with American beliefs, especially regarding healthcare. When this happens it’s imperative that respect and sensitivity to cultural needs are shown when providing medical care. Healthcare providers must educate themselves about different cultures, assess their patients and their families, in a language they understand and include their family members when appropriate. Hispanic Views on Mental Health In regards to mental health, the Hispanic culture views mental illness as shameful, this carries the stigma of being “loco” which brings humiliation to the entire family. Many Hispanics/Latinos rely on their extended family, community, traditional healers, or churches for help during a health crisis. It is not uncommon for this culture to believe their mental illness is a punishment or a test from God and, as result, thousands of Hispanics/Latinos with mental illnesses often go without professional mental health treatment (CMHSC, 2007). Those who do seek help tend to discontinue therapy due to a resignation toward suffering...
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..."Family" plays a significant role in Hispanic culture. It helps us spread and maintain our Spanish heritage through each generation. The importance of the unique language and deep love towards each other, makes the Latino culture such a caring and vibrant background. Nevertheless, when my parents got divorced, these traditional ideas became ironic. I am Puerto Rican and Dominican, my moms’ side is Puerto Rican and my dads’ side is Dominican. Therefore being and growing up Hispanic was inevitable. In 6th grade, though, when my mom told me that her and my dad were getting a divorce; being Hispanic and tying in the concept of "family" was separated as well. Ever since then, I have watched my single mom struggle through jobs, whether she likes...
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...Hispanic Culture The Hispanic population is the fastest growing minority in the United States, “Hispanics or Latinos are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Central American, or other Spanish speaking cultures”(Census.gov). Hispanics are full of pride and vibrancy that you can’t help but notice. Although, we are all members of the human race, we all share different culture. Hispanics generally speak Spanish; it is taught to children even if they live in a non-Spanish speaking area, as a way of passing down the culture, their religion is usually Roman Catholic or Christian. A vast amount of Hispanic culture revolves around religion and the church. Regardless of socioeconomic status, Hispanic...
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...Latino/Hispanic people are the fastest growing cultural group in the United States in terms of people. The word Hispanic does not define a racial group but it the term refereeing to all Spanish speaking people who reside in the United States . The word Latino however refers to a person of Latin American Origin. Understanding the Latino/Hispanic culture in law enforcement is very important because law enforcement personnel are dealing with people of all ethnic backgrounds and must have an understanding that are not all the same . There are many stereotypes and myths about all cultures and it is also important as a professional law enforcement officer to be able to rise above what are facts and what are just myths based on what movies portray...
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...XXY: Hispanic Culture and Gender Identity Juxtaposed The film XXY is based in Piriapolis Maldonado Uruguay, which is a small fishing town on the Atlantic coast. It chronicles the family dynamics and tough decisions related to protagonist Alex’s gender identity in a Hispanic cultural context. In addition to being a moving interpersonal drama, the film depicts Hispanic culture on multiple levels, from typical greetings, food, and family practices, to more intense gender taboos. Alex is a 15 year old intersex Argentinian whose family moved to a remote coastal estate to protect their child from severe bullying. Intersex is a socially constructed category that reflects real biological variation, typically used to describe people born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male1. ¬ ¬¬¬ Alex grew up socialized as a girl and uses female gender pronouns throughout the film. Unlike many parents of intersexed children, Alex’s parents elected not to surgically change their child’s genitals to “fit” one gender or the other. Alex’s mother is struggling with not having her little girl anymore as puberty bring out Alex’s more masculine sexual identity. She has invited an Argentinean surgeon who specializes in gender reconstruction surgery, along with his wife and teenage son, to visit their home and give Alex the opportunity to elect to surgically become more female. The teenage son, who is exploring his sexual orientation...
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...Personally I would define culture as what the people of a particular group believe in. What that means is completely varies from group to group and it follows a wide spectrum of topics and degrees of severity. It could mean some people value religion more than others in their everyday lives. It's determining how much the government should be in regards to its peoples behavior. It could mean being particularly defensive over a sacred piece of land. It's political with certain people denouncing democracy, autocracy, liberalism and conservatism in other nations. It may be hostility or openness to outsiders from another culture. Overall culture can be whatever people want it to be and is imbedded in normative behavior, laws and history. The best...
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...The Hispanic American that I am writing about is George Lopez. George Lopez has impacted all of our lives by being a funny comedian, an impressive actor and an impressive talk show host. The first thing you must know about him is his child hoop and early life. Both of his parents are from Mexico, so he is of Mexican descent. He was born in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California. At the age of two months old his father left the family and when he was 10 years old so did his mom. He was raised after that by his grandmother and his step- grandfather. It goes unsaid that he had a saddening childhood. Lopez in the later 1980s was so far a successful comedian; he had not quite made it to the big screen but was earning his living by playing in...
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...Born into an American and Hispanic culture I experience a sample of both cultural worlds that enhanced my views directly to identify what was right and what was wrong, my personal interaction with both the cultures and my cultural approach to the different societies. Given that most of my family living in the United Sates was Hispanic, we were mostly directed to follow the cultural beliefs my previous family generation was born into. Since my families’ entire generation has always followed the same cultural aspects as the one before them then our family values and traditions have rarely changed in centuries, always doing the same events and rituals every year with slight changes. I myself was born into this culture which is mainly religiously...
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...Women throughout history have always had to struggle in being treated equal. Women have always had to fight for their rights. They have been discriminated, denied the right to vote, earn lower wages, and have had to struggle a lot more than men. A lot of this comes from how males are seen as macho and can do more than women. These challenges for women in the US are also role that I have seen in my Hispanic culture. The primary role of man under the Hispanic culture is emphasized as “machismo” which means that a man is the great provider of the family. Men should work and strive hard to protect their families and provide them with all their needs. Men in Hispanic culture are noted to be fearless and strong. On the other hand, the roles of women is referred to as “Marianismo”. Their primary role is to be loving and caring mothers. I feel that those views are like the US. That is why I chose senate bill 60 for our project to take to the capital. Senate bill 60 was...
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...1) The Spanish title of the essay allowed me to believe that this essay will have some connection with the Spanish language or the Hispanic culture. When we translate the title of the essay it means “I can speak Spanish.”. Therefore, I thought it will be about her frustration and journey of learning a new language, or fitting into the Hispanic culture. Reading the essay further reviled that not knowing Spanish or having the Spanish accent made it easier for her to fit in with the students in her school, but my first thought about the essay was not relevant to any part of the essay. 2) Beginning the essay with this anecdote allows the reader to know this essay could be about someone’s journey and frustration about learning Spanish. It interested...
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...Although the Catholic faith is the dominant religion in the Hispanic culture, it is not followed as intended. In the Catholic religion, for instance, it is believed that the couple must sacrifice in their marriage in order to avoid a divorce; nonetheless, there has been a significant increase in the divorce rates. On the contrary to such belief, I do not agree with staying in a relationship for the sole reason of avoiding a sin. My sentiments are true, especially when domestic violence is involved. I have seen several households where the male is the dominant person in the relationship; thus, he is the sole provider of the family. Some cultures, however, take family circumstances, situations, and cultures to extremes. For example, in the majority of the Hispanic culture, the men have a job, outside of the household, while the women stay at home. In such situations, the women are expected to clean, cook, and care for the children, which is a lot of work in itself. Therefore, when issues arise and cause strain in the marriage, they often lead to violence, making the women feel as if they have no choice but to tolerate such abuse....
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...Fighting Obesity in Hispanic Children A. Overall educational goal To propose a health promotion model to achieving increased physical activity in Hispanic children ages 10-14. I will collaborate with schools and catholic churches in promoting and enrolling Hispanic students in after-school programs. I will collaborate with and use materials from the California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program (CANFit). CANFit is an organization that is specialized in helping minority communities to improve their youth’s nutritional and physical activity habits. It offers guidelines and many different, fun programs for children ages 10-14 that are culturally appropriate. CANFit has launched many campaigns that are culturally appropriate and facilitate change in children. These programs include P.H.A.T. (Promoting Healthy Activities Together) for African-American children, R.E.A.L. (Redefining Excellence Activity and Leadership) for Asian American children, and the Adelante Con Leche Semi-Descremada 1% program for Hispanic and Latino children. The goal for any child is 60 minutes of physical activity per day. CANFit offers a “physical activity pyramid” for after school programs that includes 60 minutes of individual activity, activities with parents or group games (California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program, 2007). These activities can be any type of sport, such as basketball or volleyball, playing Frisbee, walking the dog or may include individual activities such as rollerblading...
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...seems they wanted to make a difference in their country which at that time was being ruled by the dictator General Rafael Trujillo. In 1960 her family returns to the United States because his father was part of a plot to overthrow country's dictator which it failed and under these circumstances put the whole family in jeopardy and they had to flee the island. Coming to this country and adapting to the language and the culture wasn't easy for Julia. She faced discrimination from the children at school because of her Hispanic ethnicity. Julia always loved stories since she was little she adored hearing them and also telling them, but is when she came to this country she developed her writing skills. Hispanic culture is more oral expression than written, is not very common for a child or teenager to keep a daily journal but it is for an American. Thankfully to this experiences in her life she was able to transformed them into wonderful written pieces. Since Julia went through the experience of adapting to a different country, culture and language, in this poem she tries to portray what Spanish feels to her and she wants her readers to know this in English with a hint of Spanish, which to me is like a cherry on top. This poem is about the feelings and emotions a person has with two different languages and how hard sometimes is to adapt. We see that when she mentions "the sound Spanish wash over me like warm island waters as I say your soothing names"...
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...Customers As of 2016, Cal Poly Pomona houses 23, 966 enrolled students (22, 384 in the undergraduate program and 1,582 in the graduate program), 1,202 within faculty, and 1,410 within staff. This leads to a total of 26, 578 that either attend or work at Cal Poly Pomona, all of whom would be potential customers (Facts and Figures 2016). Our sales would especially attract those in the Hispanic/Latino community at Cal Poly. The Hispanic/Latino population at the school- both male and female- makes up around 37 percent of the student population, which would increase our chances of good sales, since fresh fruits with Tajin and lemon juice is considered a popular street food in Hispanic culture and a majority of the community was raised consuming the snack. Since the sale is sold during University Hour, a lot of students would prefer grabbing a quick bite to eat to save the short time they have before heading off to class. External Environment We started to set up our booth 15 minutes prior to University Hour, and managed to grab a spot straight across from the side entrance of Round Table. We all had the assumption that this would be an ideal place to sell our product since most people would come and eat at the Bronco Student Center area during lunch. But there were a few disadvantages to our location. One was that there were other food booths around the area as well that were already set up and making sales before we even arrived. Another was the location in which we chose...
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...Religious and Ethnic diversity Kevin White ETH/125 3/22/14 Tanesha Callahan Religious and Ethnic diversity Roman Catholicism did not exist for the first thousand years of Christianity. There was the holy Catholic Church. This is what all Christians bonded under by their creeds, traditions, and beliefs. To be catholic today is a certain type of Christian that has specific types of practice that others do not. Catholicism is more ritualized than other forms of Christianity. Unlike other forms of Christianity their priests take vows celibacy but this practice has come under fire from recent child abuse scandals. The practices of Catholicism do not differ by much from other Christian faiths but they are more ritualistic in what they do. Most Christian faiths practice taking communion but Catholics actually believe that the bread when blessed by the priest actually becomes the body of Christ. Many Catholics believe that if you do not follow their doctrine that you will not become close to God and therefore not make it into heaven. Many others believe that all religions lead to God so it is okay to practice however you want. My experience with the catholic religion has been that they seem to be very self-punishing and believe that almost everything they do makes them not deserving of heaven. Also it seems that if you are not Catholic that practicing Catholics look down on you and believe you do not have any chance of going to heaven. The influence of Catholicism has shaped...
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