...number of immigrants coming to the United States for the opportunity to have a better life for themselves and their families. It is predicted that by the year 2050 the statistic of 33% of people that belong to a minority group will rise to 50%. Of the current 33%, 14.4% of people are of Hispanic or Latin origin. This makes Hispanics and Latinos the largest minority group in the country. African Americans account for 12.8%, Asians for 4.3%, and other groups for 2.7% of the ethnic minority population (Potter & Perry, 2009). The data on the United States population verifies an important fact that must be implemented within the health care system: the statistics reflect the cultural diversity of potential clients. From previous experience, I can concur that approximately one-third of the patients I saw belonged to a minority group. Health care professionals are expected to provide individualized care to their clients. In doing so, we must be aware of what makes them an individual. A person’s culture is a huge part of that. In order to fulfill our duty, we need to familiarize ourselves with the practices and beliefs of different cultures to provide optimal care to every client we encounter. Implementing cultural diversity knowledge into healthcare practice will make positive impacts in the following ways: it will improve client compliance, improve trust and rapport between culturally diverse clients and their health care team, and it will promote understanding and acceptance...
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...Hispanic and Latino Spiritual Paper ENG/301 December 14, 2015 Hispanic and Latino Spiritual Paper I have a better comprehension and appreciation of the Hispanic and Latino culture, after reading the material this week. This culture has their way of communicating with one another. Within the Hispanic and Latino cultures we repeatedly see magic, religion, faith and tradition play big parts in their lives. In this essay, I will discuss four of the stories that I feel show how these elements play a part in their day to day lives. I have chosen four pieces, “Curving Woman,” by Alejandro Morales, “Seven Long Times,” by Piri Thomas, “Tales Told under the Mango Tree, “ by Judith Ortiz Cofer and last but not least, “The Kite,” by Ed Vega. Religion, Faith, Tradition, and Magic As I stated the Hispanic and Latino cultures rely on religion, faith, traditions and magic. I saw this in the writing, “The Curing Woman” by Alejandro Morales. This story is about Mr.Benidorm, the man of the house, impregnated a servant, and had a daughter. Once the servant's time had been served, she requested to take her daughter, Marcelina, with her. Mrs.Benidorm refused the Marcelina to go with her mother. “She had grown to love Marcelina and besides, the child was a reminder to her husband of his sins of infidelity.” (Morales, 1986). This nine-year-old girl spent the next four years with Mr. and Mrs. Benidorm and never seeing her mother during this time. Then at thirteen years...
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...How different are we? Brittney welch August 25,2012 I am deciding to look at jehovah’s witness religion versus my own which is the historically black church also known as the baptist religion. I have always been intrigued by Jehovah witness religion because it’s a lot I don’t understand. I know Jehovah witness are known for their non traditional approach by going door to door to preach their beliefs. They don’t meet on Sunday’s at a church and their place of meeting is called kingdom hall. Jehovah's Witnesses are directed by the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, a group of elders in Brooklyn, New York, which establishes all doctrines based on its interpretations of the Bible;they prefer to use their own translation, the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. Jehovah witness came about in 1870 from The Bible student Movement In my research I also found out that a couple of their beliefs were they refused military services and blood transfusions. I know from my religious background that I have never heard anyone refusing those things. Also we do like to minister to the community but it is not done so often that it is a part of our Baptist background. jehovah Witness do not celebrate holidays such as christmas, thanksgiving , and birthdays. At my church we have Christmas plays and pass out gifts, We have Easter egg hunts for the children and the third Sunday of the month we sing Happy Birthday to the members whose birthdays are that month! I know I attend church...
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...sings his rendition of a song that resonates true to me, “I Like Calling North Carolina Home!” According to the 2012 United States Census Bureau, North Carolina has a Hispanic/Latino population of 8.7%. My hometown of Winston-Salem has a Hispanic/Latino population of 14.7%. The Hispanic/Latino culture is the group I will be likely to counsel and about which I have identified a need to learn more about. My Aspirations Sythe Cameron sings his rendition of a song that resonates true to me, “I Like Calling North Carolina Home!” The Hispanic/Latino population is the largest minority population in the United States. According to the 2012 United States Census Bureau, North Carolina has a Hispanic/Latino population of 8.7%. My hometown of Winston-Salem has a Hispanic/Latino population of 14.7%. The Hispanic/Latino culture is the group I will be likely to counsel and about which I have identified a need to learn more about. Smith-Adock, Daniels, Lee, Villalba and Indelicato noted that the Hispanic/Latino populations overall level of participation in the educational system is lower than other minority populations. The Hispanic/Latino population “are in need of assistance to promote school success” (Smith-Adock, Daniels, Lee, Villalba & Indelicato, 2006). Upon successful completion of my graduate studies and obtaining the appropriate license to practice in the state of North Carolina, I hope to counsel school age children in the school setting. According to Holcomb-McCoy...
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...your culture. No matter which culture you are associated with, there is a hierarchy scale when it comes to ethnicity. Within that hierarchy scale, it can be observed that certain groups have privilege but those same privileged groups do not have that same internal perceptual view of themselves. For example, Caucasians are view as being high on the hierarchy scale while Latino Americans are low on that same scale. Unfortunately, Caucasians do not perceived themselves to be any more privileged than the next person. Could the reason be due to never experiencing the same transgressions that lower ethnic groups on the hierarchy scale have been subjected too? In order to answer that, I had to ask that question to myself. Surprisingly the answer did not immediately come to mind. One would think that if you ask yourself if you have any bias towards other ethnic groups, you would immediately answer a resounding “NO!”. While I did not think that I did, I could never be sure because I had never experience any sort of bias growing up. As a Canadian, I was surrounded by a society that was considered to be that of a collectivism society. We are a strong nation that thinks of the betterment of the group. Moving to the USA was quite the culture shock for me because I faced with a society that was more individualistic where everyone is expected to take care of just themselves and their immediate family. Has being Canadian isolated me from having bias or am I from a culture that...
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...images of Buddha. All though not in worship nor to ask favors, but more of a gratitude for their teaching. Some basic concepts of Buddhist teaching are the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path. Two differences between Buddhism and other religions are god and the concept of hell. Buddhism do not believe Buddha is a God, they say it’s more like a teacher student relationship. Buddhist concept of hell is way different than other religions. They believe in realms and Hell is the worst of the three undesirable realms, not that Hell is a place of eternal damnation. Buddhism is still new in American culture but you still see Buddhist, just not as common as other countries. The biggest thing that they have contributed to American culture is the politeness and caring not for themselves but for other human beings. They have brought to the American culture that wealth is not the way to happiness. Actually, if you look at a lot of Buddhist countries, they are poor looking because they believe that wealth is not the way of happiness. There is a lot of prejudice and discrimination against Buddhist, epically in an America. The biggest reason is because Buddhism is still small to America. Although it is the fourth-largest religion in America (Jane Lampman, The Christian Science Monitor), people still discriminate against them. One of the biggest discriminations within the Buddhist...
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...and relational values. DESCRIPTION OF CLIP [Scenes 1-3 on DVD] The movie begins with a committee at Princeton University reviewing Christina’s letter of application. Christina, describing how her mother, Flor, has influenced her, narrates the story of their emigration from Mexico and their experiences adjusting to a new culture. They settle in Los Angeles, with its large Hispanic population, where they receive help from extended family members. After six years of isolation in the Hispanic enclave, Christina’s transition to adolescence prompts Flor to seek employment that will allow her to quit her second job and supervise Christina more closely. Flor’s cousin, Monica, accompanies Flor to her interview. [Length: 14 minutes] VIEWING GUIDE: SPANGLISH Review the lists from Marriages & Families Figures 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8 that identify strengths and challenges commonly associated with various ethnic groups. As you watch the clip from Spanglish, compare the items in each list with the experiences of Flor and Christina. Note the following: * How does the clip illustrate characteristics listed in “Strengths and Challenges of Latino...
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...There are many problems and conflicts in education for Latino citizens. This is due to the fact that it is a national problem that needs to be localized. This conflict persists across all of the United States, and each school district needs to address the problem and specialize solutions that support and encourage their student populations. While each district has different conflicts and needs, there are a few that seem to encompass a large majority. Lack of parent involvement, negative attitudes or expectations, and lack of reading at a young age are three major problems that need to be addressed. However, in order for any solution or program to work effectively and continue long-term, a change in culture needs to occur. Latino parents and...
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...but failed to identify with her native culture. Now, as an adult, she struggles to regain her Latino identity and acceptance. Barrientos was brought to the United States at a very young age by her parents who immersed her into the American culture by speaking only Spanish. This was to serve the purpose of blending her more readily into her new society and thus, ensuring her success. She describes how Americans during that time were not culturally tolerant and expected foreigners who entered the country to “leave their cultural baggage at the border”. As a result of her parents decision Barrientos assimilates to her new culture and rejects her old one. She took pride in not being able to speak Spanish; and furthermore, she took pride in her American peers saying that she did not seem Mexican. Barrientos states that those comments “made me feel superior. It made me feel American. It made me feel white.” Once her father realized how she felt about her native culture he set out to change her feelings. He sent her to spend time in Mexico City and his plan worked. She returned to the United States with a new appreciation for her Latino roots. She continues on to state that as she became more accepting of her native culture so had American society. The nation that had once ostracized ethnic cultures now accepted them as part of society. With this shift of acceptance she, was left wondering where her place was amongst the Latino community. She wanted to call herself...
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...For my transcultural paper I interviewed my friend Yadira who came from Mexico about 15 years ago. Yadira is a 32 year old female that comes from a very strict Catholic family. Yadira and her family actually all sat down with me to discuss how the Latino community views mental health and illness. One of the things that Yadira brought up right away is the way she thinks their strong faith in God might come off as some symptoms close to mental illness symptoms. She said that her and her entire family have a very strong personal connection to God. She says she has daily conversations with him and none of her family members will ever leave the house without being prayed over. She said that some people outside of the Latino community might see the way they talk to God and rely on him as a mental illness. Yadira says people sometimes think she is talking to herself, but she’s talking to God. Here in the United States, people see talking to yourself as a mental illness at times. I think that this a great example of why we need to know about culture differences before diagnosing mental illness. Yadira said mental illness is not looked upon as a positive thing in their community. She said seeking mental help is not an important health concern among her and other Latinos. If anyone shows any signs, they are usually referred to as “loco” which translates to crazy. She said it’s a very over used term however it’s not exactly a positive one. She said that she’ll admit that Latinos...
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...The date was November 14, 2011. The patient was OG, a twenty-four year old male Hispanic. He immigrated to the United States when he was 5 years old from Guatemala, with his mother and he is a legal American citizen. He was brought to Aurora Behavioral healthcare on a 5150 by ex-wife and her parents due to suicidal ideation with a plan to overdose on his medications. He complained of worsening depression, anxiety, and panic attacks. He felt hopeless and had suicidal ideation prior to admission. The ex-wife reported she had received a text from the patient saying, “I need to do something before I hurt myself. You’d be better off if I were dead.” He and his wife separated in December of 2010 and the divorce was finalized in August 2011. The couple separated because of violence; they had gotten into an argument and he pushed her. His ex-wife stated OG’s depression had gotten worse over the past week. The patient said he suffered from blackouts and he couldn’t remember things that had happened. On September 21, 2011 he was arrested while working in Las Vegas for using technology to lure a minor and was in jail for 11 days. The patient said he blacks out and did not remember the incident and woke up in jail. In October of 2011 his physician NP Brantman, prescribed him trazodone, Abilify and Seroquel. He was admitted for suicidal ideation and major depression. Hispanics for the most part believe that health is...
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...about have helped me to have a better understanding about how diverse the United States really is. Before I took this class, most of the Latino Americans that I had met had been in a better economic status that I had or have ever been in. I tended to think that the majority of Latino Americans had that same status. I now understand that the majority of Latino Americans are in the same socioeconomic status as me and my family. While we were talking about genocide, the discussion prompted to me to do some added research. I have a better understanding of how the genocide came about as well as the consequences that were created because of it. I have a better understanding of the guilt that was felt in the aftermath by the ones that condoned the genocide. When I was younger, I felt that it was unfair for the Native Americans to be given so many privileges that only they were allowed, and as I grew up I became confused by the things that they could do that we couldn’t. The research that the discussion on genocide helped me to gain a better understanding of the Native Americans and the different contractual things that are allowed to them because of their historical way of life and cultural beliefs. In the state of Oregon, there is an increasing amount of immigrants from Mexico, among other countries. There is also an increasing amount of Latino immigrants in states such as California, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and...
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...Strategies for Blacks and Latinos to succeed academically, this article published the findings of Succeeding in the city a report form the New York City Black and Latino Male High School Achievement study. The study conducted face-to-face interviews with over 400 successful minority students from local colleges and high schools. The primary focus was to identify what motivated successful students to defeat failure barriers. In the interviews, students credited several factors to their success: family expectations, relationships with caring adults in the school, ambition to overcome poverty and their ability to elude gangs as the most important. As a Latino immigrant, public school graduate, urban educator and parent engagement advocate, this topic speaks to me in a very personal way. I would also cite the aforementioned as important factors in my success. I believe family and home relationships are crucial to the potential success of our minority students. I have been teaching regular and ESL students for 13 years; I have no doubt that our families want the best of their children and want them to succeed; the disconnect lies on how minorities define and measure success as opposed to middle class America. I can certainly speak for my family and the Latino community I represent. Many Latino parents believe that learning the language and securing a job is being successful. The majority of Latino families come from poor and oppressed third world countries; therefore it is understandable...
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...American Culture: A Medley of Food, Language, and Religion Bre McCauley COM/156 June 30, 2013 Sheri Jens American Culture: A Medley of Food, Language, and Religion I believe it was Marcus Garvey who said, and I quote, “a people without the knowledge of their past history, is like a tree with no roots.” You have to know where it is you came from, befriend that knowledge, and use what you know to move forward, to progress throughout life and make history based on your heritage. How many of us embrace our history? Never mind the pigmentation of our skin, or our style of dress, nor the way we wear our hair; keep in mind that being an American means that we are all influenced if not molded, by several other races who speak life into the way we communicate, the foods we eat, our interest in the arts, and even our beliefs of a higher power. As a child we are taught a variety of motor skills. The skills may include, but are not limited to, using our hands, crawling, walking, and of course speech. We are expected to mimic the sounds we hear from our moms, dads, siblings, teachers, and the world around us in order to communicate everything we see, hear and feel to whomever will listen. The power of language and communication is beyond words, in fact without language, how could we communicate? What is the value of communication without language? Well, according to martinfrost.ws “there are four major regional dialects ( A particular form of language that is peculiar to...
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...Andrea Estrada Be sure to keep in mind the culture of the group. Provide a description of the culture and values of the group to support that your campaign will be appropriate. Culture insights can help communicate our campaign more effectively in order to influence the behavior of the Hispanic community. Values of the Hispanic/Latino group that we would focus on would be the importance of language, family, and religion. Hispanic/Latino teens respond best to bilingual ad messages—especially from English-language celebrities “who happen to slip in some Spanish” because it mirrors their own usage patterns.” (Cheskin Research, 2006). Research shows that even though Hispanics use every type of media, they do seem to have a special attraction to television and radio. (Sonderup, 2010) Therefore, our campaign would be most effective in this form of media. Language is an important aspect in the Hispanic community. Our campaign should be sensitive to this aspect because a language barrier has less to do with incompetency and more to do with the cultural meanings people attach to their language. “For Hispanics/Latinos in the U. S., Spanish is a key marker of personal, social and political identity. As a result, Spanish-language TV remains important for even those who are fluent English speakers and who regularly watch English-language TV. In communicating with Hispanics, it is not an either/or question but a matter of carefully integrating both...
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