Chapter 2. Overview of Mexican Culture This chapter provides an overview of Mexican culture in terms of social structure, family, gender, religion, language, literacy, communication styles, socioeconomic position, traditional health beliefs and practices, and health care-seeking behaviors. Readers are cautioned to avoid stereotyping Mexicans on the basis of these broad generalizations. Also note that Mexican culture, as all others, is dynamic and expressed in various ways, owing to individual
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me the unique opportunity to express my many talents while benefiting those in need. I am a Bilingual American who spent five years living in the Dominican Republic, learning French and Mandarin in my previous high school. I am fluent in English, Spanish and hopefully will get better in French and Mandarin. My Multilingual background will provide me with the communication skills that I need to be a part of this divers
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is a sign of respect and this will go along way with them. These are two small things that will gain you the respect of your business partners and/or co-workers in your new place of business. Now that you are able to introduce yourself to your Spanish colleagues it is important that you understand how and where business transactions take place. The most common setting for a business transaction is the office. Business meetings, proposals, presentations, and all other transactions occur in the
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subcultures. When most people think of Latino or Hispanic Americans, they tend to believe that they are all part of the same native background because they speak the Spanish language. Despite their similarities, there is much diversity in each group’s social, economic, educational, political, and religious interests. The Spanish culture has grown immensely in the United States over the years and they live in many regions of the country. The Hispanics introduce new customs and traditions to the
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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
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Pixonix was based in Canada - its revenues were denominated in Canadian dollars while a significant portion of its expenses were to be paid in USD. Thus, Pixonix had to convert its Canadian dollar cash flows into US dollars annually. Canadian dollar was strengthening and cash flow and profitability had been impacted positively. Cain was in a dilemma about what would happen to the value of CAD at the end of January when the company has to pay USD 7.5 million for licensing proprietary tools and software
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ENGLISH ONLY COURT CASES INVOLVING THE U.S. WORKPLACE: THE MYTHS OF LANGUAGE USE AND THE HOMOGENIZATION OF BILINGUAL WORKERS’ IDENTITIES KARI GIBSON University of Hawai‘i Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects against discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, sex, religion and national origin. However when the judicial system has examined English only workplace policies in light of Title VII, it has generally determined that such policies are not discriminatory if an
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these were filled by both male and female employees. The cultural differences in our company were very important. Speaking Spanish and English was a big advantage in our company. If you were not able to speak to a Spanish client you would transfer the call to someone that speaks the language. Reason why it is an advantage is because like thirty percent of the callers spoke Spanish and required a representative that spoke same
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educational challenges facing immigrants and the consequences these may bring to explain the difficulty of his transition from speaking Spanish to learning and speaking English. His parents teach him Spanish which is his first language, although he lives and attends school in America. However, he has to learn English. His parents are Mexican emigrants who are fluent in Spanish and rarely speak English, so they have difficulties communicating with their neighbors. Rodriguez realizes that living in America
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filled with stories of what her family was like and all the history. • Kayla was born in the country so she was very accustom to the culture already and they did not conflict with the culture’s that she had a home. Yes her parents speak Spanish and English. • When she gets older she plans on staying in the country. She says though she is not often in Puerto Rico, she feels as though the advantages over here are much more plentiful. • Back before her great aunt had even
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