not understand the meaning of it. There are too many generalizations. The mentality of many is that all Latinos eat tacos, take big hats, and are forming a plan to flee to the United States. Not so. Once the world comes to understand the falsehood of this idea, the term "Hispanic" will be replaced with "Mexico", "Chile", "Paraguay", or "Cuban." These words express much better the culture of different countries.
With the increase of Hispanics in the United States, many have stopped speaking English. Also, many people no longer eat their traditional foods. Many important aspects of their culture are being erased in favor of American culture. Would it mean, then, that sincenon-Hispanics? Not so. Culture also includes the offspring and can be changed. If cultures do not change, only a culture exist today.
Although Hispanics are the largest group of minorities in the United States Census Bureau United States has difficulty in defining this group. The Office considers that the word "Hispanic" is "any person who is descended from a English speaking country." This explanation is also flawed. According to his explanation, a person with Italian descent living in Argentina would not be Hispanic. Thus we see the many problems in trying to categorize and generalize Latinos and Hispanics.
There are also people who consider qLooking at the present and we forget what brought us to where we are. Each social group is the result of several events behind the story. It is extremely important to remember that "Hispanic", "white" or "Caucasian" are subjective words that fail to express the many aspects of a culture.
0 comments:
Post a Comment