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Racism is not stopping. It is happening.
To begin with, I was very shocked after watching the viral video “ Go back to your country”. The video shows that a white woman said to a Latina customer that she wasn’t welcome in the store and needed to go back to where she came from. It was confusing and upsetting for me to…
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The Religious and Political Viewpoint of the Latino Community in America
Latinos, the most rapidly growing population group in the United States, now comprise the nation’s largest minority group. In order to understand how the Latin culture is made up of, we could look at statistics to see some unique characteristics and behaviours of this community. The first characteristic I found to be interesting is that…
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Poem Review: “Fences” by Pat Mora
“Fences” was written by Pat Mora depicts the world in which money is king. The poem shows how money creates a restrictive and unequal society, barring the less fortunate from their own local resources while granting the rich access to virtually anything. One thing that stood out to me is the symbol of the fence…
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The Identity and Language of a Bilingual.
A person’s language and country of origin both play big roles in the theme of identity. However, the difficulty of being mixed in cultural and language has always been a struggle for those who identify themselves as bilingual. But there are people who take the challenge and ready to contest those hardships – two examples…
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Different terms/labels for Latinos
Latinos are now America’s largest ethnic group and are playing a significant role in defining the country’s economic, social, and cultural landscape. Although Americans have been seeking a term to describe a group that accounts for 19 percent of the U.S population, they can never achieve an ultimate term that does not discourage the sense…
Intro to the Latinx studies 