Hispanic American Divirsity

Hispanic American Divirsity

Hispanic American Diversity
David Story
University of Phoenix

Hispanic American Diversity
      Mexican Americans
Mexican-Americans speak Spanish as well as English. 23 percent are English dominant, 26 percent bilingual, and 26 percent Spanish dominant. In the past 10 years or more, companies nationwide have shifted to language friendly methods of doing business with this group, incorporating options to read/hear in Spanish at machines such as ATMs and self checkout stations, like Home Depot and the local grocery stores. While the language barrier is not so vast now as it was a few decades ago, it still is a problem for most of us. The National Association for Bilingual Education is working on systems to break this barrier.

Mexican-Americans are the largest "subculture" and within these numbers are people of different skill types and educational levels, giving Mexican-Americans the ability to locate employment easier. Some of them even have the skills or education to acquire jobs from the state, local, and federal government.

Home life for Mexican-American people or group is family oriented, and more prone to poverty level living. Mental illnesses is lower in these groups because of the close knit communities they live in. Politically speaking, one issue that directly effect this group, is the debate regarding the Mexico border and the efforts of stopping illegal immigration. This debate, should a bill ever pass in congress, would make the borders more secure and make it harder to enter this country illegally.

Central and South Americans: Brazilian Americans

Unlike other Hispanic Americans, Central and South Americans do not all speak Spanish as their native tongue. Immigrants from Brazil speak Portuguese, French Guyana speak French, and Suriname people speak Dutch. The Portuguese that the Brazilian Americans speak is different from the Portuguese that is spoken in Portugal, it has more words and is spoken softer. Although similar to Spanish in...