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Social Behavior from a Structural Perspective

bitterness in reporting that she took care of her mother and her entire family even as a young girl. Given that "the mention of h...

Community Colleges, Hispanic Students, and the Impacts of Financial Aid During the First Year

is accentuate by the way in which students are admitted to college. Higher level institutions rate high schools and so they will l...

Math Classrooms and Cultural Sensitivity

walls (Books, 1998). Different constructs determine children who are useful and those who are not as well as those who are used (B...

A Jury Selection Experiment and Prejudice

A paper that contains eight pages considers a student submitted case study in which a white man is found not guilty and an Hispani...

Prejudice and a Jury Experiment

the control and experimental groups and what exactly was accomplished. A student will want to point out that an attempt to explain...

Treating a Hispanic Alcohol Abuser

are distinctive patterns of drug and alcohol abuse within the Hispanic population. Overall, Hispanics use alcohol at rates simila...

From Ellis Island to JFK by Nancy Foner, Asians, and Hispanics

from South America and Mexico are not the same. They possess different traditions, religions, social practices and are in essence,...

Southwest U.S. and Assimilation Pressures Placed Upon Hispanics and Native Americans

historic plight of Hispanics and Native Americans in the Southwest. Even today, in fact, these cultures are too often penalized f...

American Southwest and the Severing of Hispanic Regional Control

common practice for the Spanish crown to grant land to individuals, communities and parishes. With the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidal...

Reality and Hispanic Cinema

brutalized in this event and the historical record shows that such a background would be historically accurate. Alienated against...

Hispanics and Diabetes Management

Have you had any experience in helping a friend or family member manage diabetes? The patient replied that she was not aware of...

Hispanic Population and the Banking Industry

Global Banking Heavyweights Are Racing to Cater to the Banking Needs of the Fast-growing Hispanic Population. Monica Campbell Repo...

Texas Crime and Minorities

in Texas is immense and far-reaching. Bratschi (1995) contends the ultimate factor in the overwhelming racial bias within mass me...

Western US and Hispanic Americans

Comas, as the Cuban army engineer in charge of the Cuban civilian internationalists working on Grenada, faced court-martial after ...

American Film and Hispanic Women

In eight pages this paper discusses films Evita and Selena in a consideration of the depiction of Hispanic women in U.S. cinema. ...

Hispanics and Teenage Pregnancies

In five pages this paper discusses the Hispanic community and the growing number of teen pregnancies with recommendations offered....

Law Enforcement and West Texas's Hispanic Community

In fifteen pages this paper discusses West Texas law enforcement in terms of illegal immigration, the impact of change, and Hispan...

Contemporary West and the Hispanic Community

The Hispanic community and its role in the modern West is the focus of this paper consisting of twelve pages with illegal immigran...

Caribbean Community and Cuba

Cuba, the largest nation in the Caribbean, has always had a strong influence on the Hispanic portion of the region. This paper dis...

U.S. Society and Cinematic Stereotypes of Hispanics

In five pages this paper considers how Hispanics have been stereotyped by American society and how cinema has perpetuated this dis...

Higher Education and the Problem of Racism

This research paper investigates Spanish/Hispanic racism within the context of the nation's institutions fo higher education. This...

English Learning Problems of South Bronx Hispanic 8th Grade Students

In eleven pages this paper discusses the English learning problems of Hispanic 8th graders in the South Bronx. Eight sources are ...

A Prejudice Experiment

In eight pages a student supplied hypothetical experiment is used in order to discuss how juries are selected in an instance where...

U.S. Hispanic Population

In eight pages the U.S. Hispanic population is examined in a consideration of various conditions that affect it. Five sources are...

Hispanic Women from 2 Perspectives

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the views of Hispanic women featured in Chiquita's Cocoon: The Latina Women's Guid...

Marketplace and Ethnic Minorities

In eighteen pages the U.S. marketplace is examined in terms of ethinic minorities such as Asians, Hispanics, and African Americans...

Are There Accurate Portrayals of Hispanics in The Mark of Zorro, Lust in the Dust, and West Side Story?

In four pages this paper evaluates if the portrayal of Hispanics in these three films is accurate. Five sources are cited in the ...

Cubans and Mexicans in the United States A Perspective Comparison

In 8 pages the Hispanic conditions as they relate to Cubans and Mexicans are considered first during the 1800s and then in terms o...

Post 1970 Texas Law Enforcement Brutality

In twelve pages this paper discusses post 1970 police brutality as it pertains to the Houston Police Department's treatment of Afr...

Modern Hispanic Family in the United States

as well. For example, we assume that African Americans largely live in the inner city and that the children are raised by single m...