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America's Latino Gang History

gang members. Over their history they have also been known to unite as in the 1980s when the Gangster Disciples and Latin Disciple...

Judith Ortiz Cofer's Silent Dancing

two worlds, the tropical island and the cold city, and which would later surface in my dreams and in my poetry" (Cofer 1990, 15). ...

Latino Music Genre Known as Salsa

year later Alegre Records released Charlie Palmieris charanga LP "Salsa Na Ma." In 1964, the Cal Tjader Quintet plus 5 got the i...

Urbanization in the 20th Century

This 6 page paper examines the theory put forth by the Chicago School sociologists that all urban areas assimilated their immigran...

Robert Rodriguez's Films and Cultural Identities

direction and production of a larger film. "The plan, Rodriguez said, was to make a series of three action films for this market a...

Cultural Differences, Psychological Premises, and Conversational Styles

In five pages the ways in which psychological premises and cultural differences can manifest themselves in conversational styles a...

Stigma by Erving Goffman and a Sociological Analysis

In ten pages this examines the Latino male in an application of this sociological text by Erving Goffman. There are no sources ci...

Latinos and Workplace Racial Biases

that are available to them in minorities and females" (Poor 11B). For those Latinos who have found their way to higher man...

Fiction Novels, Latin and Non Latin Authors

In eight pages this paper examines novels featuring Latino characters written by Latin and non Latin author and concludes that in...

Cultural Considerations When Counseling Latino Clients

(Degado-Romero, 2001, p. 207; Pumariega, 2000; Koss-Chioino and Vargas, 1999). Researchers have also found that generally Latinos...

State Control and Schools

have been both limited and ineffective; the combative environment that is inherent to urban areas precludes students of color from...

United States, Latino Immigration, and Poverty

according to Nieman Reports researcher Joe Rodriguez (1999, p. 45). Basically, the welfare laws allow states to choose between con...

Experiences and Culture of Contemporary Latino Americans

deal of discrimination from the majority of citizens in the United States. One of the cultural groups which is meeting a great dea...

Comparative Analysis of Latino Films Mi Vida Loca and West Side Story

in 1980, Puerto Ricans organized a protest outside the theater in order to draw attention to the stereotypical images of Latinos ...

Being a Man in the Films La Mission and The Brothers

and their relationships with them. Director and screenwriter Peter Bratt aimed his lens at San Franciscos primarily Latino Missio...

Counseling Issues, Hispanic Clients/

et al, 2009, p. 170). Dupree, et al (2010) conducted a study that investigated the barriers and preferences regarding mental hea...

Contemporary Melting Pot and America

the great melting pot that is the United States. They will no longer be seen as outsiders, but an integral part of the society of ...

Cultural Cohesiveness and Distinction in the Latino/Hispanic Population

a multitude of cultural groups. Consider, for example, the tendency of the dominant US culture to lump all people of Asian herita...

Discrimination against Latinos in the United States

are "least respected, offered worst services and lack affordable housing" (Racial discrimination and Hispanics in the United State...

Explication of 2 poems by Martin Espada

mention that the catch, which is that his throat will be so sore that he will want ice cream. The lies are then contrasted against...

Women's Roles in Latin America vs. Native America

is helpful to look at the traditional roots of Native American and Latino cultures. Traditionally, the women of Native American c...

Political Views on National Infrastructure, Space Exploration, 2008 Political Candidates, and Foreign Policy

despite the value infrastructure holds in this country in terms of the quality of life, industry, and national security. Ob...

Political Participation and Political Control in Kenya and Tanzania

well as Kenya became more debt encumbered and defaulted on her agreement with the International Monetary Fund (U.S. State Departme...

Latino Groups in the United States

disappearing, worsening their economic situation (Verdugo, 2006). However, their large numbers and increasing activism give them a...

Are Latino School Children Treated Differently?

that inclusive classrooms are key to success. In such classrooms, all children should feel recognized and accepted just as they ar...

Latino Parents' Treatment Compliance Barriers for Children with Diabetes

Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) may be necessary for the diagnosis of diabetes when the FPG is normal (Lamendola, 2003). Researcher...

Evaluating Latino and Hispanic Children's Literature

and language barriers. Cohn, D. (2002). Dream Carver. Chronicle Books. This book features Mateo who is a wood carver. However, w...

Latino Author's St. Mary's Church Memories

both Rosa and Marianna attended. Father Ramirez and Sister Stevens spent long hours in that basement classroom teaching us abou...

The Latino Population in Jefferson County, Alabama

descent in the county and 124,952 people of that heritage in the state of Alabama. As far as the United States population is conce...

Being female and Latino according to Cisneros

Some of them are not. Frequently, it is the combination of heritage and gender which cause the greatest problems, as Rachel discov...