Hispanic American Diversity

Every Hispanic in our Nation has had on going problems with their race, background, culture, and language. Even if they are American Citizens, they are known as “immigrants” just because they are Hispanic. America does not see Hispanics in their groups of culture diversity they only see them as Hispanics, but that is not the case there are groups of Hispanics as there are groups of Americans.

Mexican Americans have always been known as “Mexicans”. Either you were American or you were Mexican (Otto Santa Ana, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor, Cesar Chavez Center for Chicana & Chicano Studies, UCLA). It is a label that Hispanics have always had and it does not seem that will change any time soon. Now that Mexican Americans are the fastest growing minority political, groups are targeting these voters. Mexican American vote can now mean the difference between winning and losing an election. However, a large segment of the “legal” Hispanic population cannot vote because they are not legal citizens yet. Mexican Americans social climate started with “gangs” these Mexican gangs made a statement for them as being a “group” yet very aggressive and violent (Klein, 1971). Cooking is another social event that is important to Mexican Americans. They show close bonds with family and friends through the art of their cooking culture. Another way of showing their social side is living in small spaces. This helps them know they are a group and it does not matter to most Mexican Americans that they live together in small spaces. Economically Mexican Americans take 20 percent of California. Findings show that Mexican Americans are the biggest group of their kind with the lowest education, which shows in their relatively low earnings (Grogger, 2002).

Puerto Ricans are very social people. They will often