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Hispanic American Diversity

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Hispanic American Diversity

Nicholas Skelly

ETH 125, Cultural Diversity

Professor Wilfong

October 13, 2007
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Mexican Americans

    Mexican Americans language is made up of a mix of their national language Spanish and English, sometimes referred to as Spanglish. Politically Mexican Americans were very active in the Mexican American Civil Rights movement spearheaded by Mendoza, V Reies López Tijerina and the land grant movement, is picked up by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales in Denver who defines the meaning of Chicano through his epic poem I am Joaquin, embraces César Chávez and the farm workers."(2000). The movement as defined by Mendoza, V. "The Mexican American Civil Rights Movement encompassed a broad cross section of issues—from restoration of land grants, to farm workers rights, to enhanced education, to voting and political rights."
    Socially Mexican Americans seem to want what all immigrants who come to this country seeking; the American Dream. (Alba, R. 2006). Educationally, Mexican Americans, no matter the generation rarely go past High School; according to the reading, Alba, R. "Huntington presents data that appear to show very low levels of Mexican-American educational advancement beyond high school, regardless of generation."
    Family for Mexican American seems to focus on the Grandparents, especially the Grandmothers, they appear to be the staple of the family according to González-Clements, A. in Mexican American traditions in Nebraska, "Grandmothers, those special women who held them and fed them and healed them, grandmothers who knew the remedies, the stories, the crafts, the foods, and the language that some of us have forgotten."   American Christmas traditions have been adopted, in place of their traditions
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such as Gonzalez-Clements, A. "The traditional Mexican posada, a house-to-house celebration of song and food that...