Hispanic Cultural Issues

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This paper discusses the many issues and problems facing the Latino communities in the US, noting that there are in excess of twenty five varying ethnic and cultural groups in the US that are known as Latino/Hispanic Americans. The paper then discusses the many problems encountered by the Latino/Hispanic community, such as conflict between law enforcement, lack of reporting victimization, mistrust of the police, poverty levels and health issues. The paper points out that it is necessary to understand the myths about Latino/Hispanic Americans that contribute to the prejudice, discrimination, and bias with which they contend. The paper concludes that the Latino/Hispanic culture as a whole is very interesting and diverse.

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"Then the U.S. invaded Puerto Rico and made it a part of the Spanish-American War. Cuba, the Philippines, and Guam were also invaded in 1898 by the U.S. Puerto Rico was the only one to remain U.S. territory. By 1952 Puerto Rico was given Commonwealth status. They were now citizens. They were allowed to have Spanish be the language used for instruction in the schools again. They also had to teach English as a second language. Cubans later immigrated to the U.S. between 1959 and 1973. Also immigrants from twenty one other countries of South and Central America, and the Caribbean migrated to the U.S. around the 1980's.'

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