Ethics 125 Hispanic American Diversity
Hispanic American Diversity
Ethics 125
Hispanic American Diversity In the United States there are several Hispanic groups that led to a diverse culture of Hispanic Americans. The Hispanic Americans are not just from one culture but are from a multitude of cultures. Each culture has different views in regard to politics, religion, and even cultural customs.
MEXICAN AMERICANS Mexican Americans began immigrating slowly into the United States as early as the 1850’s. Migration initially was slow but began to pick up in the twentieth century. It has been a common trend for Mexican Americans to migrate into the United States to work and to return to Mexico periodically. “According to the 1990 Census Bureau report, approximately 12 million people of Mexican ancestry live in the United States, which represents 61.2% of the total Hispanic population (Englekirk & Marín, 2010).” Today most Mexican Americans speak both Spanish and English. Spanish was the original language that most Mexicans spoke in their homeland. Today in the United States, “Spanish has remained the principal language of almost all Mexicans (Englekirk & Marín, 2010).” With each new generation born in the United States the use of the English language has became more dominant. The changes that the American Mexican has made to the use of the different languages are an example of how the American Mexican has assimilated to the American culture. American Mexicans have different religious views. There are two main religions that the Mexican Americans choose as their religious beliefs the Catholic religion and the Protestant religion. Today the majority of Mexican Americans are of the Catholic religion. “The Mexican American population makes up two-thirds of the Catholics in the southwestern United States (Englekirk & Marín, 2010).” The remaining 25% of American Mexicans are of the Protestant religion. The American Mexican people are generally stereotyped as migrant farm workers.
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Ethics 125
Hispanic American Diversity In the United States there are several Hispanic groups that led to a diverse culture of Hispanic Americans. The Hispanic Americans are not just from one culture but are from a multitude of cultures. Each culture has different views in regard to politics, religion, and even cultural customs.
MEXICAN AMERICANS Mexican Americans began immigrating slowly into the United States as early as the 1850’s. Migration initially was slow but began to pick up in the twentieth century. It has been a common trend for Mexican Americans to migrate into the United States to work and to return to Mexico periodically. “According to the 1990 Census Bureau report, approximately 12 million people of Mexican ancestry live in the United States, which represents 61.2% of the total Hispanic population (Englekirk & Marín, 2010).” Today most Mexican Americans speak both Spanish and English. Spanish was the original language that most Mexicans spoke in their homeland. Today in the United States, “Spanish has remained the principal language of almost all Mexicans (Englekirk & Marín, 2010).” With each new generation born in the United States the use of the English language has became more dominant. The changes that the American Mexican has made to the use of the different languages are an example of how the American Mexican has assimilated to the American culture. American Mexicans have different religious views. There are two main religions that the Mexican Americans choose as their religious beliefs the Catholic religion and the Protestant religion. Today the majority of Mexican Americans are of the Catholic religion. “The Mexican American population makes up two-thirds of the Catholics in the southwestern United States (Englekirk & Marín, 2010).” The remaining 25% of American Mexicans are of the Protestant religion. The American Mexican people are generally stereotyped as migrant farm workers.
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