Hispanic American Diversity

Hispanic American Diversity

The four Hispanic groups I have selected to discuss are the Mexicans, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Dominican people. While all these Hispanic people are often put in the same group in several ways they are very different.

The people who are of the Puerto Rican descent, first language is Spanish, with English being secondary. Puerto Rico was transferred to the United States in 1898 by Spain; make them one of the 50 states of the United States. Puerto Rico is under the same political government as the United States, which is currently head by the Democratic Party. This means they have one leader, and they are allowed to have freedom and are not subject to punishment if they do not share the same views as their leader.

For Puerto Ricans family is at their base in the social scene. They base most of their time into their family life. The women that are from Puerto Rican decent are usually encourage to marry and begin starting a family of their own at a fairly young age. Thus they will continue to make sure that the family life will be ongoing. In the Puerto Rican culture it is normal to visit family members in person versus just a phone call. It is very normal to see many members of Puerto Rican families living together or near on another. Catholic is the primary religious belief of Puerto Rican people. They tend to model their weddings, baptisms, and funerals after the catholic traditions. Puerto Ricans overall are people who are well intact with placing their families on a pedestal.

Mexicans are the largest Hispanic group that resides in the United States. Majority of Mexicans whom reside in the United States tend to follow the religion that stems from the Roman Catholic Church. Just like Puerto Ricans, Mexicans are very family oriented people. They are well known for the way they treat their family members. They enjoy spending their time with the close and extended family members. Out of all of the different Hispanic groups Mexicans tend to be on the lower end when it comes to social class.

They are not stuck on materialistic things; instead they focus on working to provide for their families. They usually hold lower paying jobs and not many professions. Because Mexicans tend to not hold positions of power in the United States they are placed in a lower economic class. In most Mexican households Spanish is the dominate language that is being taught and spoken. It is rare in which you will find English being the dominate language.

This is this way because Spanish is a major part of Mexican culture; therefore, they will not let their culture die just because they have relocated to another country. In addition to their native language being a very important