Cultural Diversity Among Hispanics

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Living in a multi-diverse environment, Census collected data and predicted Hispanic population versus Non-Hispanics. The millennium’s outnumbered the baby boomers and holds the most diverse culture (Census, 2015). Around 44.2 percent hold more than one ethnic group (Census, 2015). However the only ethnic group that has increased over the years is the Hispanics. Hispanics living in the US totaled about 55.4 million (Census, 2015). Lastly, this ethnic group will keep growing by 1.5 million each New Year (Census, 2015). The millenniums will hold more than one ethnic group, and that ethnic group may just be Hispanics. Living in Chicago, each ethnic group holds on to their culture and demonstrates that culture of business, language, gender,…show more content…
In other words, pronouncing an English name gives individual better opportunities verses Spanish names. “My stepfather’s experiences with the Anglicization of his name- Antonio to Tony- ties into something bigger than learning English. For him, the erasure of his name was about deference and subservience. Becoming Tony gave him a measure of access as he struggled to learn English and get more fieldwork,” (Muñoz, 2007). Class was gained when Antonio referred himself as Tony. Tony is able to blend with the White culture and attain a title verses the name Antonio. Antonio faces a lower class, non-white ethnic group, non-white culture, and a non-white speaker. But when a person sees Tony or hears the name, an individual ties into a higher class, white culture, and English…show more content…
Speaking a second language is not shared or put to use as much. The only time an individual is ever to express the second language is at home. “Most of us had learned English early and splintered off into a dual existence of English at school, Spanish at home. But instead of recognizing the need for fluency in both languages, we turned it into a peculiar kind of battle. English was for public display, Spanish was for privacy- and quickly turned into shame,” (Muñoz,

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