I am in this class. I found it best to start with one group and finish all the questions. For instance talk about the Mexican American's, about linguistic (which is language), political, religous. Type each one of those in, and you should be fine. I will provide what I have done so far.
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Mexican American’s have high linguistic skills, but speak mainly Spanish.
According to Schmal (2004), “39% of Mexican American’s spoke indigenous languages
in the 1870’s.” This dropped drastically with statistics showing only 10.7%
who spoke indigenous languages, in the 1990 census. As for political aspects, most
people think that Mexican American’s have little effect on electoral politics. “Although
they are not allowed to vote, they affect electoral politics through census enumerations,”
says Rosenfeld (n.d.). It is said that Mexican American’s are passive and cynical when it
comes to electoral politics. In The United States there is, however, millions of Mexican
American’s who are less democratic than Mexico, so this isn’t very convincing. Socially,
most Mexican American’s do not fit in. They are discriminated against, even when it
comes to the law officer’s. It is hard for Mexican American’s to have social interaction
when it comes to the American citizen’s because it is hard to understand their language,
or they can’t speak English. Economically, Mexican American’s do not have a high
chance of achievement. It is known that Mexican American’s do not receive high
education. When it comes to jobs, and pursuing high economic goals, it is almost
impossible. Most will not get their high school diploma. In today’s society, this is needed
almost everywhere. They usually get minimum pay at jobs they do work at. Religion is
plays a very important role in the lives of Mexican American’s. Most are Roman
Catholics, although some follow other religions such as Jehovah’s Witnesses,
Evangelical, and the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints. Most festival’s that are held
revolve around their religion. They are very family oriented. They try to live close to
each other, finding houses close together. Mexican American’s are not hard to please, and
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they are very hard working.
Puerto Ricans speak Spanish, although it is different than Spanish spoken in other
regions. They have a widespread ability to speak English. In the political aspects,
according to Green (n.d.), “President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones Act, which
helped Puerto Ricans in American citizenship.” After this, the government instituted
measures to help Puerto Ricans find more jobs. Socially Puerto Ricans are good with
communication with American’s because they can speak good English. They have the
ability to learn at a close distance to the American society. “Economically, Puerto Ricans
are declining, steadily losing ground in terms of labor, welfare dependency, and poverty
status,” Jenson and Tienda (n.d.). Eighty five percent of religious Puerto Ricans are
Roman Catholic. The other fifteen percent makes up with Protestant and other religions.
Puerto Ricans value family, including second and third generation family members. They
also prefer extended families.
Cubans
This is where I am so far, and have a 448 word count. Try to stick to 300 words or less on each group, and their comparisons.