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 * Hispanic Heritage Essay ** ** The Impact of Hispanics as the Largest Minority in the United States. **

The United States is referred to as a melting pot. It was given this nickname because all different cultures migrated into the United Sates because it was viewed as a better place for them to live. They all came together in one place to form a civilization. We are a community of different races, colors, traditions, and beliefs. In coming to the United States they bring all of their differences and change us for the better. Hispanics have changed what we eat, the sports we watch, and what we view as right and wrong through the court system.

There are more Mexican restaurants than Italian Bistros, Chinese Kitchens, or Seafood Shacks in the United States. Out of 438,753 restaurants in the United States, 43,359 of them are Mexican as of 2016. Out of that 43,359 Mexican restaurants, 1,145 of them are in Florida.(Americans love) Many of the foods that we love to eat every day are Mexican such as tacos, burritos, and even corn originated in Mexico. We would not be able to enjoy these things if the Hispanics had not shared it with our culture. Mexicans have been eating tortilla wrapped meat for hundreds of years but it only came to the United States during the Mexican Revolution when run away Hispanics brought it to the United States. When the Hispanics moved here they did not want to give up the food that they have been eating for centuries. After a while, the Hispanics started to open up restaurants and sold the food that they are used to eating and know how to make. When more and more Americans came to eat the food, the more they made it on their own, therefore we have Mexican food in the United States.(Randy)

Hispanics have also changed one of the biggest forms of entertainment we have today; they have impacted our sports. Famous Red Sox baseball player, David Ortiz, was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He holds the Red Sox single-season record for home runs with 54, which he set during the 2006 season. Ortiz makes the games more exciting for us watching in the stands. (Ortiz) In the same way, Oscar De La Hoya is a Mexican American (he holds dual citizenship) boxer. He competed from 1992-2008 and during this period of time he represented the United States at the 1992 Olympics and won a gold medal in the lightweight division. He was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring Magazine in 1995. He officially retired in 2009 after 16 years of professionally boxing. These people were able to give back to their country through their amazing athletic abilities.(Oscar de la Hoya)

Alberto Gonzales was a great influence in our country’s legal system. Gonzales’s career started out as an attorney in a private practice from 1982-1994. He then became the first Hispanic partner in the law firm Vinson and Elkins. He was then appointed by President George W. Bush to be general counsel to him, then became secretary of state, and to finish with finally becoming named to the Texas Supreme Court in winning the election with 81% of the Texans votes and a full 6-year term. Gonzales was born into a Catholic family in San Antonio, Texas in 1995 where he learned how hard life can be. He was the second of eight children living in a two-bedroom house made by his father and uncles. He grew up to be an honors student at MacArthur High School. He was then enlisted into the United States Air Force. He worked one year in Alaska at Fort Yukon before being released to attend the United States Air Force Academy. Gonzales left the academy and transferred to Rice University in Houston, Texas. There he earned a bachelor’s degree with honors in political science in 1979. He then earned a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard law school in 1982. Alberto had a different vision for this country and wanted to make it a reality. He wanted a different life for his three children than what his parents were able to give him. Because of his works he has not only been able to provide for his family but also for his nation.(Alberto Gonzales)

Whether you look to the Mexican restaurants, to the way we see sports, or even to the way that our legal system works, you can see that they have all been heavily impacted from the Hispanics being the largest minority. The United States would be a very different place without all these different cultures, traditions, and beliefs. Despite the many different ways people live in one place, we all can come together as a community and share the different foods we create or the different sports we invent or even our own perspective on our court system in deciding what is right and wrong for our nation.


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"Americans love Mexican Food." ABC News. ABC News Network, n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2017. .
 * This matches other information I have found and it comes from ABC news.

"Alberto Gonzales." //Wikipedia //. Wikimedia Foundation, 23 Apr. 2017. Web. 25 Apr. 2017. .
 * It has links to the other websites that they got their information on.

"David Ortiz." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Apr. 2017. Web. 25 Apr. 2017. .
 * It has links to the other websites that they got their information on.

Dotinga, Randy. "How did Mexican food become so popular in the US?" The Christian Science Monitor. Randy Dotinga, 09 Oct. 2014. Web. 25 Apr. 2017. .
 * It comes from an actual Mexican.

"Oscar De La Hoya." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Apr. 2017. Web. 25 Apr. 2017. .
 * It has links to the other websites that they got their information on.