HispanicHeritageNotesICS16NGU

=Hispanic Essay Notes=

**Topic - Overcoming Challenges: Hispanics in the United States**
**Thesis sentence: Hispanics are facing unexpected challenges and are struggling for a better life in the United States.**


 * 1) Notes from 4 sources with URL of each source.
 * 2) Notes in own words not copied and pasted.
 * 3) Notes organized by source.
 * 4) Each source is annotated.

__Questions to think about:__
- How Hispanics overcome their obstacles? - What challenges do they face? - Think about... Language & fitting/adapting to the culture, businesses, education. - Poverty is "linked" to education. - What are some issues Hispanics are facing? - What are some ways/strategies we can advance the obstacles in Hispanic lives. - What are the major complications Hispanics face in the United States?

Quotes: “Forty-two years ago, I came to America from communist Cuba so I might have a better way of life, a freer way of life - a more democratic way of life. I wanted to live the American Dream where if you worked hard and put your mind to the task, anything was possible.” - Mel Martinez ( http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mel_martinez.html)

__Ideas__

 * Being in poverty can be stressful.
 * It is up for us to help make a better change for Hispanic families

3 Purposes:
 * 1) Facing Poverty (linked with education)
 * 2) Unfamiliar language (linked with education)
 * 3) Culture Difference (linked with change of race)

http://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/28/the-hispanic-challenge/

Facing Poverty
http://www.federalwaymirror.com/lifestyle/35169294.html#

- This is a reliable source because Sound Publishing is the largest community media in Washington state.
 * About 30% of Hispanics are in low-income households.
 * These families have living wage jobs which gives them disadvantages to access health care, housing, and other uses for the family.
 * Poverty is connected to education.
 * Peter Bloch Garcia of Latino Community Fund said, “Income affects stress of families and their ability to go to schools to learn."
 * We can help Hispanic families to overcome their challenges by giving them a hand.

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/report/2012/08/08/11984/the-state-of-latinos-in-the-united-states/
 * Our country is expeditiously changing. By 2050, our country will upsurge more diverse ethnicity.
 * Hispanics, one of the rapidly growing populations in the country, will be a part of the major changes
 * It is predicted that Hispanics will double to 30 percent
 * About 50.5 million Hispanics make up 16 percent of the U.S. population, according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau population estimate.
 * Employed Hispanics are less likely to have a college degree
 * They are considered to concentrate on industries
 * Hispanic unemployment rate changes depending on where they live, their education rank, and if they are foreign or native
 * The unemployment rate for Hispanics in 2011 were averages to 11.5 percent
 * The unemployment rate for Whites in 2011 were averaged to 7.9 percent.
 * There were 24 percent increase in college enrollment from 2009 to 2010 (positive outcome)
 * From 2009 to 2010 the number of Hispanic enrolled to college highly increased by 349,000
 * Since the number of Hispanics college enrollment has been increasing, the number of Hispanics high school graduates have been high also

Unfamiliar Language
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/bobby-schilling-latinos-english-spanish_n_1894299.html
 * Some Hispanics are having a hard time learning English because they don't even know Spanish
 * Bobby Schilling said, "One of the biggest problems is — you know, I’ve got some Hispanic friends — is that a lot of those folks that don’t know English, is primarily because they don’t even know Spanish"

http://www.ibtimes.com/immigration-reform-2015-more-hispanics-us-schools-theyre-struggling-keep-1827574
 * The number of Hispanics dropped outs are higher rate than any other ethnic group
 * Cristina Silva stated, " That means if schools can't figure out how to help Latino students now future Hispanic students are unlikely to do any better."
 * It is difficult for Hispanic parents and teachers to build a relationship if the teachers can't speak spanish

Culture Difference
http://www.nationalreview.com/agenda/378533/hispanic-americans-face-real-challenges-reihan-salam

- I know this is a valid source because the founder of National Review Magazine is William B. Buckley Jr., an author who wrote more than 40 books and a former host of a television show called "Firing Line"
 * About 1.2 million Americans, classified as Hispanic, changed their racial identification to white from 2000 to 2010 enumeration
 * Adapting to a new culture can prevent you from changing your race identification
 * We need to sustain Hispanic culture.
 * Some Hispanics are struggling to embrace their race so they change their race.