HispanicHeritageNotesAJ215


 * Thesis statement- Why is Hispanic heritage so important? Well I think the main idea is that not everyone can have the same heritage, then the world would be extremely dull and extremely boring.**


 * http://www.countryreports.org/**
 * **The Spanish are concerned with their public appearance, even when just running errands. A person's social standing is often shown by the style and the quality of clothing worn. Spanish women try to dress in the latest styles. In Spain, men normally dress conservatively. During festivals local costumes are frequently worn. **
 * **Dating often begins around age fourteen with group activities. Many young men and women begin dating at about age eighteen. In some place couples only date if they plan to marry. A boy often meets a girl at a a place outside her home instead of where she lives. Potential spouses must usually be approved by parents. The average marriage age for men is twenty-seven, while women marry between the age of 20 and 24. **
 * ** In former times, there used to be some protocol rules in Spain which are not longer in application: e.g. the guests were always supposed to come at least ten minutes late. In the same way, years ago it was considered distasteful to come with a bottle of wine when you were invited to dinner, because apparently it indicated that you didn't expect the host to have good wine. **
 * **Every year on the first Wednesday of August, the town square of a small town named Buñol is bathed in red as 20,000 people gather in the main square to throw tomatoes at each other. **
 * **When a young child loses their first tooth a ceremony is frequently held. Whoever finds the first tooth becomes the child's Godmother of Godfather. After finding the tooth they buy the child a new outfit to celebrate.**


 * FactMonster.com **


 * ** What hasn't changed is the Spanish concept of family. It is quite larger than the northern european one and the close family includes not only direct relatives, but also other distant relatives (for instance, cousins and their women, husbands or kids). Family gatherings are still very popular, at least once a year. **
 * **When a child loses a tooth in Spain, they put the tooth under their pillow. A little mouse called Ratoncito Perez will take their tooth while they sleep and leave money or candy.**
 * ** Spain, originally inhabited by Celts, Iberians, and Basques, became a part of the Roman Empire in 206 B.C., when it was conquered by Scipio Africanus. In A.D. 412, the barbarian Visigothic leader Ataulf crossed the Pyrenees and ruled Spain, first in the name of the Roman emperor and then independently. **


 * http://www.pewresearch.org/data-trend/society-and-demographics/a-typical-american/**

> > **Hispanics and Asian Americans make up about seven-in-ten of today’s adult immigrants and about half of today’s adult second generation. ** > > > >
 * **Second-generation Americans—the 20 million adult U.S.-born children of immigrants—are substantially better off than immigrants themselves on key measures of socioeconomic attainment, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. They have higher incomes; more are college graduates and homeowners; and fewer live in poverty. **
 * **About one-in-six (15%) married second-generation adults have a spouse of a different race or ethnicity from themselves, compared with 8% of all immigrants and 8% of all U.S. adults. Intermarriage rates are especially high for second-generation Hispanics (26%) and Asian Americans (23%). **
 * **In what some scholars have described as a pattern of negative assimilation, 41% of second-generation women who recently gave birth were unmarried, compared with 23% of immigrant women who recently gave birth. The higher share of nonmarital childbearing among the second generation has been driven mostly by second-generation Hispanic women (52% of these women with a recent birth were unmarried). Among the U.S. population as a whole, 36% of women who recently gave birth were not married. **
 * ** About nine-in-ten second-generation Hispanic and Asian-American immigrants are proficient English speakers, substantially more than the immigrant generations of these groups. When it comes to retaining one’s ancestral language, there are sizable differences by race and ethnicity. Eight-in-ten second-generation Hispanics say they can speak Spanish at least pretty well; just four-in-ten second-generation Asian Americans say the same about their parents’ native tongue. **


 * http://www.hispanicheritage.org/**

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 * ===Established by the White House in 1987, the Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) is an award-winning nonprofit that identifies, inspires, prepares and positions Latino leaders in the classroom, community and workforce to meet America’s priorities. ===
 * **The 28th Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards will take place on September 17, 2015 at the Warner Theatre in Washington, DC. The 2015 Honorees will be announced in the Spring. **
 * **[|Sponsors]  have the unique opportunity to share the stage and make an indelible impression on the Latino community in and out of the theater through cross-promotional opportunities, packaging of the Awards as an educational tool distributed by HHF and through HHF’s year-round programs. The Awards serve as the launch of HHF’s year-round mission to inspire, identify, prepare and position Latino leaders in the classroom, community and workforce to meet America’s priorities.    **
 * <span style="font-family: Raleway,sans-serif;">  **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #353535; font-family: Raleway,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Awards are covered by the national and international media and have traditionally been broadcasted on network television and Armed Forces Network. The 2014 Awards will air on PBS on September 29 at 10 p.m. **