Mexican Culture Vs American Culture

At first Reed easily notices the small cultural differences such as the lack of cutlery at the dinner table (48) and also the customs of marriage, which usually signifies wealth and is “no more binding then the most casual attachment” (53). But later he begins to see that the American idea of Mexicans has been very off base. This first started when his misconceptions were debunked by the hospitable behavior of the people he encountered. Reed gives context of the American perception of Mexicans for example when he says, “I want to mention one fact [about Mexicans]” and making it a matter of importance. He continues, “Americans had insisted that the Mexican was fundamentally dishonest” (65) and then contrasts this assumption by describing the wonderful hospitality that nearly all Mexicans showed him during his travels.

When comparing to the American culture, it is said that Mexican’s place a higher value on family. Americans tend to give more of their attention to their profession, while Mexicans put family first (Difference Between American and Mexican Culture, 2013). Mexican children will get more parental guidance, whereas American children are taught to be independent at an early age (Difference Between American and Mexican Culture, 2013). Values adopted during early childhood may be important for understanding Mexican American youths’ adaptation because these values become the guiding force for future

Because the secretary prefer a men with American style. I think now, the Secretary (society) and the salesmen (Government)wants to manage the Mexican like Muppet 's. The Mexican- American come with they own values to express. However, Mexican culture come with different valuables and principles for the enrichment to the country they live. You did a GREAT JOB! words count

A cultural and social event that I think is especially relevant to this material is the endurance of machismo attitudes of many Mexican and culture. Mexican culture and beliefs are so strong that even when they move or migrate from Mexico to the United States, a new culture, still persists and continue. Mexican cultivates patriarchy ideas which the importance is the support of the family. Men provide the financial support in the household while the woman is the homemakers who take care of the children while the husband is working outside. As well, they cultivate respect within the marriage where the women if often relegated to the demands and desires of her husband.

It is true that Mexicans and Spaniards share similarities concerning language and culture, but there are far too many regional variations that make linguists say that Mexican Spanish qualifies to be a separate language, nonetheless, what does differ is that Spain’s political system is a Democratic government with an ‘international’ currency. Additionally, one can find a lot of Spanish influence in Mexican culture such as bull fights, foods like Spanish rice, and yes, Catholic Religion. Yet, it is easy to see the ancestral differences between Mexican and Spanish people due to their many different historical characteristics. Today, one difference between the two is that the Mexican political system is a close copy of the US system—at least on paper. However, the Mexican constitution provides only for a Federal system, unlike in Spain who recently has a revolution less than fifty years ago.

The United States throughout decades, it has been known for being a strong and stable economies country and their formidable technical ways of working,

We want to have our stake. This is our home, too,” (145). Angelino repeatedly uses the word “we” and the word “our”, including the reader. Micho Alvarez believes that many Americans have a skewed idea about Mexicans, and refuse to actually get to know

One of the area of conflict that rose in the book involves the usage of the English language in relation of the family’s native language, Spanish. As a Mexican-American raised in the States the exhibition of the English language, whether the use of the tongue is fluent or not, cause a strain in the Mexican culture as the culture takes in consideration of their romance and richness of history in their native tongue (Rothman 204). Language represent the supporting backbone of a person as the progress in life as the ability to communicate without misunderstands, however a person can cause the loss connection to the past romance of the culture and art of cultivation that brings the language to lifes from their inabilities to comprehend the ability/asset to its fullest potential (Rothman 204). To fully understand the true meaning behind a spoken chain of words can be understood by the method of trying to first comprehend the cultivation of the word and the definition behind them. Cisneros embeds the use of Spanish in fragments depicting a sense of reality within a fictional novel, Caramelo, as well with the use of interchangeable dialogues with spanish phrase to express the illustration of Celaya’s family and the culture in which is translate in of importance of pride.

Cultural identity, the identity or feeling of belonging to a group, but what does that mean for people? For many of people their cultural identity it describes who they are, their heritage, and who they are as a person. For Pat Mora she has been torn between her cultural identity; she is not accepted by their of her cultures. Frida Kahlo is torn between her home, Mexico, and her current residence, the U.S.A.. While Frida Kahlo and Pat Mora identify as Mexican for their cultural identity, Mora describes wanting to be accepting by both of her cultures, while Frida wants to go home to her true culture. Frida Kahlo and Pat Mora both express emotion throughout their pieces.

While interpreters and translators can work in any field, they frequently come across a sea of doubts when deciding what word to use, therefore, building a glossary on specialized terms can make our jobs more convenient. Even though this is a time-consuming task, at the end this will pay off. As my area of interest is interpreting in immigration settings, I have chosen to build a glossary on immigration based on the book from the series Current Controversies Immigration, by Debra A. Miller, published by Cynthia Sanner. Although immigration rates have decreased over the years, there is still a huge communication barrier between LEP (Limited English Proficiency) people and immigration staff, thus demanding the need for interpreters and translators.

The community 's invisibility among Los Angeles society was also a problem, so Justice for Janitors decided to utilize their cultural backgrounds to make themselves known such as beating drums, whistling, and screaming in Spanish (Soldatenko 233-236). This organization 's strength was their power of numbers and being resilient. In doing so, it challenged American society to acknowledge their existence which aided these janitors in gaining publicity. Although the Janitors for Justice did not entirely accomplish their goal, their efforts provide a good example about few ways to healthily and safely fight for one

Migrant workers are people who come into the United States to find work. They are here to give their families a better life, because they know that there is always field work where they can get jobs at. I believe that there are still so many migrant workers in our time. Many come in from Mexico looking for work and many of them do find it still. The circumstances and the way they are treated has changed a bit than before.

Culture in barbados is not much different than ours. When it comes to entertainment people play sports, music, go shopping, and go to dining events. Religion happens to be mostly christianity, and have morning service in Anglican churches on Saturdays. Language is mostly english or Bajan, an African-American speaking that is widely used, and sounds somewhat dialect. Race is mostly African but to be more imprecise 80 percent are black, 4 percent are white, 16 percent are mixed.

I am going to compare and contrast three tribes that were really interesting. The first one is going to be the Mayans, then the Aztec, and finally the Inca. The Maya, the Aztec, and the Inca had a lot of similar Rituals and ceremonies but also a lot of different ones. The three out of the following five topics are going to be Religion, Economy, and Technology. They all have their own ways of doing their own way.

There is many comparisons between the 3 tribes including their religion location and their social system. Theses tribes all believe in multiple gods or they have polytheism as part of their religion. The sun god was big to the inca and the aztec, the rain god was big to the mayan. The sun god was so important to the inca that they had a stone post called the hitching post that they would “tie” the sun to it so that it wouldn’t go away forever and they believed that the sun and the moon were their parents and they are their children. The rain god was important to the mayan because the rain god would help with a good harvest and good rain.