The Mantos/Cespedes Family Case Study

In school again was the second time she faced an obstacle that stems from her race. This was known as opposition. It seems that educational facilities are the brunt of her problems. “At Pan American University, I and all Chicano students were required to take two speech classes. Their purpose: to get rid of our accents”.

The Davidson Family is comprised of husband and wife Cliff and Michelle Davidson, sons, Ndiaye and Jeremiah, and twin daughters Destiny and Danielle residing in Providence, RI. Ndiaye is currently serving his country as a soldier in the Army. Jeremiah (7) is in the second grade at Achievement First Mayor Academy while Destiny and Danielle (4) are enjoying Pre-K at Pleasant View Elementary School. For the past 12 years, Cliff continues to serve as an educator, coach, mentor and tutor in urban communities.

A thought-provoking source that John H.M Laslett used in researching for his book Shameful Victory is George J. Sanchez’s 1993 book Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945. His this book, Sanchez places a platform about Mexican American identity that stretches before World War II. The main argument is that Chicano history does little to explore the development of cultural adaptation. And he seeks to render that. Even through hardship and discrimination, the Mexican American identity evolved.

In Central America, some parents leave their children, and set out a journey to the United States in hopes of making a better life for them. Throughout the years, the children who are left behind eventually go on a journey to be reunited with their family. On the journey, the children acquire many character traits and skills that ultimately make them grow as a person. In the book by Sonia Nazario titled Enrique’s Journey, author Nazario writes about Enrique, a young Honduran boy, who goes on a long and strenuous trip to find his mother. In the article “Desperate Voyagers,” by Ioan Grillo, it talks on the subject of children fleeing their country due to gang violence.

This essay will inspect and discuss the components of individualisation and its effect on families and relationships. This essay will focus on the advancements of the traditional nuclear family. Beck and Beck-Gernsheim (2002, p. 27) described individualisation as the dissolution of previously prevailing social structures. This means that traditionally, an individuals’ destiny was once shaped by structures such as social class, gender roles or religion. This means that people’s lives were already laid down and their individual origins chose which line to take after and which “destiny” they prompted (Brannen and Nilsen 2005, p. 415).

Introduction Mixed races, now, has become a matter of a great concern for various countries. The matter drawn attention of numerous researchers or professors, in which Richard Rodriguez has done an outstanding work with his “Blaxicans” and Other Reinvented Americans” essay .In his essay, through the story circles around the Hispanics, he magnifies the racial classification that formerly exists does not fit today reality. Therefore, it plays an important role to support the author’s overall theory and help the audience to have a clear vision to the problem. Body

Cohabitation is on the rise today – with more than 8 million unmarried couples cohabiting in the U.S. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2013), it has become a viable alternative to married life for many young people. Elsewhere in Scandinavian countries like Sweden and Denmark, cohabitation and marriage have become indistinguishable with children being born and reared in both. Despite its popularity, there are certain misconceptions and risks which cohabitation entails. Amongst many other reasons, proponents commonly argue that cohabitation aids mate selection, empowers women, helps to avoid the hefty divorce expenses if the relationship does not work out and can even reduce promiscuity. This paper seeks to clarify the aforementioned misunderstandings by explaining how cohabitation is potentially destabilizing for the couples’ relationship, on the institution of marriage and for the society in general.

The Cosmic Race, by José Vasconcelos, is about the new race that will arise in Latin America from the mixing of all races and the society they’ll create. It is an extremely influential essay in Mexico and still widely regarded today. In the The Cosmic Race it is said that America is the ancient home of the now lost Atlantean civilization (Vasconcelos 7). The downfall of the Atlanteans spawned four races: the Indian, the Black, the Mongol, and the White (Vasconcelos 9). Latin America, the essay argues, will be the homeland of the new Neo-Atlantean race as it already the racial melting pot of so many races (Vasconcelos 17-18).

Have you ever tried to imagine what a dystopian society would look like? What would they value and not value? Would it be as horrible as people say it would? Or would you believe it is perfect? In Brave New World family relationships and monogamous relationships are not valued because they cause instability but in Gattaca, family relationships and monogamous relationships are valued because they give the best possible outcome and development for future generations.

Family and Belonging as an Identity Although there exist many different types of the conceivable notion of family, they all serve a similar purpose of the loving, caring and supporting of members within the family. Throughout the years, ideologies surrounding the definition of the idealistic family picture and of the nuclear family within our society has been changed through further discussion and academic conclusions regarding race, class sexual orientation, and the patriarchal structures surrounding the historical families. Drawing from Bell Hooks (1990) and Michelle Owen's (2001) writings, this essay will demonstrate how similarly and differently the authors approach the idea of social constructionism of the heteronormative family in western

I identify as a Latina. I have always considered myself as a Latina, but throughout time, I believe that I have assimilated more into a white individual because of the privilege that I hold and because I have lived in the US most of my life. I have received mostly negative messages from those who are not from my ethnicity. My peers and I were told we wouldn’t graduate high school and be laborers for the rest of our lives. With the current politics, I believe that this still holds true where some people still hold stereotypes and give oppressing messages to Latinos.

The Latino lifestyle creates a strong bond together, and most the time are all closely together. The positive side was well explained and described in the book. For example, whenever there is a need of an advice or counsel, a Latino would go to the family and ask them according to their experiences, an explanation on how they handled their issues. In addition, Schaefer said that most Latinos use their family as resources to support them throughout their lifetime (2014). Unfortunately, a negative factor that comes with familism is turning down opportunities, in order to not get separated from the family (Schaefer, 2014).