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Running head: MYTHS OF LATINO IMMIGRATION 1

MYTHS OF LATINO IMMIGRATION 6

Myths of Latino Immigration

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Myth Outlining Worksheet

1. What is your myth?

A common myth about Latino is that Latino is homogenous naturally existing and an easily identifiable group of people.

2. What is your argument about your myth? (Should be two to three concise sentences.)

This myth is wrong because Latino is not a homogenous group or an easily identifiable group because Latino is the group that is initially from areas with different ancestries. Latino population is consisting of many types, say, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban or Dominican, and they are not easily identified.

3. What pieces of evidence are you using to prove your argument?

Evidence

Explanation – how does this evidence support your thesis?

Sources

1. Latino comprises of several sub-groups with uniques identities

One of the common stereotype and mentality regarding the Latinos in America is that they have a shared ethnic background, race, and culture. However, the reality is that Latino comprises of several sub-groups with unique identities (Holloway, 2008, p.5). Usually, Latino in the United States is defined in terms of their nationalities or the countries that they know. For example, in the case of Midwest and Southwest, Latinos are seen as Mexicans. In the eastern part of America, particularly New York and Boston regions, Latino is the people who are considered to have limitations in their communications with the Dominicans and Puerta Ricans. In the case of Miami, Cubans, and Central America, they are the references group for interpreting Latin America.

In chapter three, Social Polarization and Colonized Labor: Puerto Ricans in the

United States, 1945–2000 Kelvin Antiago-Valles And Jiménez-Muñoz assert that the idea of homogeneity is quite extensive to the extent of some politicians treating Latino Americans as culturally unified people. Latino is racially diverse, thus making the ethnic category rather than a race (Gutiérrez, 2008, p.129). Technically, anyone from central, south America and the Caribbean can be described as Latino. Also, Latino as an ethnicity, has people from different nationalities. Several races are comprised of the group. The only similarity they have is that they are not the original inhabitants in America.

Holloway. (2008). T.A A Companion to Latin American History. Holloway, University of California, Davis Waltham, MA: Wiley/Blackwell, 2008.

Gutiérrez, D. G. (Ed.). (2004). The Columbia history of Latinos in the United States since 1960. Columbia University Press.

2. Latino originated from different countries with varying cultures.

Latino is not easy to identify. In chapter six, The Other “Other Hispanics”: South American–Origin Latinos

In the United States Espitia states that Latino originated from different countries and had different cultures. For that reason, they are often tied between practicing their native culture and that of the country they live in. For instance, in the case of Mexican-Americans, they remain loyal to both the Mexican and American cultures (Gutiérrez, 2008, p.257). Latin-Americans do not have a standard practice. For that reason, it is not possible to identify them from the community. They can even be white, black, indigenous America, Mestizo, as well as the Asian descents. Generally, Latino is made up of people with different originality in terms of the country, culture, and background. It is not easy to classify them as people from a particular region like South America. For instance, even though Mexico is considered to be in North America, it remains to be part of the Latin Americans. The same thing people to Puerto Rico, which is an island in the Caribbean. It is politically attached to the United States while at the same time is culturally part of Latin America. In this case, it is not easy to identify people of a particular region as the Latino.

Gutiérrez, D. G. (Ed.). (2004). The Columbia history of Latinos in the United States since 1960. Columbia University Press.

3. Latino is the terms that are restricted to the immigrants in America and their descendants

Most of the American immigrants are from Spanish, French, Romanian, or Portuguese speaking countries located in the central, North and South of America. This includes the islands in the Caribbean.

In the chapter on Latino Imagery, Flores, (2004, p.184 asserts that most of the inhabitants in the regions are roman speakers. These include Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian, or Portuguese speaking countries in North, Central, and South America, and it consists of the French-speaking areas of Haiti, French Guiana, French-speaking Canada, and the French West Indies. Ethnicity cannot be used as the identifier for the Latino because they have different customs, traditions, music styles, and foods. The nationality of the Latino is associated with an accurate is of their cultural traditions, music, and other factors like food.

Flores. J. (2004). The Latino Imaginary: Meanings of Community and Identity