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Examining Latino Girl Gangs

In five pages the girl gangs that have emerged in the Latino community are examined in a correlation between membership and juveni...

Latino Population and Mainstream U.S.A.

In six pages this paper examines how Latinos are perceived by the American mainstream. Eight sources are cited in the bibliograph...

The Homeless Latino Population in Los Angeles

This paper confronts the issue of homelessness in Los Angeles with a particular emphasis on the homeless Latino population. The a...

US Latinos and the Theory of the Melting Pot

In six pages this paper examines US Latinos within the context of the factors associated with the 'melting pot' theory with perspe...

US Latino Children and the Effects of Salsa Music

In two pages this paper contrasts and compares the effects of salsa music on Latin American children and on Latino children living...

Overview of the Latino Culture

In eight pages this paper considers what is meant by the description Latino in a cultural overview of what it encompasses. Seven ...

Labor Migration of Refugees

In five pages Latino refugee migration is considered within the context of Alejandro Portes and Ruben G. Rumbaut's Immigrant Ameri...

Unfair Treatment of Minorities in the Criminal Justice System

This paper examines the ways in which blacks and Latinos are unfairly discriminated against in the US criminal justice system. Th...

Latino Students of California and Changes in Population

is passed down from generation to generation, invariably perpetuating the academic discord that exists within Californias educatio...

Cultural and Societal Determinism and the Ties That Bind Latino Students

"Hispanic Americans are divided on the issue of bilingual education and its efficacy in assisting student learning. While some ar...

U.S. and the Experience of the Latino and the Black

illegal to teach slaves how to read and write, as it was understood even in those days that knowledge is equivalent to power. On...

U.S. Latinos and Issues of Education and Immigration

In eight pages this paper discusses the impact of education and immigrant issues upon the Latino communities in the U.S. Twelve s...

Food Industry and Latino Population Exploitation

In five pages this paper examines the exploitation of Latinos by the U.S. food industry. Four sources are cited in the bibliograp...

The Roles of Urban Planning

This 5 page paper discusses two of the roles of urban planning. The writer first discusses land use, then discusses the rapid grow...

Singer Hector Lavoe's Tragic Life

In eight pages singer Hector Lavoe's tragic life and contributions to Latino music are examined. Six sources are cited in the bib...

African American and Latino Leadership

In five pages this paper discusses community leadership, which is considered from the issue perspectives of African Americans and ...

Cultural Differences, Psychological Premises, and Conversational Styles

In five pages the ways in which psychological premises and cultural differences can manifest themselves in conversational styles a...

Stigma by Erving Goffman and a Sociological Analysis

In ten pages this examines the Latino male in an application of this sociological text by Erving Goffman. There are no sources ci...

Urbanization in the 20th Century

This 6 page paper examines the theory put forth by the Chicago School sociologists that all urban areas assimilated their immigran...

Latin American Industry

as Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guat...

U.S. Hispanic Groups

of the Roman Catholic Church" though there are a growing number of non-Catholics in the population (Mexican American, 2006). The ...

Diversifying the Volunteer Base

It is interesting to note, as Hobbs points out, that the Latino people are familiar with volunteerism from a wealthy perspective. ...

Individual Therapy/Latinos/Hispanics

These five stages are: "Conformity, Dissonance, Resistance and Immersion, Introspection and Integrative Awareness" (Delgado-Romero...

Latino Music Genre Known as Salsa

year later Alegre Records released Charlie Palmieris charanga LP "Salsa Na Ma." In 1964, the Cal Tjader Quintet plus 5 got the i...

Robert Rodriguez's Films and Cultural Identities

direction and production of a larger film. "The plan, Rodriguez said, was to make a series of three action films for this market a...

America's Latino Gang History

gang members. Over their history they have also been known to unite as in the 1980s when the Gangster Disciples and Latin Disciple...

Contemporary Melting Pot and America

the great melting pot that is the United States. They will no longer be seen as outsiders, but an integral part of the society of ...

State Control and Schools

have been both limited and ineffective; the combative environment that is inherent to urban areas precludes students of color from...

Cultural Considerations When Counseling Latino Clients

(Degado-Romero, 2001, p. 207; Pumariega, 2000; Koss-Chioino and Vargas, 1999). Researchers have also found that generally Latinos...

Latinos and Workplace Racial Biases

that are available to them in minorities and females" (Poor 11B). For those Latinos who have found their way to higher man...