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This 7 page paper examines four different groups of people--Salvadorans, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans and Cubans--and compares and contrasts their immigration experience. The paper focuses on values and how these groups differ in terms of family life, political life and so forth. Several examples are provided and a final analysis of similarities and differences is included. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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File: RT13_SA632His.rtf
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However, when comparing and contrasting the cultures of Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and El Salvadorans, it seems that there are more similarities than differences. The similar nature of
these cultures goes to an intense family atmosphere and a sense of loyalty where the man of the home exemplifies masculine traits. These patriarchal societies sometimes have a hard time
assimilating and so, find it better to stick with their own kind in neighborhoods that retain the language and culture from which they came. And while most Hispanic groups share
this love of tradition and family, the differences between the four groups are stark. These are political differences as while the families are very much the same, and the
language is Spanish-dialects aside-each groups story in terms of immigration and treatment by the U.S. could not be more different. At the same time, many Hispanic groups have the same
experience when it comes to the way they are viewed by the general populous. There is a movement for example to retain English as an official language as the country
becomes increasingly Spanish-speaking. This is one issue that all of these immigrants must contend with. Yet, the stories for each group are somewhat different and tied to their country of
origin. II. Mexican Americans Mexican Americans, as well as Puerto Rican and Cuban Americans are considered to be Latino (Falcon, 1998). Interestingly, history of the Mexican Americans
can be traced to the Southwestern portion of the United States, an area that used to be a part of Mexico (Falcon, 1998). Early on, in the nineteenth century, Mexican
Americans survived by living in a Barrio, or neighborhood (Sanchez, 1995). Language is a large part of the culture and in fact in areas of the U.S. where there are
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