In identifying the linguistic, political, social, economic, religious, and familial conventions and/or statuses of four Hispanic groups living in the United States; the following four groups have been chosen, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and El Salvadorians. Each group has a rich cultural identity but has been placed in the same category, Hispanic Americans, on the basis of language. All these groups share the Spanish language, though each has a different dialect and some words spelled and pronounced the same have different meanings. For example, sopa means soup in some countries, but in others it means soap.
Mexican Americans language is made up of a mix of their national language Spanish and English sometimes referred to as Spanglish. Politically Mexican Americans were very active in the Mexican American Civil Rights movement spearheaded by Mendoza, V. “…Reies López Tijerina and the land grant movement, is picked up by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales in Denver who defines the meaning of Chicano through his epic poem I am Joaquin, embraces César Chávez and the farm workers…”(2000). The movement as defined by Mendoza, V. “The Mexican American Civil Rights Movement…” “…encompassed a broad cross section of issues—from restoration of land grants, to farm workers rights, to enhanced education, to voting and political rights…”
Socially Mexican Americans seem to want what all immigrants who come to this country seeking the American Dream. (Alba, R. 2006). Educationally, Mexican Americans, no matter the generation rarely go past High School; according to the reading, Alba, R. “Huntington presents data that appear to show very low levels of Mexican- American educational advancement beyond high school, regardless of generation.” And that; “Thus, he cites numb ...