Category: Hispanic American Studies

Home Girls: Chicana Literary Voices (Women in the Political

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Innovative research designs such as the Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) have been instrumental in helping to develop ?adaptive interventions? that are optimally tailored to individuals and individual progress over time (71-74). The Spanish Inquisition led to a large number of forced conversions of Spanish Jews. Puerto and her husband, a Hispanic couple, sought to purchase a home in Pflugerville, Texas. Alcohol, Supplement No. 14: 71-81, 2002) ABSTRACT. In this case, researchers did not have access to individual names, dates of birth or other personal information, because each person’s linked 2000 and 2010 forms were identified by a numerical code called a “personal identification key.” The researchers only included in their analysis people living in households where someone in the family filled in their race or Hispanic origin.
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Música Tejana: The Cultural Economy of Artistic

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Meanwhile, relying on coworkers, neighbors, and health and social service professionals can be minimal. 20 Because of the importance placed on strong reliance on family, when family support is weak or problematic, family members' needs are sometimes left unfulfilled. Margaret Conway. 2005. “The Role of Group-Based Resources in the Political Participation of Asian Americans.” American Politics Research 33(4) (July): 545-576. Two major Supreme Court decisions since 2000 have narrowed the categories of defendants against whom the death penalty may be applied.
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After the Coup: An Ethnographic Reframing of Guatemala 1954

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We can also derive flow estimates from some sample surveys, including the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly survey conducted by the U. This damage has deeply corroded the social and economic networks that are essential to sustain communities. Video Clips on Faith, Culture & Identity Perspectives in Latino Communities. This is an excellent general reference tool with brief essays arranged alphabetically by subject. This is just a selection of some of the interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary databases relevant to American Studies.
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Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage

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When the two statistics do not agree, it may be because they were produced at different times. The Mile High Trail is a series of six walking tours throughout the downtown area. Data refer to the civilian non-institutional population Our knowledge of the determinants of healthy aging in the Hispanic/Latino population is expanding because of increased attention to ethnicity in health reporting (Bassford, 1995). Results suggest that cross-racial interactions were significant predictors for both groups; however, interactions with peers who have different interests was significant for Black men only.
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All Rise: Reynaldo G. Garza, the First Mexican American

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They often light candles, maintain home shrines, and some visit shrines throughout Mexico when possible. They can work part-time in the United States, and most students may work for a period of up to 18 months after completing their studies under the Optional Practical Training (OPT) regulation. September 15 through October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. Tucson and Tempe are lowest, both less than 25% growth. One-seventh of young American Indian adults had graduated from college in 1998.
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The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and

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These tribes potentially have lessons that could be shared to help improve the employment rates of American Indians generally. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 24,19-52. Affirmative Action Plans/Affirmative Employment Plan: Written plans for programs required by Executive Order 11478 and other laws and regulations. Video/C 9261 In 1980, there were a few thousand Asian and Latino immigrants in Georgia. Consider these remarks by a Latina, “To them [Latino men], a woman is not considered as a complete woman if she’s missing a body part, and in this case it’s more pronounced because the missing part is considered to them a part of femininity.” (Ashing-Giwa et al., 2006, p. 40).
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Mourning for Papá: A Story of a Syrian-Jewish Family in

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The result, in 1995, came to be known as the “wet foot, dry foot” policy: Any Cuban who successfully arrives on U. In summary, Cayuga and Seneca counties have: An increasing number of Hispanic residents, though the counties remain overwhelmingly white In 2010, the population in Cayuga County was just over 80,000, down 2.4% from the population in 2000. C. 247 (c) – Damage to Religious Property – This law prohibits anyone from intentionally defacing,damaging, or destroying religious real property, or attempting to do so, because of the race, color, or ethnic characteristics of any individual associated with the property, regardless of any connection to interstate or foreign commerce.
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Return to Aztlan: Indians, Spaniards, and the Invention of

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In 2005, the EEOC set up a task force to recommend improvements to its investigation and litigation of systemic discrimination cases. The 1973 Supreme Court decision in Keyes v. Diversity is one of our country’s core strengths. S. who may be interested in the civil rights protections that the U. S. hospitals as reflected by standardized measures 2002–2004. Surveys vary on the extent of the Latino "unbanked," but the Federal Reserve Bank of New York says that fewer than half of Mexican immigrants don't have bank accounts.
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Latinos Facing Racism: Discrimination, Resistance, and

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One of the Study's determinations was that extensive bilingual preparation for teachers and support staff was needed immediately. After taking all other factors in the analysis into consideration, Native Americans residing in Nebraska, Mississippi, and Wyoming receive the biggest increases in their odds of being employed relative to Native Americans in states without tribal lands, with increases of 64 percent, 50 percent, and 33 percent, respectively. Fox (1993) noted that eighty-five percent of childrens books published in 1973 had a male as the main character.
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The Mexican Mafia

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In order to improve the quality of service delivery, rehabilitation professionals need to learn to recognize the cultural values of minority individuals and to adapt service delivery approaches accordingly. When: The first Puerto Rican immigrants to come to the United States in the 19th century were for the most part political exiles seeking a base in New York. With 52 million Americans identifying as Hispanic, Latinos make up 16.7 percent of the U.
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