Culture can be found in every aspect of life, even if it is not easily identified. Culture can range from the way someone holds his or her head, to his or her taste in music, to the way he or she speaks. It is truly everywhere. American and Hispanic cultures have a multitude of similarities and differences. These similarities and differences set the two cultures apart. However, their similarities bridge the gap between Hispanic and American cultures. Thomas Wolf once said, “culture is arts elevated to a set of beliefs.” This is true in many cultures, including Hispanic and American cultures. All aspects of culture are either verbal or nonverbal communication, which are both forms of art. Speaking is often seemed as a form of art; however, words …show more content…
Often, the language spoken by Northern Spaniards sounds identical to the language spoken by Southern Spaniards. However, the northerners speak with the “the emission of the consonants ‘d’ and ‘r’, the aspiration of the consonant ‘s’ at the end of words, and the dropping of final consonants”, whereas southerners do not. (Khodorkovsky, 2008) Again, both types a Spaniards are conveying a message when speaking. Likewise, Americans have differing dialect. The way someone from the West coast speaks contrasts the way someone from the East coast speaks. But yet again, both people are conveying a message when speaking. Although their verbal communication may sound different, Hispanic and American culture’s are still accomplishing the same goal. There are also many similarities and differences in each culture’s nonverbal communication …show more content…
In both cultures, grandparents and elders are highly respected, the father holds most of the power and is the decision maker of the household, the mother is the caretaker of the household, and the children’s only responsibility is to go to school and receive an education. This is the case in almost every Hispanic family because they tend to keep traditional values. This hierarchy also occurs in traditional American families. It was always thought that the “absence of a father is destructive to children, particularly boys, because it means that children will lack the economic resources, role model, discipline, structure, and guidance that a father provides.” (Biblarz & Raftery, 1999) However, this is no longer the case. The differences between American family structures can be most clearly seen when separated by socioeconomic class. Now, studies have shown that “children from single-mother families do approximately as well as children from two-biological-parent families.” (Biblarz & Raftery, 1999) This encourages mothers to believe that a single-mother household is still successful. Therefore, the mother becomes the decision maker and caretaker. This concept also applies for opposite genders. In single-father households, the father is not only the decision maker but the caretaker as well. These family structural differences make way for another similarity in Hispanic and American cultures. Faith
Life in Italy is much different than life in the United States. Italians live at a much slower pace, than American’s and they have a desire to enjoy life instead of rushing through it as many American lifestyles exhibit (Zimmermann, K. (2015). The extended family is very important in Italy, whereas in the United States, the focus tends to be on the nuclear family, which includes mom, dad, and children (Zimmermann, 2015). The differences in Italian culture and American culture are vast and varied, but with a few comparable components to demonstrate similarities.
I was born into a traditional Hispanic family in Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States. This conventional family pattern follows a patriarchal hierarchy in which the father is the head of the household and responsible for all major decisions for the family.
In the 15th century, Europeans discovered the “New World”, they discovered native civilizations that had expanded for more than 2,000 years. They also developed a wide knowledge of agriculture, astronomy, mathematics and the arts. Many early Americans carved large stone statues and reliefs, painted extensive mural cycles, and mastered the arts of weaving, pottery and metalwork. In Mesoamerica, Olmec people built pyramids from colored clays, as well as carvings of their rulers and gods. Olmec artists also placed paintings and made sculptures out of jade. Many architectural features in mainly all Mesoamerican cultures and far as the north as the southwestern United States.
Child rearing and family structure within the Hispanic culture is noticeably different than what is present in the mainstream Western culture of today. One apparent difference is in gender roles. There exists a vastly different expectation in Hispanic culture for males and females. The male is considered to be the independent breadwinner, and the head of the household. Accordingly, the female role is one of submission and provider of childcare. In contrast, it is more than acceptable in Western culture for a female to maintain a non-traditional role. Hispanic culture additionally differs from Western culture in the traditional makeup of the family. Within Hispanic culture the extended family plays a huge role
Latinos have struggled to discover their place inside of a white America for too many years. Past stereotypes and across racism they have fought to belong. Still America is unwilling to open her arms to them. Instead she demands assimilation. With her pot full of stew she asks, "What flavor will you add to this brew?" Some question, some rebel, and others climb in. I argue that it is not the Latino who willingly agreed to partake in this stew. It is America who forced her ideals upon them through mass media and stale history. However her effort has failed, for they have refused to melt.
Growing up in a Latino base community there were numerous instances that metaphor,“si me voy con la Luna o el Sol”, which means either you choose the Sun (Dad) or Moon (Mother), was used just to see who the kids prefered .Therefore creating, the environment that children would be repeatedly asked to choose the ultimatum between parents. In the reading “Mamitis and the Traumas of Development in a Colonia Popular of Mexico City” by Matthew C. Gutmann and “Bad Boys and Good Girls: The Implications of Gender Ideology for Child Health in Jamaica” by Carolyn Sargent and Michael Harris correlations between class in their countries and how it impacts family developments. The Essay will focus on Gutmann’s reading on mamitis gender expectation, secondly how Sargent’s reading tackles the issue of
North America has a monochromic culture, where time is treated as a valuable resource and business tasks are needed to be completed as quickly as possible. Mexicans follow a polychronic culture, which emphasizes relationship. Thus, Alan, US sales representative in Mexico, experiences difficulties with doing business because people with whom he works get used to be late on the meetings. Moreover, his hosts want to talk about sightseeing and his family in order to establish a relationship. Mexico is also characterized by high-context culture, where communication is conveyed implicitly and considered as a means to establish relationships. Alan’s low-context culture leads to employees’ miscommunication because he counts long not job-related conversations irrelevant. In addition, family is the first priority for Mexicans, so Alan’s meetings are frequently interrupted by customers’ children who come into the office.
Throughout the development of families, there have been many variations of culture formed around ideas and topics favored by the individuals involved. Latino and Asian families both have strengths and weaknesses. Both cultures have different ideas on many topics such as raising their children and relationships with other family members. Although these cultures have differences, they also have similarities in how they function every day. These cultures have both found ways to work and support families. This shows how there is no one right way of how a family should function.
Just like men customarily hunt and woman gather and raise the children, it is tradition in Hispanic culture for the “man” of the house to provide for his wife and kids. In my culture, it is common for the wife to stay at home, raise the children, and tend to the house, while the husband is the “bread-winner”. Similar to the Gebusi, my culture also has an initiation called a Quinceañera, which represents the transition of a young girl into adulthood. It is also distasteful for women to act promiscuous, although both young men and women collaboratively talk about their sexual lives to their respected
Within the United States there is a huge diversity of cultures. Culture is many different things, it is a tradition, it is the values and beliefs passed down from generation to generation, and culture is the identity of any country. Culture helps to identify one cultural group from the other. Although we may live in the same country,city, or state we still differ from one another by the way we dress, our beliefs, language, traditions, music, art, food, religion, and politics.
Latin American society places a great deal of importance on the family as a support network; it is not uncommon for several generations to reside in the same house. This emphasis is called familismo, and the mother in the family is usually the most important figure. She “is seen as the primary nurturer and caregiver in the family…[and] plays a critical role in preservation of the family as a unit, as well as in...
Despite the traditions Mexicans are brought up with everyone is given the opportunity to decide and choose which specific traditions to enforce in their own lives. The Herrada’s and the Zapata 's are both mexican families that follow very strong Mexican traditions, yet despite the Mexican lifestyle they both choose to live their lives completely different. These two families both share the same cultural beliefs but choose to welcome or categorize people differently.
Lima is the capital city of Peru. Lima was established by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pissarro in 1535. Lima is also known as ‘”the city of the kings’’. Lima’s approximate population is nine million. It has sport venues, such as volleyball, football, basketball and fronton. Lima has many attractions, activities, beautiful tradition and costume. The climate in Lima is both mild and warm. Lima has many tourist sites. Lima is also famous for its ancient architecture and cuisine.
I think the differences between Latin America and North America were primarily due to the disparity between Spanish and English culture. The culture of the Spanish people was to devote themselves to the Catholic religion. While the Spanish preferred their people to be Catholic, the Englishmen had different beliefs between one another. The Incas of Peru, Mayans in Central America, and Aztecs in Mexico shaped the Mexico area (slide 9 in lecture notes). They built elaborate cities and offered human sacrifices to their gods. While the Spanish wanted more elaborate cities, the English colonies wanted cities that focused more on agriculture. The English did not put all their resources into making their cities look marvelous, they just wanted to have
Children with two parents in the home earning two incomes tend to have better financial and educational advantages. The effects of a single-parent home on a child’s behavior can be far-reaching and impact several areas of life, including academic achievement and social behaviors(U.S. Census Bureau, 2012)Due to financial problems the child might drop out of school and decide to live a dangerous life. After the research was conducted my result showed that most single parent in the belmopan doesn’t make enough income so that makes the children drop out of school and do illegal thing and are unprivileged from an education. Most of the single parent are mothers who their husband either died or disowned the kids. Most of the mothers said its difficult to do responsibilities of both a mother and a father but they have to be strong. Growing with one parent leads tobearing children out of wedlock, and have trouble keeping jobs as young adults. Other consequences include risks to psychological development, social behavior, and sex-role