Antonio Aquinas Research Paper

On May 16, 2017 I interviewed Antonio Cuevas about what it means to be American to him. Life for Antonio has been hard because he came to America with the ideal American Dream every Hispanic has. During his life he faced struggles with no knowledge of writing or reading but he came along way without understanding of life in this country. Mostly alone but with the help of a relative he learned how to do his own signature. Antonio started working in landscaping in which he later on started his own company making enough money to support himself and make a living for not only him but for his wife and three children what later on became his everyday life up until now. Antonio always says la vida no es facil animo la vida sigue life is not easy cheer

up life goes on you just need to have faith and strength.
Antonio has experienced a lot of discrimination throughout his life. One day when he knocked on a white person's home asking for a job the white man shut the door in front of his face and treated him less because of his ethnicity. Another day he got pulled over by the police and was accused to have been drinking at a casino when all he had that night was soda but since he was Mexican the cops assumed and didn’t believe the truck he owned was his until he proved them wrong. According to Antonio Cuevas being an American citizen doesn’t change racism because he’s still viewed as an immigrant. Although, Antonio doesn’t experience Racism like before at all he does take pride in his country because it gave him an opportunity for a better life than in Mexico because it isn’t the same lifestyle