Framework Of A Latino Essay

The first framework, the natural support system framework looks at Latino’s specifically. It shows what is important to Latino’s and who they rely on. According to the framework, Latino’s rely a lot on relationships such as family and friends as a support system. They also see their religion and their own cultural practices as a support system and also events that are cultural based. Through this framework, we can start to see how a Latino person relates to others and who they rely on for support. As people and relationships are vital to them, coming to America and losing all that has got to be hard, therefore for Latino’s, it is vital once they get to America and settle in, that they recreate and find new relationships and people to use as

their support system. It allows us to understand in the town of Patchogue why a Latino man being murdered affected the Latino population so severely. Because even though his real family was back in Ecuador, the Latino’s in that town had adopted him as their own family, so when he was murdered it was like one of their own brothers and sons being murdered instead of just another Latino man that lived there.
In the second framework, we can see a different approach and a more in depth look at someone’s life. This framework is not specifically for Latino’s but it can still be used for them. This framework is created to restore or change oppressive conditions that will negatively affect the interaction between a person and their environment. So when we look at this framework we are looking for the connections between person or group of people and their environment and how it affects them. With this framework we can begin to see the negativity that occurs in that person or group of people’s life.
For example, how does the historical background of the Latino people affect their environment of today, and how does their environment here in the U.S. affect their culture, and as a result of that affect, how then does it affect the family dynamics and lastly, how does all of these affect the individual alone? As we go through this framework, we can begin to see a patter emerge.
Let’s use Marcello and the Latino population.

What is their history here in Patchogue New York, are they welcomed or hated? They are hated, therefore their environment here is going to be tense and full of fear, which will then affect the way the see their culture, maybe they will begin to hate that they are Latino and not American, maybe they will try to hide their culture as it is not welcome, this in effect will leave their family dynamics to be completely different than if they were in their home country. The Latino’s might try to Americanize their children more, and the families having to live in fear will raise their families differently than if they were comfortable. The culture of the Latino population may even fade and disappear as the next generation is becoming more Americanized until the only difference between them and the American’s would be their color, they might even lose their language and all of this in response would end at the individual and how all of these factors would affect them alone or the population group alone. If it is a Latino man, how would this affect differently than if it was a Latino

woman?
Understand the Impact of Social Relationships and Structures

The structural forces that are impacting this group are that these people are being oppressed, hated and assaulted on a daily basis. They are placed in the lower income class, so they are low on the social standing order. They are discriminated against on a daily basis because of their color, their culture, their race, and their ethnicity. Also there is a huge gender inequality when it comes to Latino’s.
The environmental forces that affect Latino’s is the lack of resources and availability of healthy good nutritional foods, and the overabundance of fast food places in their Hispanic communities. Latino children are also affected health wise as unlike other kids, their access to safe areas of play is limited and therefore so is their physical play. The Latino’s have the lowest income rate, the highest school dropout rate due to learning English as their second language and their access to health insurance and health care is limited affecting the health of their community and population group.

Understand the Impact of Difference, Discrimination, and Oppression

The typical generalizations thrown at Latino’s are that they are illegal, less than human, aliens, job stealers, unwanted, that they are druggies, uneducated, dirty Mexicans, drunks, loud, smelly, lazy, no good, worthless. Some stereotypes are that they all have large families, the men are macho and the women beautiful, that they are all loud and that they are a bunch of lazy Mexicans. Of course most of these are a false lie, but people believe them. Latino’s have been called names, spoken derogatively about on the news, they are portrayed negatively on TV shows and movies, they are bad mouthed in homes and racist comments are thrown at them in schools and work places. They have been beat up, assaulted, raped, murdered, etc. This group of people are not seen as welcome in the United States and we Americans have not hid our dislike of them either.
Festival of Latino
The Latino Event that Mount Vernon University hosts, encourages the community to come to MVNU and to embrace and experience the Latino culture and way of life for a night. While there you can eat Taco’s made as the Latino’s make them, you can go to the different booths and see all the different culture’s that exist in each country, you can meet local Latino families and you can make them feel welcome and loved. MVNU encourages and embraces the idea of community and acceptance and through this event, this is made possible for these people who may often times find themselves the minority here in small town Mount Vernon. It also is a teaching and education experience that the kids and their peers can learn from and experience themselves. The college students can have their knowledge base broadened and meet some of the local families that they may not know and it brings together a college campus and the surrounding community, making it not only a fun but important event that can bridge any gap that exists between the two worlds.
As a Macro-practitioner, this kind of event could easily be used to aid the Latino families. As they are a minority in Mount Vernon and this is a small rural town surrounded by cornfields, the likelihood of a very diverse group of people is smaller than if we were in a big city such as Columbus or Cleveland. These people face every day a reality that they look different and stand out amongst mostly Caucasian Mount Vernon. They may face discrimination and a scornful disapproval of their presence here. As Mount Vernon is quite small, the residents here are probably more likely to be content with the way things are and to have a bunch of Latino’s come and move in, it might offset the balance in the community and create a division of sorts.
Therefore to host an event to educate the community about their unique culture and diversity is a great way to remove any barriers that may exist between the people.

It also helps the Latino’s to feel welcome and gives them a chance to teach other people about their culture and lets them know that the community cares about them and wants to integrate them into it instead of separate themselves from them. It would let the Latino’s know that we care and are willing to help them, that their need has not gone unnoticed and that we respect their culture and ways of life but that we also are not afraid of stepping into their culture to get them the help that they need. This type of event will help alleviate any fears that they may have and also give them a sense of pride in who they are and where they come from. This type of event will teach the students not to fear or discriminate these people but instead to welcome and embrace them, that they are not aliens or illegal but instead help them begin to look past what the world says and instead encourage others to see them as real humans with their own culture and allow them to be more readily accepted. It will also help alleviate any fears or misconceptions that the world has of Latino’s within the students so that they don’t associate Latino’s with negative but instead positive

events.
In conclusion, there is much to learn about Latino’s and their culture. However, it seems there is a dividing block between the U.S.’s misconception about them and the results because of it. Though Patchogue was able to find a healing point and was ready to accept change, there are still many places out there that still discriminate and hate the Latino’s in their area. Let us hope that through the Latino festival, Mount Vernon can also find it in their hearts to accept these culturally unique and diverse people, before a tragedy much like what happened in Patchogue happens here.