The Differences Of Mexican Culture And Mexican Cultures

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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. Mexicans are people that strongly believe in enforcing the Mexican culture on their children, they believe that the next generations to come must carry the hard and known mexican traditions. The Herrada’s believed that people who don 't enforce these characteristics are shamed upon and highly judged. The Herrada’s are a family who strongly fits under that characteristics of judging others for not be a certain way or not following the “mexican traditions”. The Herrada’s are a family that believe and strongly follow every mexican tradition by the books. They believe in ever mexican festivity as well as every mexican myth ever told. The Herrada’s are a family who are definitely considered old fashioned for following these beliefs. They strongly believe that anyone that is mexican and does not choose to follow these certain traditions …show more content…

The older women stated that “everyone that wasn’t Mexican, black, or Asian were okies.” (390). Like Soto’s Grandmother the Herradas are quick to judge people that they consider different. Sotos Grandmother categorize people based on the their ethnical background. This came to prove that she did not approve of people that did not fit under a certain technical background. Like soto’s Grandmother the Herradas are a family that discriminate others for not loving the same lifestyle. Although they don 't discriminate towards Mexicans they high criticize Mexicans that have chosen to follow other beliefs and live a differently from

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