Latino Minority Groups

The term Latino is used to define and ethnic population. Although many people think of Latinos as Mexicans there are more groups that form part of this ethnic group. The Latino population consist of three major groups which are Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans. In my interviews I decided to focus of the Latino minority. I interviewed 10 people, four of them were women and 6 of them were men. When I asked the interviewees about their sexuality 9 of them defined themselves as heterosexuals and only one person defined himself as homosexual. Also 9 of the interviewees are Mexicans and one person is Central American, in specific Salvadoran. Four of my interviewees were age 40, six of them were between the ages of 50 and 60, and one of them was …show more content…
The dynamics of racism today are divided into four categories, which are racism against majority v. minority, minority v. majority, minorities v. minorities, and the last one intra racism (Lee Lecture, 02/06/17). Juana Martinez is one of the interviewees who experienced racism of minority v. minority. Juana Martinez told me that one time an African American woman came to her house and started screaming and kicking her door, telling her that she was going to call I.C.E. so they could take her back to her country. Adriana Nigo also encounter intra racism, which is discrimination against a person or a group of the same race. Adriana Nigo said that when she came to this country she worked for a cleaner company and the owner was a Latina woman. She said that after working for two months the owner, who was a latina, did not want to pay her. Her argument was that she was an immigrant and that she had to work until she had the money to pay her, otherwise she could leave and she would not pay her. Most of the time people think we are more likely to experience racism from white people, but in reality anyone can be racist because they are ignorant and do not know what other people had to go through in order to be where they are now. The experiences of racism mentioned above affected Juana and Adriana in a negative way by creating intimidation and affecting them in their economy. We are trying to create a better society but in …show more content…
He is undocumented and came to the United States in the year 2000. He defined himself as heterosexual and he works in painting buildings and houses. When I asked him if he believed racism increase, decrease or stayed the same he answer that racism increase. He said that it is sad to see that we live in a diverse country where even the president is racist. One of the experiences he shared with me was that he used to work for a company where they had to paint buildings. This building was located in Beverley Hills and when they had to go to lunch they were not allowed to stay inside the building so they had to go eat outside in the sidewalk. He told me that as they were eating outside a white lady passed by and told them if they knew where they were and that they couldn’t be eating outside to go back to their country. Enrique said that he felt humiliated and discriminated because he was not doing anything wrong. He wasn’t allowed to eat inside so he followed the rules and for following the rules a white woman felt that they were invading her city and at the same time they were making the city look bad. The women felt invaded in her city, but what she did not realize was that she was making others feel less. Possibly she was right they did not have to eat in the sidewalk because they we blocking the pedestrians but she did not have the right to tell them to go back to their country. She could have said to move or go to a

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