Two worlds
Beliefs about American Identity
Elías Miguel Muñoz
For young Latinos
Prejudice
100

What is most important in American-identity?

The most important things is the cultural and ethic aspects

100

Where en Venezuela is Ana Maria Difillo born?

Caracas, Venezuela

100

Does Elías Miguel Muñoz have siblings? 

What is a sister?

100

Where are the dissimilarities that Defillo and Muñoz mention apparent? 

What are statistics?

100

What is Prejudice?

Negative view on a person or a Gruppe that is based on there background and ethnicity etc.


200

What is most important for Americans? Being christian or speaking english?

Speaking english

200

How old was Ana Maria Difillo when she moved to Miami?

6 years old

200

What is the poem about?

What is the difficulties of living with two cultures?

200

How are ethnicities like "Cuban-American" constructed?

Why do they take their family's country of origin?

200

Why do people have stereotypes?

It's to simplify complex people and culture

300

How come is it not always easy having a Spanish background?

They have to fight Prejudice

300

What did Ana Maria Difillo write about in the article 

Dealing with the issue where the Hispanics come from

300

Where does Elías' sister find representation?

What are Disney heroes?

300

What consequence can the struggle of juggling two worlds bring?

Why do they drop out and impact their future, so they end up in poverty?

300

Who is Ana Catillo and what did she write?

Ana Catillo is a mexican writer who wrote a poem about the Prejudice view on her people

400

How come is it not easy to be a second-gen Hispanics?

There is not really any rolemodels for them and it is hard to find a cultural identity

400

What often appears when Hispanics are making an identity?

Rootlessness

400
What does the poem call American children?

What are clowns?

400

Why do Hispanic generations become more American the longer they live in the USA?

Why do they speak American English, grow up in America and are surrounded by American culture?

400

How are hispanics pictured in the media?

They are seen as criminals and having low-skiled jobs

500

What is the view on Multiculturalism in America?

The view on Multiculturalism is positive

500

What is Ana Maria Difillo called when she is back in Venezuela

A Gringa

500

How does Elías Miguel Muñoz describe his sisters world?

What are riddles and foreign words?

500

What percentage of foreign born hispanics call themselves American, and what percentage of the same group call themselves Latino/Hispanic?

21% foreign born hispanics call themselves American.
20% of the same group call themselves Latino/Hispanic.

500

Why are some politicians against immigration? 

Politicians try to paint a picture that Mexico is sending bad people to ruin America

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