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Hispanic American Diversity
There are four Hispanic American groups that I would like to present in this paper and identify some basic differences and commonalities in their linguistic, political, social, economic, religious, and familial conventions. The groups are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Columbian.
Mexicans
The Mexican people living in this country are mostly concentrated in California and Texas with over half of them located in these two states. (City University of New York [CUNY], 2000) This is due in part to the large border we share with Mexico along these states. Even though there are other states that share a border, these two provide the easiest access to this country. As fantastic as it may sound, roughly ten percent of Mexico’s population is now living in the United States. (Lochhead, 2006)
The linguistic makeup of the Mexican American communities according to chapter 9 of our reading material is about 23% English dominant, 26% bilingual and 51% are......

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