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As a Hispanic living in America, I have realized that while racism has seized enormously there are still trails of racism even in a highly diverse populated area.
I reside in Sanford, Florida which is in Seminole County. In 2006 US Census Bureau, estimated that 14.5 percent of the Seminole County population was of Hispanics or persons of Latino Origin. The entire state of Florida was estimated at having 20.2 percent of Hispanic persons or Latino originated persons as apart of the 2006 estimate of population. Hispanics populate our Country at high numbers and I can personally contest to how racism and discrimination has changed or if it has remained the same, as a Hispanic living in America.
Hispanics that populate my surrounding area tend to resemble each other in certain characteristics, such as having dark hair, with curls, possessing dark eyes and full lashes. It is highly recognized that the females tend to have the curvier body frames. Skin color usually ranges from......

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