Featured

My First Blog Post

Why study Latin American & Caribbean studies?

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde.

Many people believe that it is anti American to learn about the history of another country other then America if you live in America. However, in Latin American studies classes, many kids of color are getting better grades because they are becoming interested in their history but the states think that it’s unfair to the whites in the school. They believe that African Americans can learn about there cultures but Latin American should not have the opportunity to learn about where they came from. The school broad Member Micheal Hicks says that in these ethnic studies classes they teach them how to fight against the white man; that this is Latin American Land that the white man stole (The Daily Show, 2012). Micheal Hicks is making assumptions because he never sat in on one of the classes he thinks that is what’s being thought to them. The Law that was passed to band ethnic studies was targeted to Latin American Studies.

This is a picture of Latin Americans protesting the end to Ethic studies.
(Franklin 2017)

Latin American Studies had always caught my eyes because having many Latin American friends makes you want to learn more about them and where they are from. This is a good opportunity to learn more about what is happening around the world and get more education oh the history of Latin American. In Tucson , Arizona many people of color protested to defend Ethnic studies but they were shut down when the state of Tucson said that it is unconstitutional. (Griselda Nevarez 2017) Overall it can be really helpful to learn and know because if you want to travel you will know more about the place. The state of Arizona is 29 percent of Hispanics which makes the whites feel scared because of the increase of the Hispanics populations. The state is more so scared of if they learn about theirs past would they not listen and disrespect the white man in charge. Latin American studies should be taught because it gives people of color a chance to learn about their pass.

Study

Latin American & Caribbean Geography

Source: Pillsbury Law Firm
This shows how many cultures are in Latin American

There are many different culture and places that make up Latin America. At first the continent had belonged to North America, Caribbean, Central America, and south America. The main way that people communicate in Latin American is Spanish, more they half of the continent speaks Spanish and 34% speak Portuguese( Lyons 2017). This unites Latin America because even though they have different cultures their languages is what makes them unit because the languages are very similarly.

By: Marques 2016https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/how-is-spanish-in-spain-different-from-spanish-in-latin-america?bsc=gg_ytb_engall_bi7_mag&btp=default
This shows how their languages brought them together

Many people in Latin America do not speak Spanish. But many people believe that you have to if you live in Latin American Because Spanish is the most common language spoke in America . But from this picture you can see that even though they look different they still can communicate. where they are in the Latin American has a big affect on how much the people talk to each other. According to the Latin America and the Caribbean, ” When Latin America and especially the Caribbean are mentioned in casual conversation and the popular media, images of lush tropical paradises often come to a mind.”(Clawson 2018). From this quote you can see that where the people are at has big affect on how much they speak because in other areas and I also believe that it might have something to do with the cultures. Their language is want makes them different and the mix of colors and they all come from different backgrounds.

Latin America has many different places where you can experience many different things like the many different cultures that are in Latin America.

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
What topics do you think you’ll write about?
Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.