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Taken from SpanishPlans.org, please read the following article by the Zinn Education Project about the stereotypes associated with the Hispanic culture:
Rethinking Cinco de Mayo
After reading the article, please respond (in English) to the following questions (on a separate sheet of paper to be turned in tomorrow):
1. Summarize the article in 2-3 sentences.
2. What are some of the stereotypes mentioned in the article? List 4-6.
3. Is Cinco de Mayo the equivalent of Mexico's Independence Day? Explain.
4. Write one fact from the article that you did not know before reading the article.
5. How can we improve multi-cultural education in schools? List 3 of your own ideas/suggestions that may help to reduce or eliminate the stereotypes given to other cultures.
I have learned that most Hispanic stereotypes are inaccurate. I will stop making Mexican jokes that I've made in the past. I have not been stereotyped sensitively before.
ReplyDeleteFrom reading this article, I have learned how many stereotypes there really are. Most of the stuff people believe is not even true and can be very hurtful. It is important that we know the truth about the different cultures, so we do not hurt anyone's feelings and so we have true information.
ReplyDeleteI have learned not to judge a book by it's cover and have adjusted my stereotyping so that I can learn about somebody before I make any conclusions. I have been stereotyped because I wear glasses and it makes me feel like no one is taking me seriouusly sometimes.
ReplyDeleteFrom this article I have learned that Cinco de Mayo is celebrated more in the U.S. than in Mexico. I have also learned that it is not necessarily a major national holiday in Mexico.
ReplyDeleteI have learned that the things I thought were true about hispanics were really just wrong stereotypes. I now know that my thoughts were wrong and I will try to learn more about the topic so I don't make my mistakes again. As an American, I have been stereotyped by Asians because they think Americans are rich and fat which is definitely not the case for all Americans. This stereotype didn't make me feel bad or anything because I know that it's not true.
ReplyDeleteWhat I learned from this article is that there are a lot of Hispanic people in the world that care about the stereotypes being spread through the U.S. media, and that they do get hurt by a lot of them. I've adjusted my stereotypes after reading this article by changing the way that I think about Hispanic people. I now realize that many stereotypes may seem harmless to us, but they actually can be hurtful to them. Such as the stereotype, "Mexicans wearing sombreros, being lazy, and sleeping under cactus trees". If you take time to actually think about this stereotype, then you can easily see that if it were aimed towards Americans, then we would most definitely be hurt by it, too. Lastly, I do not think that I have been stereotyped before.
ReplyDeleteFrom reading the article i learned that there are a lot of stereotypes about Hispanics that aren't at all true. I used to associate things like tacos, pinatas, ponchos, and drug cartels with Hispanic people, but now I realize that those are all just stereotypes. I was stereotyped once when someone saw my skin color, and just asssumed that I'm Hispanic. It didn't really make me feel that bad or anything, but I thought it was kind of funny, because they came up and started speaking spanish to me but I had no idea what they were saying.
ReplyDeleteFrom the article, I learned that a lot of the real Hispanic Culture isn't shown as much as the stereotyped stuff is. I learned a lot of the stuff that I thought was once true isn't always true. I have never been stereotyped before.
ReplyDeleteI have learned not to judge people by what they look like or where they come from because some of it may not be true. I used to think drugs, tacos and being lazy before this article but now I realize I was wrong. I have been stereotyped before because I'm Lithuanian and at a camp this lady kept bugging me and talking to me in Lithuanian or something because of how I look. I didn't get it at first until my grandmother told me what she was doing. I kind of felt bad because the lady was trying to be nice but it was kind of nice that the lady tried to speak to me in what she thought was my language.
ReplyDeleteWhat I learned from this is the fact that even whole schools celebrate foreign holidays from stereotypes. Another thing that shocked me was that burritos are referred to a a Mexican dish but were invented in America. This was a very interesting article.
ReplyDeleteI was shocked by the fact that a school was basing a celebration off of stereotypes. Another suprising thing was that burritos were created in America. Overall I thought that this was a very interesting article
ReplyDeletei have learned that most stereotypes are not real and mostly obnoxious because of stereotypes people have lost sight of the real culture because all they hear is the stereotypes and it gives people a bad image.
ReplyDeletefrom this article i have learned that it is not fair to judge a book by its cover. also, that there is a big difrence between cinco do mayo and mexican independance day. lastly, people should not make jokes just because they are a diffrent culture. this is what i have leared from this article
ReplyDeleteI have learned from this article that stereotyping can not only be a bad thing. Also i was very surprised about Cinco De Mayo being celebrated mostly in America. I guess ive been stereotypes bec ause my younger sister is very tall and im very short so people assume shes the oldest even though im 3 years older then her. It is not a very good feeling at all.
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