Questions for Mexicans or Mexican Americans?

Question

writing a paper for my sociology class on two diff. ethnic groups. id greatly appreciate it if any one could answer a few Qs.

1. Were you born in America? What part of Mexico are you or your family from?

2. Do you closely relate to your culture?

3. Define family in your culture?

4. Do you practice any religion? If so, which one?

5. How do feel about the education given to Mexicans/ Mexican Americans?

6. What are some folk beliefs Mexican culture has?

*Anything else you would like to mention.

THANK YOU!!! -so exciting. =]

Answer 1

1) Yes, I was born in California. All of my siblings were born in Mexico except me. My parents are from the state of Jalisco.

2) I'm proud of my roots, but I don't go around with "brown pride" written on my shirt if that's what you mean. I speak Spanish and have no problem speaking it if some starts speaking Spanish to me. I speak English, Italian, and Spanish....but not all at the same time. I don't speak half-Spanish half-English...it's all Spanish or all Italian or all English. I try to read as much as I can about Mexico's culture and history.

3) Family is very important to me. I was taught to respect people. I was taught that it's more important to have a loving family than to have brand-named clothes and 100 pairs of shoes. I was taught to treat people kindly and to respect them, and not to look down on them because they are poor or have less than you. My family loves getting together on the holidays or for the weekend or because Tìo so-and-so is going to kill a lamb next Sunday. Family gatherings are very nice because people are almost always in a good mood, there's music, dancing, good food, gossip, lots of joking, etc.

4) We're Catholic. My parents and aunts/uncles are more religious than say us kids.

5) I wish a lot more Mexicans or Mexican-Americans would have an interest in getting a higher education. I think a lot of Mexican Americans have been told we are stupid and so they start to think they are. Wrong! I get upset when I hear people say Mexicans are dumb because we're not. The majority of my cousins and siblings have graduated college and some have Phd's and Masters, and even the "old folk" are very wise. I know a lot of Mexican families like mine.

Hope this helped!

Answer 2

1. I was born in Lynwood, CA. My dad is from jalisco and my mom from guerrero.

2. Yes im brown and proud i love my culture and my race.

3.Close, most if not all mexican families are close and have a real fun times by having parties or a carne asada(BBQ).

4.yes were catolic but were not too religous we go on the important dates like holy week. we maybe go 5-7 times a year.

5.i think its ok we could get better but the only reason y is because uaslly Mexican immgrants who have bearly arrived live in the ghettos.

6. some folk beliefs we might have are just mostly religous ones which i dont really know.

i will hope that one day there wont be any racism towards anybody who are immgrants to this country this country was and is full of immgrants if your not native americans than your an immgrant. were not here to take your jobs away were just here to make a better life for our families and ourselfs, its not like they want to leave everything we now and love behind.

Answer 3

Here you go:
1) Born in California. Mother from Jalisco and father from San Luis Potosi
2) Yes, my parents would take my brother and I to visit family almost every year for at least a month during summer school breaks.
3) Very family oriented
4) I am athiest (majority are Catholic)
5) I believe the education received is adequate. It's the families that are not willing AND able to emphasize the importance of receiving an education. Why is it that other cultures do well with what they are given yet we fall behind?
6) I'll pass on this one...
Xtra) Mexican purchasing power is projected to hit $1 Trillion by 2010. We are now the largest minority in the U.S. and yet are still behind in education, graduation rates, politicians, executives to name a few. There is much work that needs to be done. The future looks very bright.

Answer 4

Ok i was born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato ( the first is the city, and the las is the state :P) , My mother it's from Guanajuato but with Spanish ancestry, my dad's from Sinaloa.

2.Of course but, was closely? we here are very open-minded i learned english all by myself.

2. Family its a bond, they are your blood.

3. My family it's catholic i am also but whit my own beliefs i'd say more Lutheranic :P

4. Well the education colud be good or bad the middle and elementary schools are regular ones the highschool and colege dependes they are very good univesities and some others are really bad. The problem is that many ppl don't have enough money to pay for that.

5. Well el dia de muertos ( day of death people), the spring arrival because of the mayans and aztecs etc, and some others but not that much i think :P

what are you doing with this??

just curiosity :P

Answer 5

1. I was born in Salinas, California, my mom is from Guadalajara, jalisco and my dad is from Mexico city.

2. I dont relate to my culture, most of my friends think I am half white, or they call me cocunut, others say I am white at heart.

3. I am required to speak spanish, my spanish is not the best and I get laughed at.

4. I am required to be Catholic.

5. Many people think mexican americans don't deserve good educations, many kids are stuck in ESL classes all the way through high school. Other mexicans are lazy and make our ethinic group look bad, by getting pregnant, doing bad in school, breaking the law. But all ethinic groups do these things, it is just that you do not see many hispanics graduating from college as white kids. Not all mexicans are lazy it is usually the children that misbehave, and the parents are the hard working ones. Proud are the few that make it, and earn a degree, and I will be one of those proud.

6. That Llorona story, its so ancient, people swear they can hear her, and you should protect your children. Oh yes no one can forget " La Muerte" or el diablo. There are paranoid people who believed they seen the devil or La muerte in many forms such as a horse or a dog. I just pretend to believe them.

A lot of the food gives me nausea, like posole, tamales, birria, menudo. But chiles rellenos, enchiladas are good.
-good luck with your project, hope this helps.-

Answer 6

Hey there, I'd be glad to help you.
1. I was born in California, but my mother and father are both from Jalisco. They came to the United States because they were living in poverty.
2. Since I have been living here in the United States all of my life, I love my country but I still apreciate my Mexican herritage. I love Frida Kahlo, who was a Mexican painter, I listen to music in Spanish, I speak Spanish, I cook Mexican food.
3. Family is very important in the Mexican culture. Unfortunately, it is sometimes male-dominated. Usually the women do the housework and cook but things are starting to change. Sometimes people live with not only their immediate family, but with their grandparents also. I used to live with my brother, mother, father, uncles and cousins but now i just live with my mom, dad, and brother.
4. I'm Catholic and we go to church every Sunday.
5. I am taking AP/Honors classes and i am the only Hispanic girl. I feel dissapointed because I want everyone to mix and I want people to know that we are also smart. A good thing is that there are a lot of scholarships exculsively for Hispanic students.
6. When I was little, I was scared of la llorona, a Mexican folk tale about a beautiful woman who drowned her kids. You can find out more at this website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_llorona
also i would like to mention that even though I am proud of my Mexican herritage, i have a lot of respect for different cultures and backgrounds, i have a lot of Jewish, atheist, white and Asian friends as well as mexican friends and one of my best friends is from the Phillipines
Also, if you have any questions at all e-mail me at [e-mail]
good luck on your paper!

Answer 7

1. I was born in Mexico city. 2. I relate to my culture but not as much as the rest I don't go around sporting a mexican flag, the Virgin of Guadalupe or something like that, I am also related to american culture. in fact I lived in N.Y. for some time and now I teach English. 3. Family is very important to Mexicans, we are very united and it's not uncommon for mexican families to get together on weekends. 4. Even though I was raised Catholic at this point I don't consider myself part of that church or any, in fact I don't believe in Saints or Virgins and I don't trust in any person who pretends to be God's representative because there isn't such thing. (representatives! not God. actually I think that nobody is more misunderstood than God) 5. I don't know about the education in the U.S. but here in Mexico children in public schools use basicaly the same books that many of us used (I'm 39 so just imagine) and yes I think that the education in this country is utterly deficient the perfect system to create laborers and nothing else. 6. Folk beliefs? well.... it used to be La llorona( but not anymore), not long ago El chupacabras (goatsucker) I don't know I've never believed in any of those ah! now that I remember! one day, many years ago. I saw some fireballs floating around a mountain not far from my parents house many people saw them too and they are called Brujas(witches) this is for real!!..... but I guess everybody has seen something strange in their lives huh?......and.....there's only one thing I'd like to say! not all Mexicans are the same.....we are not machos and I despise that idea of "Latin lover", I do hate the label "Latino" or "sangre latina" or "Sabor Hispano"! those are stupid stereotypes and silly words that should not be used in any serious conversation.....well I think this is it....I just hope this is of some use to you! take care!!!

Answer 8

My family is from the State of Sinaloa. I was Born in Culiacan, Sinaloa.

I relate more to other cultures.

Family is sacred. It is ment to be an unbreakable bond.

I don´t have a religion.

The education (government) is ment for a 3rd world country. We´re not thaught to think for ourselves.

That The Legend of La Llorona still lives on. Almost everyone thinks they´ve heard la Llorona (The weeping lady).

Answer 9

1. I was born in Anaheim, Ca. My family comes from two different states in Mexico, my moms side comes from La Barca Jalisco and my dads side from Moroleon Guanajuato..but i relate more to Guanajuato.
2. I think i do. I love my culture and im proud of it.
3. Wow...family to me is very very important. i dont know if i can define excatly what it means to me but i can say that it is the base to who i am and what i believe.
4. i practice the catholic religion
5. i dont know if i can explain my answer clearly...i dont think we receive a different education because we are mexican...i think this issue of education is based on an individual level, in other words you are responsible for your education...i know there is a lot of people that say that mexicans or latino's in general are discriminated agaisnt but i dont think that is correct, there are a lot of opportunities out there for mexicans and latinos and basically if you really want it you will find a way to get it.
6. there are too many to even try to explain...i guess the most popular one is la llorona....going to guanajuato a lot as a kid there is also this folk story my grandparents and other people would tell to kids about las momias and how they would come and get us because we were out playing in the streets late at night, but i think this is something only people from guanajuato would say cause las momias are from guanajuato...looking back at it makes me laugh because i was like 1 hour and 30 minutes away from the museum where las momias are and i would still get scared thinking they would come and get me....lol

Answer 10

1. well i was born in Mexico but i heaved lived here for 16 years i like visiting Mexico and my family is from Morelia, Michoacan.

2. yes i do relate to my culture because i am planning on doing the same thing with my kids i don't ever want to forget where i came from.

3. My family is very strict they show us to have respect to others and when we turn 18 they don't kick us out of the House like American people do. we have our believes like in Mexico we celebrate 5 DE mayo and our Christmas are just like in Mexico.

4. yes i do my religion is catholic meaning that on ash Wednesday we are not allow to eat meat from Mars to April that's Easter day.

5. i think is good alto of people in Mexico wish they could have the opportunity allot of us have here in education.

6. that if you point to a rainbow you will get this bump in your finger.