Latino/a

The reason I choose Latino/a Americans was because Iam a part of it and I can relate to most of the things the articles have to say. In the article "More Latinos grow up in English-only homes, study finds" I can relate to this because I mostly talk in English at my house and school but I talk in Spanish with my mom and her family and I try not forget my native language. I know so many mexicans that don’t know spanish because they were never taught it when they were young or they forgot how to speak it because they don't speak it on a regular basis. I believe that knowing more than one language is an advantages because it's good to have diversity in the world  and I don't think that people should give that up so easily so many people are trying to learn spanish or any language for that matter.

In Latino/a americans households speaking in English is on the rise, and a lower percentage of Latinos of all ages are speaking Spanish at home. Most latinos don’t even identify themselves as latinos because they don’t celebrate most mexican heritage. An example was shown in the article “Hispanic Heritage Month aims to embrace many different traditions” where students were asked if they knew what Hispanic Heritage Month was and the room filled with ‘no’. Most Mexican-Americans don’t celebrate hispanic traditions in their homes anymore.

Being Hispanic doesn't have a strict definition. They are a diverse group who can have some similar aspects of their lives but is different in many ways from one another. Hispanics come from 20 Spanish-speaking countries. Hispanic Heritage Month doesn't celebrate all of their cultures. Trying to celebrating all the many different traditions of all the Spanish-speaking countries can be tricky. For example  Day of the Dead is celebrated in several Latin American countries, but everyone celebrates it a different way. Celebrating latino traditions is really diverse itself.

Many people seem to have a love-hate relationship with the Spanish language. Meanwhile, many white families have enrolled their children in bilingual schools so they could learn Spanish, believing it could help them find work later on in life. But Spanish use has also led to English-only laws across the country. Jody Agius Vallejo

Had said ¨For many families, language is about so much more than just the words you speak´ and that it's about ´the relationships that you build and deepen with family and friends or through experiences like travel, and the memories that are derived from those relationships and experiences.¨

Knowing more than one language is an advantages because it's good to have diversity in the world  and people shouldn't give that up so easily while so many people are trying to learn spanish or any language for that matter. In Latino/a americans households speaking in English is on the rise, and a lower percentage of Latinos of all ages are speaking Spanish at home. Being Hispanic doesn't have a strict definition. Many people seem to have a love-hate relationship with the Spanish language. Meanwhile, many white families have enrolled their children in bilingual schools so they could learn Spanish, believing it could help them find work later on in life.