ETH123 - Week 7 - Assignment - Hispanic Americans and the Noel Hypothesis

Week 7: Assignment - Hispanic Americans and the Noel Hypothesis

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1. When multiple groups come together in competition for scarce resources there societal levels created based on race or ethnic background.

2. Competition - "fighting" for a limited resource or product
Differential in Power - The resources available to a group to get the products/resources that they desire.

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XXX	Hispanics have a number of cultural differences from the dominant American culture. A key element of this stems from Hispanics being primarily Catholic as compared to American Culture being predominantly Protestant. Secondly, Hispanic culture is frequently a male dominated society. This is in significant contrast to current American culture.
XXX	Regardless of the validity Hispanic immigrants and illegal Hispanic immigrants are viewed as taking jobs from Americans. The basis for this is that they are willing to work for less money, possibly less than minimum wage for an illegal immigrant, than an American is willing to be compensated for the same work.
XXX	Hispanics have virtually no power when compared to the mainstream American culture. This is exacerbated by their group being poorly represented especially when considering their size. This is further exacerbated since Hispanic immigrants, and their neighborhoods, tend to only speak Spanish and are poorly educated. Finally, the Hispanics tend to stay in one locale to stay close to the family rather than pursuing better career and educational opportunities elsewhere. This serves to just further limit their abilities to foster change.