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Intimate and domestic violence is another example of an ACE that many Latino families face. Within this population, gender roles are clearly defined and implemented within the family dynamic . It is culturally expected that men present as powerful and dominant while women are submissive and self-sacrificing. [ 19 ]
The legal scholar Tanya Katerí Hernández has written that anti-Black racism has a lengthy and often violent history within the Hispanic/Latino community. [3] According to Hernández, anti-Black racism is not an individual problem but rather a "systemic problem within Latinidad" and that myths exist within the community that "mestizaje" exempts Hispanics/Latinos from racism.
Spanish immigrants were common from the late 19th century until 1950 and experienced xenophobia and hispanophobia. [44] They were blamed for many of the problems in Mexico from the late 1800s on, and they were equated with being rich, or as landlords, while also being seen as benefiting from "privileged immigration". [ 13 ]
"Latino" is the umbrella term for people of Latin American descent that, in recent years, has supplanted the more imprecise and bureaucratic designation "Hispanic." [ 1 ] Some difficulties of comprehension lie in the fact that the territory called Latin America is not homogeneous in nature or culture. [ 2 ]
Reasons for school dropout among out-of-school adolescents. When analysing the household surveys of some countries in the Latin American region – notably, those of Bolivia, Chile, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Paraguay – researching the opinions of boys, girls, adolescents, young people as well as their families on the reasons they drop out of school, some recurring features surface ...
The Mexican-American powerhouse is creating new molds in Hollywood for Latino voices. Eva Longoria on loving her Latina roots and challenging Hollywood's expectations: 'Being Mexican is who I am ...
Social media has grown in popularity, and many people around the world now use it. People use social media to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos). [1] Around 95% of young people between the ages of 13–17 use at least one social media platform, [2] making it a major influence on young adolescents ...
Adolescent health, or youth health, is the range of approaches to preventing, detecting or treating young people's health and well-being. [1] The term adolescent and young people are often used interchangeably, as are the terms Adolescent Health [2] and Youth Health. Young people's health is often complex and requires a comprehensive ...