Cultural Clinical Project : Life Events Of The Peruvians

In America today, we are faced with several different minority groups arriving to the United States. The most common of all minority groups are the Hispanics. America is known for their language being English, but as the year's approach, that language has faded and a new face in English language has taken over, it's called Spanish. We as the people of America have become controversial over this major change, and due to that major bilingualism and political movements that have occurred from the government to the education departments. In this paper, I am going to talk about the four most common Hispanic groups in our country today and the political, social, linguistic, economic, religious, and familial conventions and/or statuses that they

This paper will be addressing the differences between American and Latino culture. American culture is an individualistic culture in which everyone tries to be unique from one another and more successful. Success in the American culture typically means being wealthy. Americans make decisions based off of their own personal needs unlike Latino culture. Latino culture is based off of collectivism where the family is the most important aspect in their lives. Latinos are more likely to make decisions based off of the best interest of their families not necessarily themselves. The primary language Americans speak is English whereas Latino Americans typically speak Spanish. One thing that both cultures share is the importance of a good education.

The Hispanic population has experienced an incredible growth in the past decade in the United States of America. In 2006 it was estimated that the Hispanic cover 11 % of the population in North America. Their Origin is in Mexico and the few Spanish speaking countries in the Caribbean. American culture is derived from people who originated from the European nations like Italy and the Great Britain. Cultural identity is very important for every ethnic group as it shapes the culture of that particular faction and therefore, a certain culture cannot realize its own values until it is exposed to another one.

Hispanics or Latinos are defined as a people of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish speaking culture. This term “Hispanics” was created by the U.S. federal government in the early 1970’s to refer to Americans born in a Spanish speaking nation or with ancestry to Spanish territories. Hispanics people are vibrant, socializing, and fun loving people. Among various facts associated to this culture is that they have a deep sense of involvement in their family traditions and cultures.

Culture makes up who we are, what we believe and how we behave. About four years ago, I had the opportunity to live in Ecuador. I found the relationships and communication perspective to be very interesting and after spending two years there, I was able to notice several distinct intercultural differences between the American and Ecuadorian cultures. Since my analysis of Ecuador is only based off of my personal experience, I’ve also invited my friend Luis Salas from Quito, Ecuador who is currently attending Brigham Young University to give his own insights. By gaining his perspective of what it’s like to live in America as an

Cumbia is a musical genre that originated in Colombia, it evolved from an afro-colombian traditional form of music to a more popular, urban form of music. This new form of music arrived and started to become popular in Peru, specifically Lima, in the 1960’s due to migrants coming from the Andean Mountains. This new form of music emerging in the society of Lima was looked at in both a positive and negative light. In Peru, the Cumbia that is played and performed is different than that of Colombia, it is considered a subgenre called “Chicha”.

Currently within the United States one of the fastest growing minority population (Schwartz & Scott, 2012) is the Latinos. In 2010 Census Bureau Brief ( Ennis, Rois-Vargas, & Albert, 2011) it stated how an estimated 15 million Latino individuals were living within the United States, which is approximately about 16% of the entire U.S. population. There is one big problem with addressing the Latino population, and that is the family patterns are either misrepresented or not properly understood, due to the label of Hispanic and Latinos being placed together. These two groups may share the same spoken language of Spanish and have similar cultural ancestry but the diversity among Hispanic and Latinos (Schwartz & Scott, 2012) make generalizations about their lifestyles difficult. The term Hispanic came to be used in the 1970’s by government officials (cdc.gov, 2011) in trying to provide a diverse label on this population that had connections to speaking Spanish and the Spanish culture. Latino became more of a termed to be used when distinguishing between Mexican (Hispanics) and Latinos who descendants from Latin America such as Cuba and Puerto Rico.

Latino/Hispanic Americans cover a much wider demographic then believed. Latino/Hispanic Americans consist of; Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Guatemalan American to name a few. Latino/Hispanic Americans are the largest ethnic group in the United States. The Latino/Hispanic culture is very different than ours. Their culture differs in economics, politics, family traditions, family structure, religion, education, language, fashion, art, music, dancing, and food. As natural born Americans in the United States it is important for us to learn about the different cultures migrating into the United States. Many United States citizens have a hard time understanding other cultures; being culturally insensitive is a common theme in the United

“Thus were the Peruvians made the sad victims of a greedy people who at first showed them only good faith and even friendship” (Gaffigny 10).

Another aftereffect of its many societies, Peru today has a rich and fluctuated old stories and a wide assorted qualities of both music and moving, that consolidate indigenous classifications and soul with Hispanic impact, and in addition present day styles that have adjusted to the progressions and tastes of society's bigger social gatherings.

There happens to exist ample prominence of colorism in Peruvian culture that makes negatively perceptions against within one’s lineage and their history.

Culture is the aquired knowledge that people use to interpret, experience, and generate social behavior.

First used in the 1580s, Hispanic referred to someone who was from Spain. The word comes from the Latin word Hispanicus and Hispania, Hispania means Spain. (“Hispanic (adj.)”, 2017.) After the Mexican American war, the word Hispanic referred to a group of people who were native to New Mexico and had Spanish ancestry as well. They differentiated themselves from other spanish speaking groups because they never crossed a border. (Donato, 2009) Eventually that changed in the 1900s, when the population of people from Latin American countries flourished. By the 1980s-1990s, anyone in the U.S who originated from a Latin American country and Spain, or whose ancestors did, were considered Hispanic. Overall the word went from stating where someone was

Known for its ancient ruins and mountainous landscape, Peru offers a large diversity of produce as a result of the ranging climates and varying altitudes in its region. With access to over 3,800 types of potatoes and countless forms of corn, grains and chilies, Peruvian cuisine has taken a unique stance on today’s international culinary stage. The cultural diversity of Peru’s population has furthered this uniqueness through the incorporation of flavors and cooking techniques from immigrants with roots in Europe, Africa, China and Japan.

Analysis of the TTOA initiative suggests many of the aspects of the program were successful in promoting intercultural education in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. First, the main objective aligns with the purpose of intercultural programs. Juan Garcia and other primary actors of the workshops have devised a program that extensively highlights the differences between the culture of Afro-Ecuadorians in Esmeraldas and the dominate culture of the nation. Each of the eight workshops intently focused on this narrative. The discourse on Marimba in the fifth workshop highlights this dynamic. Marimba is a type of wooden xylophen played in South America. Scholars suggest that the origins of the instrument are African brought either through slavery or through pre-colonial contact (Johnson, 2014). In Ecuador, the Marimba is played exclusively in Esmeraldas. Garcia uses the musical form to illustrate the richness of the oral tradition of Afro-Ecuadorians who utilized the art form to preserve their political, economic, and cultural traditions of the region. An example includes his discussion of the story of a Spanish military official who visited the town of Tumaco. While the official is in the region, he observes singers and dancers playing the Marimba, and he asked to meet the persons responsible for the music. He then tells the leader that he wants to buy the dancers, musicians, and instruments to bring back to Spain: As echoed by Johnson (2014), the lyrics show the actions of the military