Latino Studies Taylors Explanations

1a) Latino Studies:

Latino studies is the sociological perspective of all thirteen types of Latinos and their endemic involvement in the history of the United States of America, which usually has occurred after American involvement within these respective countries. The focus of Latino studies does not directly concern the interaction between individuals within Latin America, however. The term Latino is definitive for an individual with direct heritage to one of the countries that are contained within these thirteen countries, usually associated with Latin America or the Caribbean, and their Latino-American lives. The term study involves the sociological approach to define the study of these individuals in society. So Latino studies is the sociological study of ethnic groups that fit the definition of Latino in America.

2c) Treaty of Paris (1898):

The 1898 Treaty of Paris was the declaration of the end of the Spanish-American war, which resulted in the American government paying Spain approximately twenty million dollars in exchange for control of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam, and other areas. This marked the end of Spain in American affairs for now, and also put the oppressed Puerto Rico under control of the United States. This was momentous, as the Puerto Rican citizens would still realize they did not truly gain their freedom and were now under control of a large power government, which was currently not failing. Control of the Puerto Rican officials was the result of the United States, and Puerto Ricans still felt oppressed, which lead to the Nationalist (yet very extremist) party, who would later attempt to overthrow the United States' power in Puerto Rico to gain true freedom.

3b) Octavio Romano:

Octavio Romano was a professor emeritus at University of California - Berkeley, who was famous for his publications in Mexican-American culture. He first graduated with an Anthropology degree, and later obtained a Cultural Anthropology degree at Berkeley. He then pursued a position in public health, while obtaining a Ph.D. in Anthropology. He passed away while at Berkeley, teaching in the schools public health department. One of his most notable accomplishments was the founding of Quinto Sol Publications, which focused largely on Chicano publications, especially with the addition of the El Grito journal series. After the Quinto Sol name change to TQS, Romano was hired as a senior editor for TQS publications, and for his accomplishments he was awarded several honors.

Several years ago, approximately two generations to be factual, predictions were made regarding the assimilation of the mass migrating Mexican-Americans to Northwest Indiana searching for work on the idealistic American culture and norms. Taylor was a social scientist who focused in making some predictions, some a little too extreme and perfect, in an attempt to show that Mexican-Americans in one generation will assimilate perfectly with America's society and begin to blend ideally. In some ways, Taylor's predictions regarding Mexican-Americans in the Northern-Central urban population has been seen to be somewhat true, however there are clear and defined exceptions to this observation. Social problems, such as prostitution, alcohol usage, drug usage, gambling, and other issues, as well as the family demographics are still structurally similar to that of Taylor's study, however the prediction regarding family doesn't apply. The family and kinship is still seen to be very true, and the role of the parental units within the family are still very strong regarding their influence on the younger, new generation of Mexican-Americans. In some extreme cases, a father would not permit his 23 year-old daughter to date, which has eluted Taylor's predictions.

Another way is the educational system. While the Mexican-Americans seem to have increased numbers in higher education than the Negroes and Puerto Ricans, a large proportion of them also have not had any formal education at all or have not completed high school education. This differs greatly from Taylor's explanation that Mexican-Americans would be able to fully assimilate within the United States' average for education provision among children. Puerto Ricans and Negroes tend to have a closer correlation than do Mexican-Americans. Mexican-American's have also maintained a steady, consistent demographic, one that persists to have many children per female of child bearing age, thought to be a result of the high fertility of the people, as compared to the national average. Taylor's thought on Mexican

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