Hispanic Culture Reflection Paper

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I am a part of the Hispanic culture that is so often overlooked and disrespected. From the media and my peers, I learned what society has expected of me from a young age. In my seventeen years, I have been classified as ignorant, lazy, and told that I had no future ahead of me. These stereotypes have only further motivated me to prove that what is portrayed about Hispanics, is not true. I was ten years old when I realized that through the eyes of my peers, my skin tone was supposed to determine my friends, clothing, and the grades I was supposed to receive. However, I did not let that decide who I would become; I made it a goal of mine to prove those who assumed Hispanics were ignorant, wrong. This fueled me to face that these stereotypes

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