Personal Narrative: From A Melting Pot To American Culture

One of the things I realized, at this time in society other cultures do not feel as joyous about their current cultural status like it, was when I was growing up. People were happy to be from another culture. I remember times when I went to events like Kwanzaa and Cinco de Mayo, with open conscious to learn and enjoy myself. My interview is with Carlos my neighbor, we talked about how the United States used to be described as a "melting pot" in which different cultures/events have contributed their own certain "flavors" to American culture. I instantly understood he knew he was from a very unaccepted minority group in his responses. Carlos, who is 58 years of age told me in the mid-80s he felt like he belongs to America. This indicated “speaking in

One of the positive things he told me coming to America was the job he now has working at the Post Office for 25+ years and the education he children now have (3 children) in which all 3 went and graduated from college. He spoke very proudly of this accomplishment for his family. The healthcare he was exposed to coming to America for his wife and children. However, the biggest negative that I did not know was that the U.S. government came up with the term "Hispanic" in the 1970s to generally refer to people who could trace their origin to Spanish-speaking countries, this was problematic for him. He is from Latin America and he hates it when he is referred as to be “Hispanic” this is a disrespect to his own culture. What I took away from this is, Carlos and his family could help the Human Services field. First, the human services field would eventually work with individuals of different cultures as clients, co-workers, or even employers, by the nature of changes in population trends in the United