BUILDING COMMUNITY

Building Community



Building Community

Hispanic background

Hispanic refers to someone living in or a descendant of a country that was once ruled by Spain and as a consequence speaks Spanish. This includes Mexico, Central and South America, some islands, etc. still; they are bringing you in at the end of the story (Hollingsworth, 2001).

Ethnocentricity

An article investigating acculturation level and social interest among Hispanics found that those Hispanics that maintained high ethnocentricity demonstrated lower social interest in their modern culture. Ethnocentricity is defined as “the preferring of your origin over other origins”. A significant interaction exists of ethnocentricity and feeling of ethnic ...