Examples Of Hispanic Stereotypes

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There are several issues the Hispanic community faces, from prejudice, stereotypes, racism, economic disparity, education, assimilation, color gradient and misidentification of the different Hispanic cultures. According to the text Hispanic refers to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Central and South America countries. However, stereotypes have consistently group these Hispanic countries into one single race of people, this stereotype groups most Hispanic people to Mexico. This has led to prejudice against Hispanic people, Puerto Rican is an example of this, often they are often associated with being Mexicans; they have experience prejudice because they are perceived to be illegal Mexican immigrants. Puerto Rican was annexed