Ethics

The many Hispanic American communities in America have a number of similarities and differences in their way of life. Though most of the communities share much in common like language by virtual of their origin, their reasons for coming to American as well as their adherence to traditions are different. This paper is a discussion of the linguistics, politics, social-economics, religion, and family aspects of four Hispanic Americans namely Cuban Americans, Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans and the Central Americans. The author also gives a summary of the similarities and differences of the way of life of these Hispanic American groups.

First is the Mexican American community. This community makes an approximated 9 percent of the overall American population thus making it the largest Hispanic group in America (Tate, 2008)). The communitys main language is Spanish though most of the population can now speak fluent English thanks to the introduction of bilingual classes (Alba, 2006). It is due to this reason that English language is the most used language particularly by the second and third generations of the Mexican Americans.

Economically, the community is mainly involved in little entrepreneurship establishments (Alba, 2006).  However, due to its large population, the community is marked with a wealth of varied academic professionals and special skills. This has given its members great potential of getting employment in any sector including even posits in the federal government.

This community practices Roman Catholic faith as their primary religion but there is evidence of protestant believers as well (Eagle, 2006). For this community, the family is the core social structure. It is however to be noted that though men were traditionally the head and breadwinners, such have greatly changed due to economic hardships. Women are nowadays securing jobs to support their families. This community believes in unified family living as is witnessed in the way they treasure and respect extended families (Ramirez, 2004).
Second is the Puerto Rican Americans. This community hails from Puerto Rico which is a commonwealth of U.S. and thus is legally recognized as of the US (Tate, 2008). They speak Spanish as their primary language but most of them are fluent English which gives them a competitive advantage over other groups. English is commonly taught in their elementary classes making their second and further generations quit fluent in speaking the English language.

Religiously, Puerto Ricans are mainly Catholics with a varied mixture of Protestants mainly Baptist and Methodist (Tate, 2008). However, the community has notable number of members who belief in Muslim and other faiths or religions. This group is marked with strong religious background, an element which explains their high levels of friendliness and low divorce rates.

Politically, though considered as citizens of the US, they are legally allowed to participate in the nations presidential elections (Tate, 2008). They however have the constitutional right to enjoy all other political rights in the United States of America.

This group is found to have a strong family bond which forms the basis of its social life. It is also to be noted that due to their recognition of citizenship coupled with their ability to speak fluent English, the community find easy time joining the mainstream social culture of America (Eagle, 2006).

Economically, this group enjoys a number of privileges from the federal government. They are both exempted from federal taxes payment and are free to migrate and invest in the U.S (Ramirez, 2004). This gives them added advantage of job acquisition and business establishment over other groups due to their automatic citizenship acquisition on arrival.

Thirdly is the Cuban American community. The Cuban Americans mainly use Spanish as their primary language. The need for fluency in communicating in English has however forced many Cuban Americans to train and adopt English as a tool for realizing a competitive advantage in the job market. This has made English speaking more common in the upcoming generations of this group (Cohn  Hakimzadeh, 2007).
The Cuban Americans are mainly Roman Catholic faith believers. It has however been established that some Cuban Americans have adopted other religions such as protestant, Jewish and Santeria (Tate, 2008). Just to be noted is that some of them have no affiliated religion. This has been closely attributed to the widespread assimilation into the American culture of this community. Despite such assimilation the group still upholding and respects its strong family bonding practices (Eagle, 2006).

Economically, this group has lived to the dream of their ancestors by continuously involving themselves in entrepreneurship activities. This can be evidently proved by their devoted entrepreneurship efforts which saw the ultimate conversion of Miami their main living land into a modern city through business establishments (Tate, 2008). This is also closely tied to the communitys commitment to uphold and practice their Hispanic culture which makes Miami a Hispanic favorite city.

This group is legally allowed to fully participate in all political involvements of the American nation under the law of citizenship (Eagle, 2006). They can nominate and vote for their own political leaders. However, the group mainly practices conservative politics as can be witnessed from their current representatives in the House of Congress and the Senate.

Fourth is the Central Americans. This group mainly uses Spanish as there common language (Eagle, 2006). However, to gain sustainable acceptance in the American nation, many have struggled to survive by learning speaking English. Such struggles for improved acceptability, the group are marked with high rates of adoption in to the American culture.

In terms of economics, this group has evidently made much investment in America. This is because their main immigration motives are aimed at developing their motherland (Ramirez, 2004). It is due to this that the community is living in poor status but with notable investments back home. This community is not constitutionally allowed to participate in any national politics.

On the religious front, the community is marked with predominantly Roman Catholics. However, there also exist other religions such as Jewish and protestant as well as Afro-Christian in the community (Eagle, 2006).
This group, just like other upholds a strong link in culture, faith and family from its ancestors. It is indeed a direct result of this that the group has found much difficulty in assimilating the mainstream culture. They believe in communal life. It is however to be noted that such are currently changing due to the survival economic hardships.

In conclusion, all the Hispanic American communities discussed a number of common social, religious and linguistic aspects. They all have Spanish as their primary communication language and have a big treasure in upholding their traditions and cultural way of living (Eagle, 2006). Another similarity is that they all have Roman Catholic as their common religion. Lastly is that even those communities seen to have gained much assimilation into the mainstream American are still holding their strong respect and focus on the family bonding as is witnessed in their practice of communal living (Tate, 2008).

However, there are some notable differences among the communities mainly based on the reason for coming to the dreamland as well as their levels of assimilation into the mainstream culture of the American nation. An example is the fact that the Cuban Americans have assimilated the mainstream culture more easily compared to their Central American counterpart (Tate, 2008). Another difference is the constitutional recognition of the groups political rights. The Cuban Americans have full political rights unlike all other communities. The groups also varied economic interests. The Cuban Americans have evidently invested in the American land while other communities like the Mexican Americans are just engaged in little entrepreneurship activities.