Thursday, July 22, 2010
What I learned this week
What i learned this week is to not trust Hispanic stereotypes. Those of us who live in Texas have a set idea of what Hispanics are like. Take for examples of food and music. Many think that Hispanics listen to the same type of music that all sounds the same. Well their are many different types of music in spanish speaking countries Rock, salsa, tejano, and more. They even listen to music from other non-spanich speaking countries like The USA, France, and Japan which are very popular. As for the food we think that all Hispanic food is spicy. That is not true many countries like Argentina and Puerto rico do not use hot spices in their cuisine. Puerto rico have their own version of a Tamale. They use they use bananas and potatoes for the dough instead of corn and flour. They fill it with things like garlic, pork tomato sauce and green peppers.
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yea it's pretty cool the diversity of the world. I love how the united states is like a combination of the whole world made better. lol probably a little ignorant of me to say but i wouldn't have it any other way.
ReplyDeleteI agree whole heartedly! I hate when people stereotype groups of people whether it be by race, culture, sport, sorority, fraternity, religion, academic group, etc. If I ever catch myself stereotyping people I immediately apologize. I like the variety of music we get to listen to in class during the mornings. As for Mexican food, I actually assumed most food was spicy. I find it really neat how Puerto Rico makes their tamales.
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