P1 Outline

1. Introduction

A. When Latin Americans settle in the U.S identifying who you are or where you're
from is a struggle. Especially when we have transnationalism involved in our
lives.

B. When identifying a person or yourself you must consider the person's motherland,
community, and ethnicity. Sometimes identifying with transnationalism can be
challenging because other cultures are somewhat connected with others around
the world. The effect of this makes people start to question and doubt one's true
identity.

C. Misidentifying is a problem because it can cause the person who is being

misidentified to start questioning who they truly are, therefore the person will
start to doubt who they are and why.

2. Middle

Point #1
A. Identity is something inherited and is built from birth till you die.
But in Latin America your gender and race mostly decides your
identity.
Questions to consider: How do you define identity? How does
identity connect to your age?

1. “ A boy is not something you’re born as, but rather an

identity you inherit”
-HRH pg (5)

Here the author states that gender can in fact decide your identity but not
only that but in his Latin family gender most likely defines your future.
Questions to consider: How does family influence your identity?

2. “ Spanish speakers call that inheritance machismo, defined

as a strong or aggressive masculine pride. Though male
chauvinism is hardly a Latin American invention.”
- HRH pg(5)

In this quote the arthur explains the identity a spanish family boy is
given but more like expected from a latin male. The Author also
expresses that this is a very common situation in the world where
male identity is already predicted.
 Connection-With this you can see how the Identity of a boy is given and
how the race predictions of a male is expected.

Point #2

B. Many immigrants from Latin America who come to the U.S are most of
the time labeled wrongly.
Questions to consider: Why do you think immigrants from Latin America
labeled wrongly? Analyze your answer.

4. 53 male Marco explained how in Guatemala he didn’t really identify as

hispanic but latino but in Atlanta he is known as a hispanic.
- “Becoming Hispanic”

Here it is explained how you identify yourself in one way but in a

different place you are known or identified in a different way.

5. “Mayan Guatemalan are the majority of Guatemalan immigrants

thus, many make the erroneous assumption that everyone from
Guatemala is Mayan.”
- “Alla En Guatemala” pg(72)

Here is another example of how easily people errorly take

and use facts mislabeled immigrants.

Connection- This is how people see immigrants and easily

label wrongly immigrants.

Point #3

C. Many second generation kids know little about their immigrant family culture.

6. “Los Angeles Maya have commented that the lack of elders contributes to
children’s lack of respect for their elders and indigenous principles.” - “Express Of Maya
Identity And Culture In Los Angeles.” pg(45)

This quote states how Maya elder’s lack to involve what they know about their
culture to inform kids about it.

7. “Children of Maya who are unaware or apathetic of their indigenous heritage

since some parents may themselves be ashamed or no longer identify as Maya or see the
Values in teaching their children an indigenous culture.” -“Express Of Maya Identity And
Culture In Los Angeles.” pg(45)
 This quote explains how children know nothing about their cultural heritage
because their parents no longer see the use of practicing or explaining it to their children.
Some have just begun to be ashamed of their culture.

Connection- These lack of efforts and embarrassments of these immigrants have

caused their children to know little to nothing about their family cultural heritage.

Point 4# Transnationalism
“Using a transnational lens to understand the migration experience reveals that the lives of
immigrants and their children are shaped by values, ideas, and practices from the multiple sites
and levels of the transnational social fields they inhabit”
- Allá En Guatemala

“Much of the research on the transnationalism of 1.5- and second-generation Central-American

children and youth focus on their being sent back to their or their parents’ home countries
because of their “misbehavior,” participation in U.S. gangs, or because of parental fears of such
societal dangers (Matthei & Smith, 1998; Orellana et al. 2001; Wallace, 2000).”

- Allá En Guatemala

Explanation- The article states that transnationalism has always been a big issue for many
immigrant Childrens to find themselves torn between two cultures where they were born into the
one they are trying to adopt, leading to feelings of confusion and alienation.

Conclusion

Latin American immigrants or second generation people's identity is

commonly wrongly labeled or decided by people who are related to them or are not related.
Actions like these have caused many Latins confused and questioning about their Identity.
“Where I didn’t have to worry about what anyone thought of how I spoke, or dressed, or where I
came from. I wasn’t bullied, but only because I made myself invisible.” HRH pg (190). Here the
author was labeled at a birth but identified himself differently but since he was already labeled he
hid himself. This is how Identity has affected the lives of Latin American immigrants and their
second generation kids.