Hispanic Culture Vs Cross Culture Research Paper

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The main ways that Hispanics are different then Caucasian are in their language, their food, their time orientation, and the way they think. They also are focused on work for the purpose of prospering verses pleasure or not as strong necessity. The Caucasian's response toward adopting the Latin culture were they to go live there was basically positive. One of them did say that he would not necessary do, so if he was there other then to be a missionary. For the Hispanics, Pastor Tony said that he has basically kept all his culture, he thinks in his culture, while at the same time adjusting to the U.S. The other answers were food, the quinceañera, and the language. Mari's family has given up the Catholic practices like baptizing babies. Next, lets think about illegal immigration. I actually got definite answers against illegal …show more content…
I did not get any answers that were totally against it. The answers I got were it depends on the person. Cross race is one thing while cross culture is another. People should really consider their difference in culture when considering marriage. Also one person said that they could not find anything for or against it in the Bible. There were some mixed marriages that did not work in the Old Testament, but he could not really say whether he sided with one side or the other. The other person said that they did not care for it. Also someone else said that when one parent is really dark and the other one is really light, while the child is mixed, that child can feel like he does not belong to either one. So what about increasing our ministry to the Hispanics? One Caucasian said that if God calls you to minister to them then do it. Another one said that he was sure we could be doing more, but what Pastor Tony has been doing is great. He also said we could find ways to praise them and that Pastor Tony told him that white people coming to the Spanish service is a big