User:JoJo Miranda/Puerto Ricans Ethnic Diversity/Bibliography

Many Puerto Ricans have to deal with negatives of Ethnic Diversity when then arrive to the U.S. (United States) mainland.



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Puerto Ricans may be discriminated against due to racism or due to them being seen as threats and a group that is going to affect the economy and

society. ￼ Low self-esteem has been seen due to Puerto Ricans needing to hide their Puerto Rican roots. ￼ No or misleading education are seen in

schools which create discrimination to happen in schools too. There has been coping methods that have been proven to help with the unfair treatment

that Puerto Ricans can use. ￼

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News

The New York Times came out with articles that made Puerto Ricans look like a threat due to their increase in migration to the U.S. mainland. That

is how cultural schema is created on the news and mislead Americans to see Puerto Ricans in a bad way. News platforms are known to be the place

people use more to get their information from. In the 1950's, the New York Times interpreted Puerto Ricans in misleading ways after the passage of

Puerto Ricans nations during that time. Alot of prejudice and misleading information comes from earlier years and are still out there currently.

Self-Esteem

It was found that Puerto Rican women that were lighter in color and not too inclined to their Puerto Rican roots were seen with low self-esteem but on

the other hand Puerto Rican women that were darker in color that were inclined to their Puerto Rican roots were seen with high self-esteem. It was

hard to prove, but after some studies it was proven to correlate them. ￼ Ethnic identity comes into play with this. The more a person identifies with being

who they are the more strength you have to endure any type of negatives when it comes to ethnic diversity.

Education

The education that is being brought to schools isn't enough for kids to understand ethnic diversity; they are reading about people that have the slightest

ethnic diversity and that is all that is being taught. Many schools have to deal with ethnic slurs being said and some are even being taught by the teachers

that don't have much education on Puerto Ricans and other Latinx groups. A good book that would introduce the Hispanic culture better would be "When

I was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago. Students that are ongoing on ready this book has to be open-minded so the education that is being taught

can do the impact that is wanted. Prejudice comes into play with this part because it is proven to be something that starts in the early years of life as little as

in preschool. ￼ This is due to ignorance that is learned from parents that have been educated with misinformation that is being taught down onto the kids.

Coping Methods

Unfair treatment towards Puerto Ricans was leading to mental illnesses such as depression. This led to needing coping methods to alleviate the psychological

factors brought from the discrimination and prejudice coming from ethnic diversity. ￼ Two types of coping methods were found with coping with stressors which

were "problem-focused" and "emotion-focused" The difference between these is that problem-focused would be a coping method that consists of approaching

the inconvenience head on. On the other hand, emotion-focused would be a coping method that consists of alleviating the emotions that have raised because of

the stressor. It has been found that coping skills like religion, humor, acceptance, and planning have been the most effective when it comes to being good coping

methods to alleviate with the emotions of unfair treatment and is more effective to also reducing the psychological factors that can be caused due to unfair treatment.