User:Starsn9/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

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 * Hispanic and Latino Americans
 * I chose to evaluate the article "Hispanic and Latino Americans," but I only concentrated on the portion about gender roles. I was amazed by how accurate this section was. For instance, the article claims that "women and young girls are homebodies," and since I come from a Mexican family, I have heard numerous tales that fit this ideal, and in most Hispanic communities this still holds true today. Despite the fact that this part of the artcle was largely accurate, I think it's lacking a lot of crucial details. I think the article should go into more detail about how women typically have no control over the roles they take on in their lives and are frequently obligated to stay at home to care for children, cook, and clean. Based on my experiences, this is true for women of all ages and stages of life, including those who are young, old, single, married, mothers, etc.
 * Additionally, it is accurate that in the more recent generations of Hispanics and Latinos, girls are now encouraged to go out and get an education, a career, to be independent, and to tend to no one's needs but their own. Therefore, I appreciated how it also included how roles change for females when they move to new places like the United States. Again, I believe that this section needs more than one paragraph because there is a lot more to say about how the role of women has changed and how this transformation has had a significant impact on Hispanic communities throughout.
 * The allusion to "machismo," which has existed for a very long time and is still considered to be a component of the male "role" was another element this article got right. Men are frequently encouraged to act in ways that demonstrate their superiority (to women), such as manliness, independence, and pride. Typically, these machista males do nothing but work to support their family and are cared for by their wives or daughters. Moreover, I do find it odd that the article utilizes macho rather than the phrase machismo. Because it is so prevalent in Hispanic cultures, I believe it is important to incorporate the phrase "machismo". Overall, I believe that the gender roles section of this article is too short to adequately represent the gender roles in Hispanic communities, so I'm interested in expanding it for my Wikipedia project.
 * I disagreed with one statement in the article section: "To have vergüenza is to assert masculine supremacy in all fields." Vergüenza is the Spanish word for shame, so I'm not sure where the idea of male dominance comes from. So, in my opinion, this section has to be altered or amended! Aside from that, I think this section gives a good overview of gender roles in Hispanic and Latino communities, but there is still room for improvement; it is merely adequate.
 * The writing does appear to be neutral, I do also think that the images need to be changed or at least better explained.
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 * The section of the article only has 4 sources, so I believe its necessary to add more. Not all of the claims have a citation, nor a hyperlink in the citation.
 * I disagreed with one statement in the article section: "To have vergüenza is to assert masculine supremacy in all fields." Vergüenza is the Spanish word for shame, so I'm not sure where the idea of male dominance comes from. So, in my opinion, this section has to be altered or amended! Aside from that, I think this section gives a good overview of gender roles in Hispanic and Latino communities, but there is still room for improvement; it is merely adequate.
 * The writing does appear to be neutral, I do also think that the images need to be changed or at least better explained.
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 * The section of the article only has 4 sources, so I believe its necessary to add more. Not all of the claims have a citation, nor a hyperlink in the citation.
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 * The section of the article only has 4 sources, so I believe its necessary to add more. Not all of the claims have a citation, nor a hyperlink in the citation.
 * The section of the article only has 4 sources, so I believe its necessary to add more. Not all of the claims have a citation, nor a hyperlink in the citation.
 * The section of the article only has 4 sources, so I believe its necessary to add more. Not all of the claims have a citation, nor a hyperlink in the citation.

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