This paper will include from an observational vantage things associated with people of a different race, ethnic, cultural, gender and social class background. It will detail what the author expects to find, based on pre-existing assumptions and understandings of how one's background, including their walk, talk, and interactions with others may influence their demeanor and how common interactions or behaviors exist between individuals of differing groups or backgrounds. Specifically the author will combine information gathered from a brief literature review with observations of a large minority culture within the United States, that of the Hispanic/Latino "minority majority," thus called because within the United States this culture and race represent the largest minority in the U.S. today.
             This paper focuses on Hispanic and Latino cultures, since much work has been done in the field of psychology, social sciences and cultural diversity regarding this cultural subpopulation. Nostrand (2005). I expect to find that people identifying with a Hispanic or Latino heritage will share in common a strong emphasis on community, family and ties to their nationality. On careful observation and research on areas densely populated by members of this large minority, these observations proved true.
             Commenting on the work, Hispanic Spaces, Latino Places by Daniel Arreola notes that the terms "Hispanic" and "Latino" are often used interchangeably, serving as "pan ethnic labels" used to describe distinct and separate cultures that live within America. This subculture, representing a majority rather than a minority, consists of an estimated 39 million plus Americans, comprising as much as 13 percent of the total population in the United States according to census information gathered in 2003 (Nostrand, 293). Within this subculture, individuals tend to identify with a specific na
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