Over the years of its history, the United States has invented ways to categorize its citizens by race. This is evident, of course, in its creation of the Black and White race, which both rely heavily on color and appearance as the dominant characteristic. There has since been another major category of separation that was created: the Hispanics. Although Hispanics are not considered a pan-ethnic group and not a race, they are often given the choice to identify as either one of the United States' mainstream ones. In doing this, the Hispanic people are often forced to separate themselves along color lines and cultures. In spite of this separation, we still come across a common problem in the United States: ignorant grouping and stereotyping of the Hispanic population.
If one were to take several pieces of clay and combine them together, one would find that they look somewhat homogeneous. The newly formed piece of clay would appear to have unified properties all about itself.......
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