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Supporting Hispanics and
Latin@s in
North Carolina Workspaces
Augusto E. Peña
Director of Multicultural Student Development
Appalachian State University
Wednesday, March 18
NC EAPA 36th Annual Conference
My American Story
Outline for this Workshop
• Three Lenses for Understanding Us
(54 Million)
• A Self-Directed Model for Continued
Learning
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Terms and their Origins
Accents and Tildes
Hispanics and Latin@s in NC
Generational Differences
Developing Empathy
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Micro-aggressions
Legacy of Colonialism and Intervention
Melting Pot versus Salad metaphor
Immigration Mythology
History in the United States
Facundo the Great
http://www.upworthy.com/teachers-try-to-americanize-a-mexican-childs-name-and-get-a-hilarious-result-to-us-at-least-2?c=ufb1
Diversity, Multiculturalism,
Social Justice
Diversity
Multiculturalism
Social Justice
Intercultural Competence
• Being self aware
• Knowing about others
• Becoming better at interacting
with others
Aspects of culture:
Race/ethnicity
Family/ancestry
Political Ideology
Language/communication
Diet/Foods
Values
Religion/world views
Healing beliefs/practices
Gender
Sex
Sexual Orientation
Clothing
Art/expressive forms
Leadership/social interaction
Recreation
Social/economic status
Intercultural Competence
• Being self aware
• Knowing about others
• Becoming better at interacting
with others
“Our opinions about others have more to do with us than
them”
“Change is hard and unpredictable”
“We fear what we don’t know or understand”
What are the stereotypes for Hispanic/Latin@
people?
Intercultural Competence
• Being self aware
• Knowing about others
• Becoming better at interacting
with others
“We are not alone anymore”
“Learning about other cultures, values,
moral codes or ethical codes does not
mean that we have to adopt them or leave
our own values behind”
Accents and Tildes
Intercultural Competence
• Being self aware
• Knowing about others
• Becoming better at interacting
with others
“Recognize the
limitations of the
binary”
“Engaging with difference will open us up to
sometimes difficult conversations about our
damaged past”
“Resist the temptation to write in
someone else’s book”
Intercultural Competency helps you
avoid this
Walking a mile in the shoes of the
Hispanic/Latin@ Diaspora
Micro-Aggressions
• Derive power from how they are perceived and experienced by the
marginalized recipient. Brief, subtle, commonplace daily verbal,
behavioral, or environmental indignities whether intentional or
unintentional that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative
slights and insults toward usually toward marginalized individuals or
groups
Demographic Trends of
Hispanics/Latin@s in
North Carolina
Courtesy of the NC Governor’s Advisory Council
on Hispanic/Latino Affairs
Five Important Facts about NC Hispanics and
Latin@s
• Hispanics/Latinos accounted for 25% of North Carolina’s population
increase over the past 20 years.
• North Carolina Hispanics/Latinos will have a projected purchasing
power of $346 million by 2014.
• Over 21,000 NC Hispanic/Latino firms employ 34,000 individuals and
have $4.2 billion in business receipts.
• Native births have overtaken immigration as the sustainer of growth
for North Carolina’s Hispanic/Latino population.
• The median age of North Carolina’s Hispanics/Latinos is 23. The
median age of Hispanics/Latinos born in North Carolina is 9.
Demographic highlights
NC Latin@s in
Entrepreneurship
and Labor Force
20 Years of
Demographic
Trends of NC
Latin@s
Dispersion of
Latin@s Across
NC Counties
Countries of
Origin for NC
Latin@s
20 Years of Demographic Trends
of NC Hispanics and Latin@s
North Carolina and the 2010 Census
States with the Largest Hispanic Populations,
2010
States with the Greatest Hispanic Population
Growth, 2010
Hispanic Population Growth, 2000-2010
NC Hispanic/Latin@ Population Changes,
1990-2010
NC Hispanic/Latin@ Population Changes,
2000-2010
2010 North Carolina Population by Race
North Carolina Population by Race:
1990-2010
North Carolina Population by Race:
2000-2010
Population Changes, 1990-2010
Countries of Origin for NC
Hispanics/Latin@s
Countries of Origin for NC Hispanics/Latin@s
Countries of Origin for NC Hispanics/Latin@s
Countries of Origin for NC Hispanics/Latin@s
Central American Hispanics/Latin@s in NC
South American Hispanics/Latin@s in NC
Dispersion of Hispanics/Latin@s
Across NC Counties
NC Counties with the Largest Hispanic/Latin@
Population
NC Top 5 Total Growth Counties
NC Counties with Highest Percentage of
Hispanic/Latin@ Population
NC Counties with Highest Percentage of
Hispanic/Latin@ Population
NC Hispanics/Latin@s in
Entrepreneurship and Labor
Force
Hispanic/Latin@ Growth in NC:
Entrepreneurship
Hispanic/Latin@ Growth in NC:
Entrepreneurship
Hispanic/Latin@ Growth in NC:
Entrepreneurship
Hispanic/Latin@ Growth in NC:
Labor Force and the Future
Hispanic Share of the Labor Force,
by Age: 2010
Diverse Views of Identity Among
Hispanics
Terms and their Origins
What do I call myself? Hispanic or Latino?
Labels of Mass Confusion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmjOaXJeMcc
A new paradigm for engaging with difference
The Golden Rule
A new paradigm for engaging with difference
The Golden Rule
The Platinum Rule
Questions?