Everything about who we are, both our nature and nurture comes from our family.
This week in our classroom we are talking about our family’s. Well, my family is loving, caring, and way overprotective. But, there also very weird and crazy funny. In my family music runs in our blood its everyone in my family including me either plays an instrument, sing, or is a song writer. Other than music our culture is another really important and close to us and I found a poem that describes my family and my race in general.
I’m Latino Proud
Andrew E. Larsen via Compfight© Janie Garcia
Published on February 2006
I was born
into this race
I’m Latino Proud
And it shows on my face
When it comes to family
We defend our own kind
Something in others
You’ll never find
We work out in the hot sun
To earn our daily bread
But that’s alright
We keep our family fed
We’re known for our tortillas
Our beans and our rice
A few jalapenos’
For a touch of spice
Sometimes we are bad
And get sent to jail
It’s all so sad
When we can’t make bail
It’s guys like that
Who give our race a bad name
I’m still Latino Proud
And I say it with no shame
Chicano here
Hispanic there
What’s the difference
When the others don’t care
We walk with our heads up
Each and every mile
I’m Latino Proud
And for that I can smile!