African Americans and Hispanics in America should most defiantly work together when it comes to issues such as politics, culture, communication, and community issues because together we could possibly make a big enough impact in not only America, but in our world as well. It would be tremendous to see African and Hispanic Americans work together to make the future brighter and inspire others in the process. There are so many important issues that we as people need to be addressing and instead of waiting for officials to make pointless decisions, we as minorities should combine and take the world by storm. Politics are one of the most important issues that I think African and Hispanic Americans need to address immediately because we living lifestyles that are put into the hands of voted officials. One thing that I’ve learned throughout my life was that no one could ever tell my story like I can. For example, there are so many African and Hispanic families that are struggling everyday to survive life, but they are never really given the opportunity to actually tell what they go though everyday. Yes, we do hear about what’s going on in our communities through the local news, but we are not hearing these stories through the people who suffer or from people who have to live in fear and wonder where there next meal is going to come from. African and Hispanic Americans need to join forces and we need to tell our own life stories because we can tell it better like no one. We all need to bring attention to the problems that we face everyday and tell what is really going on behind closed doors. I know that if African and Hispanic Americans created a strong enough unity, we would accomplish so much and finally be able to speak on what’s not covered or ignored in the media. Instead of turning the channel to the local news and being exposed to “American Idol” recaps, we all need to be educated on what goes on in our communities today and come up with ways to make change. In order to strengthen the relationship between the African and Hispanic communities living within the United States, I think there should be a lot more influence and interaction between both cultures. There are a million ways to strengthen the relationship between both cultures. For example, when planning events such as festivals, celebrations, meetings or social gatherings, welcome both African and Hispanic Americans; Create a national holiday made specifically for African and Hispanic Americans; Plan after-school programs for African and Hispanic American children so they can learn to unite with each other while still having fun; Encourage schools to offer African and Hispanic American clubs & organizations; Use college students as spokespeople to publicly speak on how African & Hispanic unity would be beneficial for us all. The List could go on forever and it is up to us to make this dream reality. In order to create a African and Hispanic relationship, we need to also spread the word so that it will encourage more and more people to get involved. If the world does not know about our presence, how will we ever be heard in our government, communities and country as a whole. We need to first establish unity among ourselves and once we establish our own power, the next step would be to promote, market, network, persuade and inform everyone that this is something important and that it would be a wonderful attribute for America pursue. Historically Black College & Universities can support the needs of African American students and possibly the needs of the growing Hispanic population by simply encouraging and promoting as much as possible. The only way that we will not be heard or not be able to support our people as if all the HBCU stop doing there jobs. Anything is possible if we continue to be focused, work hard and prove that we are worthy of our purpose, presence and time. Why should Black Colleges & Universities continue to support the needs of African Americans and possibly the needs of Hispanic Americans? Because it should be a top priority for us to continue to look out for our people and it is also important to continue to promote education among our people of color. As minorities, we need people who we can trust, people who can help us when we are in need, people who will have our backs, people who will guide us to many opportunities….people who will give us a chance to prove that we are intelligent individuals trying to survive, help make a difference in America and possibly throughout the entire world. HBCU need to continue to give support so that we can finally get rid of having to come up with the ideas of “possibly giving support to Hispanic Americans”. Let us all continue to grow and do the best job possible so that we are able to finally say that we CAN give support to both African and Hispanic Americans in America.
