Maria and her family are from the Dominican Republic.They immigrated to Miami,Florida,about ten years ago.They live in a community with many other Hispanic people.They enjoy living in the United States but do miss their homeland.Maria's family has tried to retain their cultural heritage and to maintain contact with other people who also come from the Dominican Republic.They feel that they can more closely associate with those people than with the Mexican Americans they have met.What might be the reason for this?

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The reason that Maria's family may feel more closely associated with other people from the Dominican Republic than with Mexican Americans is that they share an ethnicity, or cultural background, with other people from the Dominican Republic. This is an example of how ethnicity can play a role in shaping a person's social identity and sense of belonging within a larger community. It is not clear from the passage that the family dislikes Mexican Americans, does not share a common racial identity with them, or does not view them as Hispanic.

Maria and Her Family Are from the Dominican Republic