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=The Impact of this Hispanic=


 * Many influential Hispanics are mostly known for their talents and work ethics, but they aren't really recognized for their contributions to the Hispanic community, and culture. In America the first decade of the 21st century there was an incredible growth of ** ** Hispanics, which also have a strong influence in all areas of business such as politics, films, music and art. Also the majority of Hispanics are in South states, like Florida, New Mexico, California, Texas and Nevada represent the majority of the Hispanic population. One of the most influential Hispanics in the US is Jennifer Lopez, Her contributions to the Hispanic culture is very important to the way Hispanics are treated in the entertainment business. J-Lo's impacts aren't only through her personality and the way she is with others, but through her music, films, and the way she uses the time and money she has to contribute towards causes and charities (Latin American Influences). **


 * Jennifer Lopez wasn't always referred to as "J-Lo" or "Jenny from the block" her real name was Jennifer Lynn Lopez, she was born July 24, 1969. Jennifer Lynn was born of Puerto Rican parents, and she has one sister. Jennifer grew up in "The Bronx" she lived a pretty normal life until 1986, then on she was the shining face of Latin and american music. Jennifer Lopez was a very special star her background was normal which wasn't really common in a pop star's life, but who cared at the time everyone was all about her singing and amazing acting that's what they were too worried about. When Jennifer Lopez was introduced into the music business no one really saw that starting from the 1990's and still now she hasn't stopped contributing to causes and charities, nobody really noticed the good she was doing for others. When she did break racial barriers that's when reporters stopped worrying about the gossip and started seeing the impactful and important things she did to help the US (Jennifer Lopez- IMBD). **


 * Jennifer Lopez was always a giver, always giving back to her community and to any cause or charity she can contribute to. Jennifer Lopez has contributed through her music, movies, and concerts like in 2007 Lopez starred in a movie called //Bordertown// which helped raise an awareness towards women getting killed in Juarez, Mexico. "J-Lo" and her ex-husband Marc Anthony raised awareness for any cause necessary by putting on concerts, and the awareness went towards individual charities as well charities like ALAS, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Noche de Ninos Gala or "Night of the Children". One very impactful thing that Jennifer Lopez did was in 1999 she was credited for breaking racial barriers in the entertainment industry, which opened up opportunities for people with different races to be able to join the entertainment business without being treated disrespectfully, when Jennifer Lopez did that she solved a racist problem that if she hadn't have fixed it then how would our entertainment business be like? Along with breaking racial barriers Lopez also responsible for the introduction of Latina presence in the film industry, reporters started say that Jennifer Lopez was "able to transverse the difficult racial boundaries" all of these events took place in the late 1990's, which has now impacted the film industry in more ways than one (Jennifer lopez- Charity). **


 * Jennifer Lopez isn't always on the run with doing concerts and being in movies and shows, she also has a personal life. Lopez has two kids, twins and she is also juggling being a single mom and raising her kids despite the fact she is a well known superstar. Even with having to raise her kids, care for them, and also be at work she still makes the time to contribute to multiple causes and charities. Lopez** ** teamed up with Amnesty International to launch a bilingual website aimed at raising awareness about Mexican femicide after learning that 350 young women have been killed in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua since 1993. In 2011 Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony divorced, even though they got a divorce they still remained the best of friends, and kept devoting their time to spend it contributing to EVEN MORE causes TOGETHER. ****Jennifer and Marc Anthony made a large donation to Children’s Health Fund’s Operation Assist after Hurricane Katrina, and encouraged their fans to give as well.** **She is one of many who performs as well as Marc Anthony, Alejandro Sanz and Latin rock-stars Juanes and Mana,** **Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are involved with Children's Health Fund and appear to raise awareness for the cause.** **VHI ranked her number 15 on the "200 Greatest Pop Culture icons". Jennifer devotes her time to helping people, the time she could be spending with her children and boyfriend, she decides to make a difference by contributing herself to those causes (Jennifer Lopez-Wikipedia).**


 * Lots of influential Hispanics are mostly known for their many talent and work ethics but they aren't really seen for their important contributions to the Hispanic Society. There are a lot of Latinos in the US that aren't recognized for the amazing contributions not only to the Hispanic culture but to the american culture. In the past Hispanics were not treated equally they were considered "outsiders", "foreigners", and everyone thought that diversity was a bad thing but look at the type of people we are now. Now, people accept the differences between race, gender, and ethnicity. If we can do that how come we cant truly realize that Hispanics are not just "people from outside the border", but they are important to our lives, our home, our America, Ask yourself when you were little how many Latin friends did you have? **

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