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"Help us love even those who hate us: so we can change the world" once said, Cesar Chavez. How do Hispanics have an impact the United states? Half the population in the United States is Hispanic. Many Hispanics have risked their lives just to have a better life here in America. Hispanics suffer from many things such as immigration, jobs, and health. We have many Hispanics who have changed the united states in positive ways such as Jorge Ramos, Cesar Chavez, Sonia Sotomayor, Selena Quintanilla, and much more. But today I am only focusing on two main Hispanics that I think are very important. Selena Quintanilla Perez and Cesar Chavez.

Selena Quintanilla was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, model, and an actress. She was called "the Mexican Madonna" because of her clothing choice she was "top Latin artist of the 90's". She was born on April 16, 1995, in lake Jackson, Texas. When Selena was only five she started singing because she was jealous that her dad was only teaching her siblings how to play an instrument. Her dad then started teaching Selena how to sing in Spanish, soon enough she sang in perfect pitch and purity. her family then started a band. Selena was the lead singer in her family's band, The band name was "Selena and Los dinos".Selena released a song called "Entre a mi Mondo" which hit number 1 on the U.S billboards Regional Mexican albums chart for 19 weeks. The album's success led music critics to call the album "breakthrough" recording to her music career. In 1994 she won a grammy for best Mexican/ Mexican-American album, in 2016- 2017 she won the award for billboard latin music award for top latin artist of the year, Female, in 1995, she won the award for an outstanding album. In 1994 she released the song armor Prohibido which became one of the best-selling albums in the United States. Besides music, Selena was very active in her community and donated her time to civic causes. Coca cola appointed its spokesperson in Texas. Selena and her guitarist, Chris Perez, eloped in April 1992 after her father was concerned about their relationship.

1995, Quintanilla, Jr. began receiving telephone calls and letters from angry fans who had sent membership payments and had received nothing in return. He began investigating their complaints and found evidence that Saldívar had embezzled $60,000 from the fan club and the boutiques using forged checks. After the Quintanilla family confronted her, Saldívar bought a gun, lured Selena to a motel room, and shot her in the back. Although doctors tried to revive Selena, she was pronounced dead from loss blood and cardiac arrest. The latino community was deeply affected, some even traveled thousands of miles just to see Selena's home and the place she was murdered. Some Americans who were unaware of the singer and her popularity criticized the attention she and her murder received from both the media and the Latino community. Radio personality  Howard Stern  mocked Selena's murder, burial, and her mourners and criticized her music, playing her songs with gunshots in the background, causing an uproar among the Latino population. On April 12, 1995—two weeks after her death—then-Texas governor George W. Bus h   declared her birthday day Selena Day in Texas. Some Americans were offended because Selena Day that year coincided with [|Easter] .

Cesar's full name is Cesar Estrada Chavez. Cesar is well known because he was was an American [|labor leader]  and  [|civil rights]  activist who, with  [|Dolores Huerta] , co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. Cesar led the union in a five-year strike against grape farm workers.Originally a [|Mexican American]  farm worker, Chavez became the best known Latino American   civil rights activist and was strongly promoted by the  [|American labor movement] , which was eager to enroll Hispanic members. Cesaer later died on April, 3, 1993 by natural causes.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Hispanics still are stuggling with having a better life here in America.

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