Cultural Influence On Cuban Americans

In researching the business culture of another foreign country for the use of an informational memo. I want to let my classmates, know what country has been chosen to research and share some of it's interesting facts on the country of Cuba.

The term Hispanic refers to people who are capable of speaking and comprehending the Spanish language, and whose ancestry identifies with the Hispanic culture. The three main Hispanic groups in the United States are Cubans, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans. Puerto Ricans are people who identify themselves as Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin, meaning they were either born in Puerto Rico, or have family ancestry that traces back to Puerto Rico. According to Lopez & Patten (2015), in 2013, Puerto Ricans were the second-largest Hispanic origin population living in the United States, accounting for 9.5%. This population continues to grow. In fact, between 1980 and 2013, the Puerto Rican population in the United States had increased by 56% (Lopez & Patten, 2015). Puerto Rican culture is unique, and quite complex. To gain knowledge and a better understanding of the Puerto Rican culture, I attended the Puerto Rican Festival held in Milwaukee, and conducted an interview with Melinda Nieves, a Puerto Rican woman living in Appleton. Through these experiences, I found that Puerto Rican culture is centered around language, family, and religion, as well as music and delicious food.

The majority of the pregnancies are not planned or not wanted; these young teens are usually between 18 and 19 years old (Mann, Cardona & Gomez,2015). As the family is the primary source of support and identity, family dynamics affect the choices made available to Latina teenagers. Culturally, women are encouraged to remain chaste until marriage. Motherhood is the primary identity in the Chicano women's life and Latina girls are expected to uphold these traditions. Many Latina girls find themselves in a sticky situation where their religion holds them to a pro-life decision regardless of the consequences to them or the baby. A Latina teen does not have open access to contraception or abortion (Mann, Cardona and Gomez, 2015). The Catholic church has already placed restrictions on abortion availability. The right to an abortion is a government decision and church and state should remain separate. This rise in unprepared pregnancy will eventually trickle down to government assistance programs like welfare and even programs like SafeHaven. SafeHaven is a place mothers can drop off infants with no questions asked. These places are in many states and are often at hospitals and fire stations. Schools also will discern an increase along with foster care and domestic adoptions. Not all of these areas are negative, but bringing a life into the world that is not wanted is not an

Cuban Americans are sometimes stereotyped as mostly being anti-Castro militants or extremists and have been described in some media reports, including newspaper editorials, as “crazies” for their aggressive protests. They were also labeled as overly emotional and hyper-violent criminals. Unlike other Latinos, they still have their images of being lazy, submissive, and

What causes these individuals to claim that hip-hop is not a Cuban culture, but an African culture rests upon the facts that it is. However, it is an “amalgam of African diasporic culture” (Osumare 273). We can’t forget where hip-hop originated and the pioneers of hip-hop DJ Kool Herc, and DJ Grandmaster Flash both “Jamaican-born” along with Afrika Bambaataa, who is of Barbadian descent. The Puerto Ricans, and the Afro Cuban people whose congas used as “percussive springboards” for the novice break-dancer as well as African American jazz and soul musicians should also receive recognition (Osumare 273). Due to our country’s original predecessors of hip-hop being born in different parts around the world and immigrating to the United States

From dates as early as 1900, Cuban/American relations became the foremost staple in the harmonious countries' trade routes. This peaceful transaction between the neighboring continents flourished until the late 1950’s when Fidel Castro rose to power. The inanimate threat of global annihilation came closer, as rival countries carried the potential event of mutually assured destruction. As tensions mounted, JFK severed ties with Cuban relations upon the knowledge of IBMs in the neighboring country.

However, within and around the Latino community, there has been much disagreement on how the community should be identified because in reality there is not a Latino community, bur rather many Latino communities that are highly diverse. For instance, there are seven Central American countries and over 9 South American countries who have immigrants arriving on U.S. soil yearly. This leads to a population that is highly diverse- not only ethnically but in terms of class, race, gender and language- that is nonetheless, being identified as one Latino group. The term Latino has no precise significance, meaning it does not evoke any specific group or historical period which are critical to understanding if one wants to understand the roles immigrants play in U.S. politics. For this reason, scholars have produced various conceptions to help create a greater understanding of this heterogeneous group some of which are the pan-ethnic identity, the Latino heterogeneity, ethnic race, and mestizaje.

My parents, Miguel and Mabel Aguilar, came here in 1997 from Cuba. I was born in New Jersey on July 27th, 2000 and shortly moved to New York three years after. Growing up I had a blend of the “American Dream” and my cuban background and culture. Cubans are super passionate about their roots, with their celebrations including an abundance of dancing, and cuban food, encompassing rice, beans, and roasted pig. I have come to learn that special occasions are always held with a pig roast. Although I lived in America, the cuban culture always followed me because of my parents love for it. Because my parents had such a passion for cuban culture, it was passed down to me. I am extremely grateful that I had and have such a cultural life. The cuban

Between the month of April and the month of September in 1980 more than 125,000 Cubans fled communism embarking from Port of Mariel to south Florida, United States. More than 1,600 boats were involved in the exodus. When the Peruvian Embassy opened its doors, the government did not anticipate the repercussions that it would bring. In just 48 hours more than 10,800 people, including children and the elderly, entered its borders. So many people came that there wasn't even anywhere for people to sit down. Faced with this situation and overwhelmed by the pressures of international support for refugees’ embassy, the government of Fidel Castro had no alternative aside from allowing a new mass exodus of Cubans to the United States. Small yachts with

Imagine you are a person of mixed Latino race living in the United States and you are preparing to fill out a census form. None the choices accurately display who you are racially. This is a problem for many people of Afro-Latino descent. An Afro-Latino is defined as any person who is of both Latin and African descent. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines Hispanic or Latino as “a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.” But what about those who are both Black and Latino/Hispanic? In the 2010 Census Bureau report it shows that only 2.5 percent of the 54 million Hispanics living in the United States also identified as Black, but this is likely an undercount. This small percentage are the voices of the Afro-Latino community pushing to be visible and represented in the population. Because of this, census forms should be changed to include Afro-Latino as a race.

Does it matter what we are called: Latino or Hispanic? Does it change who we are as people? To an extent, most people do not know the difference between either. Typically, people group both terms as one singular item. However, Hispanic and Latino racial classifications are more than a broad category for people from Spanish-speaking countries. The words connote and represent a history of colonial terminology that based its success on the failures of innocent, historically peaceful, cultural groups. Hispanic and Latino terminology are political and economic in every sense. This paper will show that colonial leanings to control and govern people’s lives have yet to culminate, even though the era of imperialism ended a century ago. The United States, although far from its heyday as the singular house of power, still manages to achieve control and influence over the imperialized minds of groups of people, specifically Hispanics and Latinos.

Abortion is dividing America. Without a common understanding of abortion, this issue will always be divisive in America. Throughout the history of America, abortion has been an issue that has generally separated people into two camps, those in favor of abortion and those against abortion. However, these two groups, more often than not, have not approached their understanding of this issue from the same perspective. Generally speaking, those in favor of abortion see the issue of the personal rights of women. However, those against abortion, view the issue of the rights of the child. As a result, these two perspectives will never gain unity or a common understanding of abortion. The purpose of this paper is to not only give a clear understanding of both sides of the issue, but to argue that this issue will never be a unifying issue in American culture.

Throughout my experience in Cuba, there were a lot of experiences that stood out to me that I thought about in depth. These experiences ranged from conversations about politics, to things I observed, to experiences we had during the day and night time. Many of my conversations with people from Cuba were in Spanish, and I could feel my Spanish progressing throughout the week. I gained many insights from these interactions and site visits; however, there were three that stood out to me the most. The story of our site visit with Gregory, what I saw a police officer do, and the conversation I had with a man on our way to Porto Habana were the three examples that I can describe, interpret, and evaluate the most in-depth.

When it comes to identifying the Latino’s population by a type of skin color most would consider themselves as Caucasian while a few identify themselves as Black. Many others associate themselves with indigenous race while others are increasingly identifying themselves as “other”. Their origins range from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Guatemala. Notable differences among the Latino groups center on the aspects of language refinement, educational status, cultural values and attitudes toward mental health treatment (Brice, 2001).

Politics of Cuba is the only country in the America and one in five country of the world also governed by the communism regime at the present for these reasons.