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...umbrella" organization. It has taken me almost two years to realize that such an organization is not only unrealistic and impracticable, but also undesirable. As a Hispanic, I have come to understand the necessity for varied and specific cultural organizations. As a Cuban-American, I welcome the appearance of CAUSA, the Cuban-American Undergraduate Student Association, onto the campus cultural scene...
Also on page one of Saturday's paper, contrary to the impression given by a story about the Cuban-American student group CAUSA, Cesar Conde '95, who was elected president, will jointly head the organization with Carlos A. Zumpano '96, chair. The president will be undertaking the task of relating CAUSA's future objectives to the public Conde and Zumpano are co-founders of CAUSA...
There are now five major Latin American clubs recognized at Harvard: LaO, Raza, Latinas Unidas, the Harvard Forum on Hispanic Affairs and the newest addition, CAUSA. All are for distinct groups: Puerto Ricans, Hispanic women, Chicanos, politically involved Hispanics and Cuban-Americans...
...what clubs like CAUSA fail to recognize is that the more Latin American organizations that exist, the more we are saying that we are so different from each other that separation is an inevitable necessity...
...Instead, CAUSA's emergence has made me realize that I have found the verification of a belief I had living in New York City surrounded by the conflicts of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans. The problem that Latinos are having at Harvard and in this country is not that Latinos are united so much that distinct cultures can't be recognized and appreciated by others,. It's that the different cultures are so separated and so competitive that our goal is no longer to find a place within the American culture as much as it is to find our place within...