Word: cuban
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...Cuban migration, for instance, is distinct from the Mexican and Puerto Rican migrations because it stems primarily from political rather than economic causes. Since the majority of Cubans who came to this country in the 1960's and 1970's were members of the middle-class in their own country, they were often better educated than Puerto Ricans or Mexicans, who were generally from the lower-middle or lower classes, and who had arrived in the U.S. seeking better economic conditions...
Moreover, because the Cuban immigration was largely white, Cubans were less likely to encounter racial barriers and more likely to assimilate with American society. The Cuban community is politically far to the right of the Puerto Rican and Chicano communities not only because of its relative wealth (still below that of the average Anglo-American), but because of the traumatic reaction brought on by the Revolution and exile...
...have been told by another Latino that Cubans should withdraw from the Hispanic community because of their more conservative idealogy. In a recent job interview, I was questioned by a fellow Hispanic who, as soon as he found out I was Cuban, began to wonder whether I had taken advantage of Hispanic programs. "Tell me," he said, "you've participated in Latino programs in the past but it seems you refuse to give back. You don't seem very socially active for your Latino community." The problem was neither my actual social activities or political orientation but my perceived orientation...
...Ethnic Studies demonstration for Junior Parent's Weekend, protesters claimed that Harvard lacked even one tenured Latino professor. A second stack of posters defined the term "Latino" as referring only to Chicanos or "U.S. Latinos." Though the call for more faculty diversity is warranted, Harvard does have a tenured Cuban-American professor--his name is Jorge Dominguez, and he is a worldreknowned expert in political science. Though organizers claim the error was an oversight, I was left wondering how much of that oversight had to do with tensions within our communities. The mistake was pointed out after the second...
...Hispanic community is really not a community at all, but a convenient construct that pretends the problems of the Puerto Rican, Chicano, and Cuban communities can be dealt with in one fell swoop. The division of Hispanic groups on campus, therefore, is something that should be accepted as a reality and, ultimately, championed...