I’ve been stressing out the last few days about going to Miami. I have a lot of homework right now, and midterms are coming up. But I finally decided this afternoon that I will go to Miami tomorrow morning for the NACCS conference. I originally only wanted to go because I wanted to make sure Seyd went. I wanted Seyd to meet other super Chicano Jotos actively involved in their communities and doing amazing work. Seyd has bailed on me. Seyd has bailed on me, I have midterms, I haven’t done laundry since January and I ran out of clean underwear this week so I have been “going commando” (as Preston put it).
Miami is an interesting place for Latinos. Miami is, as I understand it, (and these are generalities) a hotbed for Cubans who are for the most part Republican. Especially, the first wave of Cubans. The first wave of Cubans tended to be white, wealthy and well educated. The next weave weren’t as wealthy and were black, they are referred to as Los Marielitos because of the port they left. I had thought that this second wave was less educated but according to the site Cultural Orientation that is a myth.
I am getting sidetracked. I think this going to be interesting I’ve often heard that Cubans really don’t like other Latinos. That they have this view of better than thou. From a webpage on Little Havana created by students at University of Miami:
“Cubans greatly differ from other Hispanic groups in terms of why they migrated to the United States. Mexicans and Puerto Ricans came to the United States is search of greater economic opportunities. Cubans on the other hand were forced to leave Cuba due to their political beliefs and viewpoints.”
BULLSHIT. This quote is awful. MANY Mexicans did not come to the United States. As the saying goes “We didn’t cross the border, The border crossed us” and to imply that Mexicans did not come for political reasons is also off base.
Puerto Ricans? Where do I start? Puerto Rico has been a colony of the United States since 1898. Puerto Ricans didn’t come to the United States, the United States colonized Puerto Rico.
Looking forward to posts from Miami and pictures from South Beach.
If you see Profe MacÃÂas, tell him I said “q-vo.” Diviértate.
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Yeah I wouldn’t base my opinions on Cubans from that info created by those students. Not all Cubans are like that, always hating on other Latinos. I suppose some are, just like I know some Mexicans that don’t like Puerto Ricans or other Latinos.
Although I don’t completly agree with that quote, it rings true. Puerto Ricans did come to the mainand USA for greater economic opportunities, because in the Post World War II period commercial air fare became cheaper and the industrializing island and the Popular Democratic Party government began to push the marginalized parts of the population off the island. Anyway, I also hate it when we are called immigrants. We are migrants. The USA is our official country, sadly. lol