Latino Identity

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Scholars have debated Latino identity for the past few decades because it’s a very uniquely United Statestian phenomenon. Latinos are defined as any person from a Spanish speaking country in Central America, South America and the Caribbean. Spanish speaking countries in Central America, South America and the Caribbean have a wide variety of different countries with in it, which mean many different ethnicities. A man from Mexico and a man from Chile do not say when they are not citizens of America we are Latinos. They would both say I am a Mexican and I am a Chilean. In the US, Latinos all fall under the same sort of scrutiny and their similar culture helps them form a cohesive group in order to better prosper. However, the Cubans and especially …show more content…
Other then Miami, which is a cultural ground for many Latinos but mainly Cubans, the Cubans, stay in communities by themselves. Many of them are staunch republicans while most Latinos are democrats. There is a long list of differences that show Cubans are a misshapen piece in Latino identity. 1st wave Cuban immigrants do not identify as powerfully with the Latino community in the United States (US) as other Latin American immigrants do, but what is the main reason. It stems from the 1st wave Cuban immigrants escaping a rejection of US imperialism that gave many of them a American Cuban identity, while most other Latin American immigrants were escaping the influence of US imperialism. The 1st wave Cuban immigrants were escaping a rejection of US imperialism in their society because the US sympathizing Batista government, which was a continuation of more than half a …show more content…
Although some in Cuba benefited from US imperialism, most of Cuba was being given a disservice because the majority of Cubans were living a life of extreme poverty. Many of them lived in huts, but the 26th of July movement saw the plight of the common Cuban. The 26th of July movement was a revolutionary movement lead by Fidel Castro and Che Guerra. By 1953, they began their coup against the Batista Government, and overthrew it by 1959. Many of the first wave immigrants that were professionals, businessmen and rich farmers either escaped in exile or emigrated to US once the Castro government was put in the place. Some began to leave immediately, and 15,000 children in project Peter Pan where brought to the US and put in foster homes. Others left once the nationalization of hospitals and land began. The largest group of 1st wave Cuban immigrants left in 1965 when Castro said they could leave in the Camarioca boatlift. All of these immigrants were leaving because they rejected Castro. The 1st wave were escaping a society that rejected imperialism because the July 26th Movement overthrew the Batista government that was propped up by the US, which means the country was under the influence of
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