Cuban American Stereotypes

The Puerto Rican parrot or "iguaca" (as our Taino Indians called it) is a bright green bird with a red band on the forehead, a white ring around the eye and the blue primary feathers. Juveniles are quite similar to adults. Both females and males are similar and measure about twelve inches.

Cubans have absolutely no problem sharing their feelings, thoughts, and ideas. They are known for being boisterous and not keeping anything to themselves. For example, when I have gone a long time without seeing a family member the first words out of their mouth are “oh my goodness! You have gained weight.” If anyone wants an honest opinion a Cuban is the right person to ask, they are very blunt and to the point. Although they are open to talk about anything to have a conversation, there are somethings that are considered taboo in discussion. A very touchy subject would be racism. In Cuba, they are still battling some issues with it. It is said that black Cubans do not get the same fair treatment as all the others. They are given the hardest and less remunerated jobs. Many Black Cubans complain that they are given a hard time in their jobs and get hassled the most by police when they are doing their jobs (New attitudes on once-taboo race questions emerge in Cuba, 2017).

Today whenever you look on the television, mainstream media showcases Haitians in a negative light, resulting to misleading stereotypes and accusations of Haiti and Haitians in general. They always appear to have skin dark as night or that Haitians are the great whisperers of voodoo and dark magic. Majority of their government is corrupt and unjust due to the unfairness of money distributed in the country and poverty rising every year. Most hurtful of them all, is Haitians are poor and live in shacks made out of aluminum sheets and tires held together by the AIDS virus. Even after the unfortunate earthquake that Haiti had encountered in 2010, people were still condemned Haitians and their country, but now with sympathy in their eyes. All

I do have personal experience with stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination. As a Dominican I have been facing stereotypes since I was in middle school in Puerto Rico in the 80’s, people were making jokes , saying that I was an illegal immigrant even thought I migrated from my country with an legal status already established. I was a child so didn’t understand, until I begin watching the news and reading newspapers and realized that I was mistreated by others, because of the stereotype , they believe that I was just another Dominican is coming to Puerto Rico in a boat like some of them did. I was really frustrated that I just adopt the Puerto Rican accent and hide my nationality as much as I could possibly hide.

Although Afro-Cubans made up nearly half of the Cuban population during Cuba’s colonial period Spanish culture, trends, and biases were the dominant ideology. Thus, due to the dynamics of the Spanish colonial rule in Cuba compounded by a Spanish inherent belief of cultural superiority, Afro-Cubans experienced a long history of repression. Aline Helg, comments on the oppressive nature of the Afro-Cuban existence during the Spanish colonial rule by stating:

They have the leading college completion rate of all the Latino groups in the U.S. The majority of them came during the anti-Castro movement as refugees to the United States. They were generally well educated, had managerial or professional backgrounds, and therefore met with greater economical success than later immigrants (Racial and Ethnic Groups Chapter 9). Fidel Castro has ruled over Cuba for the past 48 years, and there are still people coming to the United States (Miami, Florida) to get their citizenship and running from his reign. As recent as today, some immigrants from Cuba are not accepted well, unless they are outspoken critics of Fidel Castro (Racial and Ethnic Groups Chapter 9). The younger generation is more worried about how the Miami Dolphins are doing than what is going on in Havana these days (Racial and Ethnic Groups Chapter 9).

Besides boys reacting differently than what I expected, appearances on what boys are supposed to look like affected my views when I was younger. Watching novellas with my mother I used to looking at latino men who were tall and ripped, as I got older I started to notice that not all Mexican males were not buff and over six foot, and not all women wear tight dresses showing off a lot of cleavage. To rephrase it I do not want to say that latinos are not attractive, it's just I feel uncomfortable when people say that latinos are only attractive on tv. I feel that the stereotype of novella actors have imprinted an idea what latinos are supposed to look like, I constantly here that latinos are super sexy and good in bed, as if we are only good

George focuses on implicit bias largely in the educational sector and how that effects African Americans with the emphasis on specifically the black female. Educationally facilities tend to apply restrictions regarding disciplines on a sort of equality across the board basis; however, the failure of recognition is that this method is not effective and results in long term psychological disparities that will prove to affect an individual’s well-being well beyond their school years. Racism is certainly still prevalent in society and perhaps even unintentionally woven into the very fabric that has a huge impact on our

This week’s reading of Silence on Black Cuba interesting in how it showed racism and discrimination in “Black” Cuba. Although about 50 percent of the estimated 6.7 million population of Cuba was African decent, there was still discrimination towards them. What was even more interesting was that even some of the Afro-Cuban soldiers who fought along side Fidel and Che encountered discrimination. This being the case, Fidel simply downplayed the issue stating that their discrimination wasn’t as serious as the Southern States.

Have you ever had a loved one deported? Thousands of Central Latin American families have been deported. These families have crossed over for a new start, hoping to pursuit a better life for their children. Last year the Immigration and Custom Enforcements got a hold of 72,000 deportations of parents who claimed to have U.S born children. I do not believe people should be deported because it causes families to be separated, kids grow up without their parents, and it causes emotional distress for everyone.

When people first hear Hispanics or Mexicans people first think Spanish music or Mexico for one. Some people may have different opinions on stereotyping Hispanics in saying that all Hispanic people love tacos and speak fluent Spanish and only Spanish. Not all people who come from a certain race, religion, or ethnicity fall into the stereotypical categories that people put them in. Placing people in stereotypical categories is wrong because it causes for misjudgment amongst people in society. It is dangerous to define a person based on stereotype because one person does not define a whole race and who an individual person is.

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 emotional.

To begin with, Cuba is still one of the Latin American countries facing repression from political dissent. In 2012 the Cuban government enforced political conformity using a severity of punishments that affected the lives of citizens and other people. During its first review, the government of Cuba denied all recommendations related to the treatment and service of detentions of political prisoners, the lack of protection of human rights defenders, and restrictions on freedom of expression, which in the U.S are determined unconstitutionals.

This paper aims to interpret the correlation between Colombian stereotypes and mass media with the purpose to unfold what are the principal stereotypes and how these stereotypes have been developed. To fulfill the purpose of this paper, a research was conducted with a total sample of 19 undergraduates residing in Germany from 5 different countries (Germany, Nigeria, Russia, India, United States). The sample was requested to describe the first association they have of Colombia, in addition, the sample was requested to describe through which mechanism this description was formed. The expectation of this research was to identify the prevalent stereotypes and through which mediums they have been spread, which leads to comprehend the influence of

Prior to this assignment, I had no idea of the turmoil the government of Cuba had been in. In regards to the treatment of homosexuals, to citizens living in the United States, we cringe at the terms “fag” and “queer” as horrendous slurs that no one should ever use. However, the treatment of homosexuals in Cuba went much farther than that. “The government also heightened harassment of homosexuals, raiding several nightclubs known to have gay clientele and allegedly beating and detaining dozens of patrons.” (1) The treatment of those with a different sexual preference went far beyond what I could have ever