Why have Florida Hispanics maintained their traditions much more than California and Texas Hispanics

[RMuller]

I think is time for those called "Mexican Americans" be just Americans. In Brazil, everyones Brazilians. No one here go around saying "im italian, im german". Have u seen Gisele Bundchen saying shes German? No, she only claims to be Brazilian.

Even the Italian-Americans,Irish-Americans have their own organizations and take pride in their heritage.

One of the Kennedy's who is Irish-Americans boycotted the Queen of England's visit to the US congress.



" In 1991 Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy boycotted a speech to the U.S. Congress by the United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II "in protest to the British occupation in northern Ireland".[29]


Representative Joseph P. Kennedy 2d, Democrat of Massachusetts, and several other Irish-American Congressman boycotted the monarch’s speech to Congress, “in protest to the British occupation in northern Ireland,” Mr. Kennedy said. Across the street from the Capitol, two dozen Irish-Americans opposed to the British occupation of Northern Ireland also protested the Queen’s visit.


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[Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin]

Mexicans americans and puerto ricans tend to be more assimilated. But now a days younger generation are more assimilated in general

[Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin]

No. One has to be American. Their heritage becomes American. Your claim is silly.

I used to think I was just american when I was a kid. Its why I didnt want to speak spanish. But as I got older I realized that was foolish and that I would always be puerto rican. And that I needed to learn some spanish to talk with family. And under stand my own individual family heritage

[Profileid]

In other words, how come Cubans in Florida have maintained the Spanish language and their cultural traditions much more than have Mexicans and Central Americans in California and Texas? This is especially surprising and ironic when you consider that, being wealthier and more successful on the whole, you'd expect the former to be thus more assimilated into mainstream Anglo-American culture, not less.

Have you been to any of those states?
Maybe you should provide some evidence that this is the case instead of assuming it is!

[RMuller]

Have you been to any of those states?
Maybe you should provide some evidence that this is the case instead of assuming it is!

This chart has alot of info.Also illegal Mexican immigrants don not represent Mexican-Americans. That's like saying Southern poor rednecks represent Middle class Californians.

16% of the people of Mexican heritage are illegal aliens,so they bring down the numbers since most just speak spanish.




This chart includes illegal immigrants

[Cristiano viejo]

Florida was the first Spanish land in current USA, and the last. It has been more years Spanish than American. In the year 2055 will be a tie.
That is why.

[Carlito's Way]

I think culturally speaking its on the same level, I don't see how they are more culturally Hispanic than us, actually their whole style of Chonga was copied from Mexican Americans, a lot of the style that is considered Mexican American was actually developed in Mexico and made its way into Southwest due to immigrants that later developed into something else, for example the Pachucos which were originally from Chihuahua, due to immigration, that style went to Texas and from there made its way into the rest.


The language is where Hispanics in Florida due tend to beat us, I remember an article of a Cuban and her experience in Texas and how on her first trip there, Mexicans were speaking to her in English even when she would reply back to them in Spanish, she said it was a lot more different in Florida where she would speak in Spanish and everyone would speak back to her in Spanish, and that Spanish is widely spoken a lot more by second and even third generation Hispanics, while with Mexicans, it starts to fade after the first generation.

[Snchpnz]

I don’t know how accurate the observation about Hispanics in other parts of the country is but it should be noted that the first few waves of Cubans that arrived in Miami up until the 80’s all had the mentality of returning to Cuba once the communist government fell. They wanted to overthrow Castro, reclaim their properties and go back home. It makes sense that they didn’t actively try to assimilate themselves or their children since their intent was never to stay. I think the strong culture they established based on their Cuban pride and wanting to reclaim their homeland set the stage for later groups to continue the practice of proudly embracing their own culture.

[Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin]

Florida was the first Spanish land in current USA, and the last. It has been more years Spanish than American. In the year 2055 will be a tie.
That is why.

Nobody gives a fuck.

[Cristiano viejo]

Nobody gives a fuck.

Worry for yourself, black.
Go to steal any handbag or something.