differances in Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Salvadorans?

Question

Can someone please help me identify the linguistic, political, social, economic, religious, and familial conventions and/or statuses of Cubans, Slavadorans, Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans, if you know any please post them. THANK YOU!

I basically need to know some similarities and differances b/t the cultures.

Answer 1

google them, none of the answers here are accurate, just generizations.
wow, white hispanics.com, what a stupid site, lets just keep the seperation going....

Answer 2

Unfortunately you question is too broad for anyone to answer all of them at once so I will concentrate on the social and ethnic aspects...

Cubans,Puerto Ricans and Dominicans Range from Hispanic (Spaniard) stock to African Stock and are predominantly various degrees of mix between those 2 groups (mulattoes)with a certain amount (small) of native stock (indigenous).This obviously shapes their culture and language.

Mexicans and Central Americans range mainly from Hispanic to Indigenous stock (Aztec,Maya) ,with most people being a mix of those 2 races (Mestizos) and some significant African concentrations in Honduras,Panama.Guatemala and Costa Rica.Again this shapes their culture and language.

Venezuela and Colombia are hybrids of the first 2 groups having heavy groups of Spanish,African and Native Populations.

Ecuador ,Peru,Bolivia and Paraguay are mainly native populations mixed with Spanish

and lastly Argentina,Chile and Uruguay are mainly European stock with small numbers of native populations and even smaller African population (except Uruguay ,+-10%).

I must say that the easiest way to thing of the Spanish speaking nations is to thing of them as nations of immigrants just like the US because none of these nations are homogeneous but are very diverse and besides the generalizations I have given their are Asians,Arabs,Germans,Jews,Italians,Irish and practically ever race or ethnicity you can find in the US,so if you tried to identify and generalize the citizens of the US by linguistic, political, social, economic, religious, and familial conventions (can't be done) you will understand what i am referring to.

Greets.
Pepe

Answer 3

I will give you an example: The differences and similarities that exist between Australians, English, Canadians and Americans are the same between these Latin nationalities. Even if they speak the same language; the culture, the idiomatic expressions and the accents among many other factors make each one unique. Same happens to the countries that belong to Latin America. Each one is very different.

Answer 4

I think that you are touching on something that many people from countries other than the U.S. think about Americans. America is a special case, in terms of ethnicity and identity. As they say, America is a "melting pot" of just about every culture and language on the earth. Many Americans hold on to the ethnic identity of their ancestors because it is how they were raised. Some Americans speak the language of their ancestors' country of origin, and some don't. But they still hang on to those roots, and I think that's as aspect of American identity that is sometimes difficult for other people to understand. I am Hispanic, bilingual. I was born in the U.S., and tend to say that "my family is from Argentina" since I wasn't born there. So no, I don't understand what it's like to be born and raised in Argentina, yet there are many aspects of being Argentine that I do understand - like language, food, and culture. I have family in Argentina that I communicate with regularly. And incidentally, many Argentines have Italian, French or German ancestry (Italian in my case). There is so much cultural infusion, where do you draw the line? My family actually has ties to both Argentina and Italy, and I was raised with both cultures. When people ask me what I am, they already know I'm American, so I say that I'm Argentine, or Italian, because what they're really asking me is "why do you speak Spanish" or "why do you look 'exotic'?" And there are some Hispanic people born in the U.S. who were raised speaking only Spanish, and learn English as a second language, and therefore have accents that might mark them as being "foreign" when in fact they are not, nor do they know what it's like to grow up in another country. Would you call a naturalized American citizen who was born in Guatemala an American, a Guatemalan, or a Guatemalan-American? He would probably tell you he's American before anything else. My husband was born in Cuba and was 29 when he emigrated to the U.S. When he becomes a U.S. citizen (which he is planning to do), he will refer to himself as Cuban-American, not Cuban. He's proud to be American. Ultimately it's not up to a person to determine the ethnic or racial identity of anyone else. I'm sorry if you're battling the stereotype of the "Mexican Thug" or "Chicano Thug" or "Xicano Thug" (there are so many sub-identities). But the only thing you have to do is be yourself, and let all those other people making assumptions about you deal with their own ignorance. I'm White Hispanic and have to deal all day with people assuming I am just some white American girl. It used to bother me, but now I enjoy surprising people when they find out that I'm Hispanic, speak two languages fluently, and do not fit the stereotype of the typical Hispanic person (which, incidentally, is a short, dark-skinned Mexican person). In fact my Cuban husband deals with the same thing because he is black, so people tend to think he's African American. Well, he's not! The other day at the mechanic two Hispanic men were trying to explain to him in bad english what they were trying to do to improve their cars. He just listened and after a while he replied in Spanish, and their jaws dropped. They just assumed he was not Hispanic at all. Everyone deals with stereotypes. Identity is fluid. Just keep a positive attitude about it!

Answer 5

Among these groups, Cubans tend to be more educated and successful. That's because under Communism education is free (it is necessary for indoctrinating people with propaganda). Mexican-Americans and Salvadoran-Americans tend to be less educated, because they are mostly those people who came to the US to escape poverty. In terms of religion, Mexican-American tradition emphasizes the role of the Virgin of Guadalupe (la Virgen Morena), while the other groups don't.

Answer 6

They all speak Spanish differenlty, some use different words for things, and the accent is different. I am a Mexcan American, and I know that most of Mexico is very poor and their government doesn't give a damn about them. Puerto Rico is owned by The United States of America, and it is said that in the future they will be another state. Cubans I don't really know anything about, only that their president is a real assh*le. And from what my husband tells me (he works with one) Salvedorians are mean and ruthless. They will not hesitate to hurt someone.


Additional!!!!

I know that most Mexicans are very religious (Catholic). I am not (Catholic).

Answer 7

i know you cant call a puerto rican cabron and get away with it, even if you are their friend, where as with many mexicans its kind of a joke or maybe even a term of endearment.

Answer 8

well differences are many because of the racial and ethnic people that forms these groups. here is a website that has other links to other helpful websites. http://www.whitehispanic.com/common%20misconceptions.htm

Answer 9

how about the country they were born..or their parents..start there..