2006-12-28 12:22:09 · 11 answers · asked by Fidelsemurioayer 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Highly educated individuals, family oriented, with a strongly developed sense of solidarity.Hard workers with an incredible history.
I don't blame them for hating puertoricans...trust me WE DESERVE IT. Cubans know what true sacrifice means. We will never know what they've been through.
There's this great forum about Cuba in case you want to read more about them.
2006-12-28 14:03:29 · answer #1 · answered by Deloused-In-The-Comatorium 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was born in Cuba. I was sent to the US in 1970 when I was 2 yrs old, I went for a week when I was 12. From my experience, most Cubans like to dance and have a good time. We come in all shades. Some rich, some poor. Some good, some bad. We have great food. Our culture is made up of a mix of Spaniard, African, and indigenous Cubans. We are family oriented. Most Cubans in the US work hard to make sure their families in Cuba can have a little money to just be able to eat. Things in Cuba are very tough. There is little to eat or wear. Living conditions are bad. Not everyone in Cuba is pro-Castro. But there is not much they can do. If you talk bad about the government, more than likely someone for the local Communist committee will turn you in and you will end up in a prison. The common people think the US is paradise and we are all rich over here. As for the Cubans that live in the US, most of the ones that lived there before Castro, wait in greats anticipation for his regime to end. They have plans of going back to Cuba. Some think they will get back the property they left behind. Others just want to be with their families and friends. But one thing is for sure they all share in a longing to go back to the country where they were born and raised, but minus the communism. I saw some of the answers others gave and they sound rather racist. All cultures and races have good and bad. You have to judge everyone on an individual basis.
2006-12-28 14:26:47 · answer #2 · answered by aj2822 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One of my roommates in college said they're uppity and they think they're better than everybody else and they make fun of people who aren't pale. She said they had a superiority complex because many of them who fled to the US because of Castro were well-educated and snotty about it.
Of course, she was Ecuadoran, so she has her own particular prejudices. As far as I can tell, racism is rampant in the Hispanic world and she resented the prejudice against her since she had dark skin. I haven't known that many Cubans, so I'm not too sure. The one Cuban guy I knew pretty well was a Quaker and his parents were friends with Nixon's parents or something. He was smart, a good guy, had a band that did Rolling Stones covers.
But that's not much to build a stereotype on.
2006-12-28 12:28:02 · answer #3 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have lived in Miami since 1982 and I know a lot of Cubans. They are some of the worst and the best people I have ever met.
They have a tradition to eat dinner with their Mom on Christmas Eve, called La Noche Buena, which I think is wonderful, as long as I can spend my Christmas Eve in Europe.
No offense, but I have enough fun with my own silly little pink-nosed Anglo-celtic mom over the holidays, so please put my black beans and rice in my stocking and mail it with my colada cafecita, David's II please, or Versailles.
Just kidding, but what's really funny is what I call 'Mr. Potato Head.' It's actually a cocoanut cut in two and decorated like a head on a plate, with offering like cigars and fruit and money to bring good luck on the house. Mr. Potato Head is usually near the kitchen door on the immaculate tile floor. This is a Santa Ria thing, and those who know what I mean might get a chuckle.
But don't make fun of Mr. Potato Head, because he really does work! !Esta verdad!
2006-12-28 12:31:11 · answer #4 · answered by Marc Miami 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Married to one for 30 years.
She was born in Havana.
Her parents were born in Havana.
They came to the USA in the 60's , right after Castro took over Cuba.
Her parents are predjuice toward anyone who is not Cuban.
Especially other minorities, especially Puerto Rician minorities.
Her parents do not believe they should speak English.
Her parents have only 1 grandchild; their SON'S DAUGHTER.
Why? Cuban men come first in the family.
They have 4 grandchildren, but they recognize only 1!
Cuban women have NO RIGHTS.
Cuban children have NO RIGHTS.
What the father says, goes.
Cuban fathers control their children, even after they get married.
If not, the guilt trips are incredible.
Cuban fathers do not recognize their daughters husbands, UNLESS they are Cuban too.
If you are born in the USA, but your parents were born in CUBA, then you are Cuban.
That is not true, you are an American. But cuban men do not want to hear this; cuban parents? The boy is CUBAN.
My wife's father is always talking about going back to Cuba when Castro dies. I wish him a good trip.
2006-12-28 12:29:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Cubans? People or cigars?
2006-12-28 12:24:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
They make great cigars!
2006-12-28 12:24:39 · answer #7 · answered by Kari 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that many of them are followers of the religion of Santeria
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9065626/Santeria
2006-12-28 12:32:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They make good cigars.
2006-12-28 12:25:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Soon they will be free
2006-12-28 12:24:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋