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...relocation grants. The Cubans have long since spread out from Little Havana. Neighboring Hialeah (pop. 133,000) is 65% Latin, and the Cubans have moved on to such well-tended suburbs as Coral Gables, Kendall and Westchester. They have prospered mightily, prompting Cuban Writer José Sanchez-Boudy to boast with only slight hyperbole: "We have been the most successful immigrants this country has received since it was founded...
...state government. But while Hispanics make up 15.8% of California's population, they hold only 2% of the state's 20,000 elective posts, including only six seats of 120 in the California legislature. With less than 8% of the state's population, blacks boast eight seats. There are no chicanos on the Los Angeles city council or the Los Angeles County board of supervisors. The sole California Mexican-American representative in Congress is Los Angeles Democrat Roybal. (Roybal has admitted that he "probably" pocketed a $1,000 payment from South Korean Wheeler-Dealer Tongsun Park...
...Congressman Badillo points out that only 13 years ago he was the sole Puerto Rican actively engaged in elective politics. Now the community can boast three New York City councilmen, four state representatives and two state senators. Badillo's fellow Hispanics lamented his decision to abandon Congress for his deputy mayor's job, but his successor in Washington, Robert Garcia, is applauded as a compassionate, hard-working advocate of Puerto Rican concerns. Still, activists like Dora Collazo-Levy, 42, a Democratic Party district leader, complain that political passivity is the Puerto Rican community's principal bane. Says...
...there is something very exceptional about Boston baseball fans, as any New Yorker will note. The Red Sox boast the second highest attendance in baseball and have always been the biggest attraction in Boston, despite winning only one World Series and five pennants in their history. They are always flawed, never quite able to transcend the whims of fate and injury. Despite their competence, they have arguments, make stupid business deals and stupid strategical decisions. They have been accused of racism, choking and mediocrity down the stretch. But every year the fans keep coming...
This week the Brooklyn Museum will proudly open what it can boast is the most comprehensive exhibition ever of Nubia's ancient civilization, spanning 47 centuries and comprising 250 objects borrowed from some 25 institutions, including some cajoled from museums in East Germany and Poland by Bernard V. Bothmer, curator of the museum's superb Egyptian collection and organizer of the exhibition...