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...call me Latino, I'm Cuban." So reads a poster in the Sociology Department of Florida International University. Those of you who are not of Latin American ancestry may have a difficult time understanding why it is so frustrating to be incorrectly labeled or worse yet, lumped, as "Latino"--what is there, after all, in a name...
...Hispanic community, and the mysteriously absent "umbrella" organization. It has taken me almost two years to realize that such an organization is not only unrealistic and impracticable, but also undesirable. As a Hispanic, I have come to understand the necessity for varied and specific cultural organizations. As a Cuban-American, I welcome the appearance of CAUSA, the Cuban-American Undergraduate Student Association, onto the campus cultural scene...
...Hispanic only because there is wide-spread ignorance among Anglos of the cultural and political differences among us, which are often more significant than the similarities. Apart from loose cultural connections like language and, to a much lesser degree, religion, there is little binding the Chicano, Puerto Rican, and Cuban communities in this country. We are much different racially (the ethnic composition of Cuba, for example, which is principally African and European, is vastly different from that of Mexico, which is mainly Native Indian and European), and even the way we view our experiences in this country are different...
Also on page one of Saturday's paper, contrary to the impression given by a story about the Cuban-American student group CAUSA, Cesar Conde '95, who was elected president, will jointly head the organization with Carlos A. Zumpano '96, chair. The president will be undertaking the task of relating CAUSA's future objectives to the public Conde and Zumpano are co-founders of CAUSA...
There are now five major Latin American clubs recognized at Harvard: LaO, Raza, Latinas Unidas, the Harvard Forum on Hispanic Affairs and the newest addition, CAUSA. All are for distinct groups: Puerto Ricans, Hispanic women, Chicanos, politically involved Hispanics and Cuban-Americans...