Culture of Cuban Americans
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Cuban‐American Culture Research Paper Mitchell Roth November 14, 2012
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Mitchell Roth Professor Ainbinder Psychology 640 November 14, 2012 Cultural Group Defined Cuban Americans as discussed in this paper include persons of primarily Cuban descent meaning persons who have at least one parent who is from Cuba. This does not include those who have one or more parents who are Cuban Americans as so defined. Basically, it includes, therefore those who were born in Cuba and are permanent residents or citizens of the United States, and those who were born in the United States but have at least one parent who was born in Cuba. Cultural Dimensions of the Group and Multicultural Issues In attempting to understand the complex cultural DNA of Cuban Americans it is important to have some knowledge of recent Cuban history. For the most part, any Cuban Americans that will land on one’s clinical couch or in one’s research study will not only be likely to have a fairly deep knowledge of this material, but will be significantly affected by it in terms of his or her culturally acquired attitudes and beliefs, or in other words his or her world view. And so with that in mind what follows is a brief recounting of Cuban and Cuban American history. Relevant Cuban History Without getting into all of the many details of Cuban history that are unnecessary for the purpose of this paper, suffice it to say that Cuban culture has been impacted by Spanish
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culture, American culture, African culture, and to a much smaller extent by the culture of the aboriginal Cubans. It has also been impacted by foreign domination and hundreds of years of exploitation, violence, internment and bloodshed. What follows is a simplified view of Cuban history intended to give the psychology community those facts
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Cuban‐American Culture Research Paper Mitchell Roth November 14, 2012
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Mitchell Roth Professor Ainbinder Psychology 640 November 14, 2012 Cultural Group Defined Cuban Americans as discussed in this paper include persons of primarily Cuban descent meaning persons who have at least one parent who is from Cuba. This does not include those who have one or more parents who are Cuban Americans as so defined. Basically, it includes, therefore those who were born in Cuba and are permanent residents or citizens of the United States, and those who were born in the United States but have at least one parent who was born in Cuba. Cultural Dimensions of the Group and Multicultural Issues In attempting to understand the complex cultural DNA of Cuban Americans it is important to have some knowledge of recent Cuban history. For the most part, any Cuban Americans that will land on one’s clinical couch or in one’s research study will not only be likely to have a fairly deep knowledge of this material, but will be significantly affected by it in terms of his or her culturally acquired attitudes and beliefs, or in other words his or her world view. And so with that in mind what follows is a brief recounting of Cuban and Cuban American history. Relevant Cuban History Without getting into all of the many details of Cuban history that are unnecessary for the purpose of this paper, suffice it to say that Cuban culture has been impacted by Spanish
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culture, American culture, African culture, and to a much smaller extent by the culture of the aboriginal Cubans. It has also been impacted by foreign domination and hundreds of years of exploitation, violence, internment and bloodshed. What follows is a simplified view of Cuban history intended to give the psychology community those facts
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