Quote:
Originally posted by Private I
this is kind of off-topic, but to phisigduchess I donīt think Belize is considered Latin American
|
Belize is in Central America and as such people from Belize are usually considered to be Latino. Belize is like a few other countries in Central and South America were there are large populations of people of African descent so much of their population is very much mixed. A couple of my old coworkers were Belizian so i learned a lot from them about their country and culture. Also, I studied Latin American history and politics as part of my undergrad Political Science degree.
Quote:
Originally posted by preciousjeni
I couldn't agree more about lumping people together. But, I think we're confusing "race" and "culture" here. Within Latino culture, there are many, many races. But, there is some sort of tie that binds. And, there are specific concerns that a Latino person would be addressing that those outside the culture would not.
|
With my current coworkers and fellow students quite a few would disagree with you about all the races within the Latino culture being one "Latino culture". As I said earlier there's been some pretty interesting discussions between my current coworkers who are Panamanian, Mexican, Salvadoran, and Guatemalan. They all make sure that we understand they are different cultures. Many of them have different Indian cultures mixed in with the Spanish influence that have major influences on their cultures as a whole.
Same thing within my chapter, a couple years ago when we discussed the differences between cultures and they made a point that the Chilean, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Salvadoran, Guatemalan, etc cultures are all very different. they may speak a similar language but they stress that their cultures are very different. One of the sisters said to think of it as between being American, Canadian, British, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Australian, etc. Very much caucaisan based countries with English as a similiar language but the cultures are all different and even the languages have slight differences
Regarding Sigma Lambda Gamma, at CSUDH in Los Angeles they are very proud that they are a Latina sorority and it is mentioned in their advertisements. But they are also proud that they are open to women regardless of race and prove it by their membership. i wonder if on some of the campus in areas without a large Latina population, where infact the Latina population is very small (CSUDH is over 26% Latino/a so we are have a large population) they emphasize more of the multicultural aspect in order to be able to continue to succed on these campuses at the same time they are teaching women more about Latinas as a whole (does that make sense?)