Summary Of The Film 'Black In Latin America'

For documentary film maker DJ Scripz, making connections within the Haitian community is important. His film, The Haitian Polo Documentary by DJ Scripz, tells the real stories of Haitian immigrants who fled their home nation during the ‘80s and ‘90s to relocate in Brooklyn, NY, only to be met with the tumult and violence that was plaguing the city at the time. While the most significant feat for Haitians growing up in ‘80s and ‘90s Brooklyn was to be accepted into urban America, DJ Scripz refocuses on making connections across the Haitian community to explore the collective experiences of young Haitian immigrants and to preserve their memories in history.

Response Paper Name Institution Date Black Cuban, Black American Black Cuban, Black American by Evelio Grillo is very informative and pleasing memoir of a man by name of Evelio Grillo growing up in Tampa Florida. The memoir depicts the struggle of Evelio Grillo growing up in Ybor city which is now a part of Tampa Florida. In the memoir, Evelio captures the different aspects of a black Cuban life in Ybor City but mainly addresses the issue of racial separation of the white Cubans vs the black Cubans. He portrays how the issue was more prevalent in the United States as compared to Cuba a country which he had earlier visited then went back to Ybor City.

The uncontrollable flood of Haitians along with the ones that are born in the Dominican Republic has created a problem that is currently teetering on a thin line between the legal violations of human rights. On the other hand there is the migration of Dominicans, especially into the United States, who aid the Dominican economy by sending money to their relatives, which accounts for 10% of the GDP. Undoubtedly this pattern of migration and immigration has been the mold continued throughout the history of the island. This immigration and emigration drew the features of Dominicans: a mixture of Spanish, some native Indians, African population, French, Italians, Americans, and British.

But, gender issues are not just seen in the Dominican Republic; they are prevalent in most Latin American countries. ( "Gender Roles in the Dominican Republic - Moon Travel Guides." ) Many variations differentiate countries and cultures. Between the Dominican Republic and the United States, alone, there is a lot of cultural diversity. Without these variations, where would the diversity be?

Dominican Republic’s Culture República Dominicana para siempre – Dominican Republic Forever! Dominican Republic has a very interesting culture. My grandparents and parents are natives of the Dominican Republic, which makes me the first generation that is American. This country is an island that is very mountainous. One of the neighboring countries is Haiti.

The Dominican Republic has undergone significant changes, much of which has taken place within confines of national and racial identities. The cultural significance of being Dominican has been centered on racial mixture and appreciation of Hispanic culture. In addition, the national identity of the Dominican population has focused and remains focused on the notions relative to racial constructs as populations moved through the borders from 1500-1800. In essence, being of Dominican origin has moved away from the African past of the communities, with construction and subsequent articulation of Dominican identity, which is expressed in terms of being mixed race, Hispanic speaking, catholic and deviation from African origin.

The Dominican Republic is divided culturally between the French Haitians and the Spanish Dominicans, which started in the colonial times and continues thereafter. The racism became more intensified under the regime of Rafael Trujillo in 1930. Due to Trujillo’s racism against Haitians, he made it so any person who is Haitian in the Dominican Republic from 1929 and forward has no nationality in the Dominican. He did this by taking their birth papers and considering them to be “in transit”, this means they have just traveled to the Dominican Republic for work. He also enforced the border dispute, by not allowing anyone without birth papers to pass the border; Haitians could only stay on one side of the island.

Nickolai Oakley ES 213 Chicano and Latino Studies Cuban Migration Growing up in southern Florida, every child, regardless of heritage, ethnicity, or race is familiar with the sound of Spanish, some schools even require all students to study the language. But, despite Florida’s population of more than 1 million Cubans, and their migrations’ deep ties to Florida’s history, Cuba didn’t exist to my textbooks in elementary school, which instead focused on the Western canon. In other words, those textbooks focused only on the European and North American body of work and history, that they decided is of merit (Ethnic Studies: Critique of Western Canon). Unfortunately, this is only one of the ways the United States attitudes disenfranchise Cuban people

Quiz 1 (Intro, pages 3-19) 1. The story of Diego Colón was introduced in the first section, “The Marvels of Spain.” What reason did the author of our textbook give for the inclusion of Diego’s sto-ry? Diego Colón’s story tells the story of the changes experienced by Americas’ natives when Europeans found their way to the Bahamas. Colón’s account was used to show that there were two versions of the story and both deserved to be heard.

Although not very evident throughout the film, discrimination plays a huge role in the movie “La Bamba”. The type of discrimination we see in the movie consist of; prejudices against Hispanics and stereo types. Richie is of Mexican descent and although he does not speak Spanish, people many times assumed that he does because of his appearance. An example of this is when Bob speaks to Richie in Spanish when they first meet (44:04). Here, we encounter a type of stereotype that all Latinos don’t know English.

Haiti and Dominican are two countries that share the same island in the Caribbean. These two countries have long plagued which the Dominican people treated Haitian with disregard, violence and conflict. A misconception is based on faulty thinking that Haitian people are dark skin. Dark-skinned immigrants and their descendants have been pushed out of the Dominican Republic last year. The children deported were born and raised there; they are unable to get birth certificates and naturalization papers.

The story “Blaxicans” was about a man name Richard Rodriguez the son of Mexican immigrants and was born in san Francisco in 1944. When Richard started school one of his teachers asked his parents to speak more English at home, and ricardo become Richard. Rodriguez points out that the term “Hispanic” describes a culture not a race, and that while there may be some tension between Black and Latino races, calling it a “war between blacks and Hispanics” is not valid because black is a race and Hispanic is a culture. Using his own personal experiences, he points out that our standards of multiculturalism based on Canada’s standards meaning we want things to be separate but equal. Which means, that English would still be our main language, however,

Through the texts of Sabine Hyland and Jane Mangan one is able to see and understand the culture of Colonial Latin America. Hyland gives the account of Incan Religion before Christianity became part of the Andean culture. Mangan, on the other hand, gives an insight as far as how the economics were run in the town of Potosi and how women and indigenous populations impacted the economy. Both are completely different aspects of Colonial Latin American life, but are both extremely important in the understanding of how the communities worked.

A History of Violence, Racism, and White Hegemony in Latin America The similarities and differences that arise in Latin Cinema help audiences understand the extensive history of the countries, from Spanish colonization to inequality in modern society. The history social, political, and cultural discourses are critically examined by directors because those issues directly affect the Latin population and the type of world they live in. It is said that there are at least two sides to every story, but Latin American governments have a history of only embracing one.

First off there will be culture then government then economy. The Cubans and the Dominicans both use the peso as there form of currency to purchase things. Cuba has a higher unemployment rate than the Dominicans because of the economy in Cuba. There is