Compare_and_Contrast_Mexicans_and_Cubans

There are many differences between the Mexicans and the Cubans. Mexican cultures may have different ways of culture than the Cubans. Unlike the Mexicans, the Cubans have many different things too. Here are some of similarities and differences that a Mexican and a Cuban in common. Mexican and Cubans are similar in the language they may speak. Eventhough the Cubans speak and may sound different in the way theyu speak Spanish, Mexicans too speak Spanish. Mexicans are mostly found in the Southwest of the United States and the Cubans are found and are growing in numbers in the South Florida. (Gonzalez, Harvest of Empire). They also may belong in the same racial group Other than both groups belonging to the ethnic group latino(Which is not a race but an ethnicity) puerto ricans and mexicans like many other nationalities throughout latin america have more differences than they have in common. Most U.S. born Americans are completely ignorant to how extremely different latinos are from different countries and tend to think that just because latinos all speak spanish they are all the same and eat the same food etc. This is not the case. In fact the spanish that puerto ricans and mexicans speak is totally different. Saying that Mexicans and Puerto Ricans have a the spanish language in common is a mistake because many Mexicans have a hard time understanding Puerto Ricans as well as other carribean latinos since their spanish has strong influence from the dialect of the African slaves that were brought to the island of Puerto Rico, as well as the Canary Islands which are territory of Spain but located off the coast of Africa. Puerto Rican spanish also has alot of influence from the Andalusia region of spain. Thus where as Mexicans typically speak slower and tend to enunciate consonate sounds more like S and L puerto ricans often don't pronounce "S" and "R" sounds or sometimes leave out "D" sounds and tend to pronounce vowel sounds more as well as changing "R" sounds to "L" Thus a mexican greeting in spanish will sound like "Como essstasss sssenoorrrrr'" and a puerto rican well say "Como ehta senol". This is not ghetto spanish it is just a carribean dialect with African influence and i'll add that although people speak negatively about puerto rican spanish and other carribean spanish let it be known that Puerto Rico and Cuba were the last two Spanish colonies controlled by Spain in the Americas so the spanish spoken on those islands is actually closer to the spanish spoken in parts of Spain contrary to what many mexicans would have you believe. The spanish left Mexico many many many many many many years ago so the spanish spoken in Mexico although some would argue is spoken clearer that carribean spanish has nothing to do with Spain. This is evident culturally as well since most mexicans are racially "Indian" or "indigenous" in order to be PC. Puerto Ricans however can be white as snow, black as coal, or a beautiful "mulato" combination of the two with a hint of "TAINO" indian blood from the original indian inhabitants of the island who were driven to near complete extinction when the spanish arrived. That being said Puerto Rico being a small island is actually alot more diverse ethnically and racially than Mexico which is a very large country with many parts of it being land locked and culturally primitive. Source(s):