Changing Aspects of Black Latinos In NY

This article that was recently on nytimes.com reminded me of the video we watched last week in class about the Latino movements in New York in the 60s and 70s. The video showed what I thought to be a strong sense of cultural pride between all mixes of Latinos and there mixed heritages. This particular article seems to show a change in that feeling and a need to identify with only one cultural background.

This article shows several different people with varying mixes of Latino and black heritage and how they identify with those backgrounds today. Almost all of the people in the article seem to be most closely tied to only one cultural identity. It seems to vary on how they were raised with the heritage, the friends they keep, how friends react to who they identify with, and the views they instill on their children. It is interesting to see how within one group of people there is so much concern over who they tie themselves too and how it influences their activity with certain actinity. Some tie themselves to hiphop and relate to their black heritage while others teach their children Spanish and keep more Latino than black friends. While I have more personal interest in my Irish roots I don't identify as a person of Irish decent. It is different to see how other cultures keep and build much stronger roots than many whites, and how that governs different aspects of thier lives.

Article: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02EFDB133DF93BA15757C0A9659C8B63&scp=1&sq=latinos&st=nyt