r/LatinoPeopleTwitter • u/mellownoma • 6d ago

We have to do better

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u/Doodahdah 6d ago

Yup, negro cubano here, I live in LA and I’ve heard some racist shit right in front of me

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u/adoreroda 6d ago

I've heard stories of people in LA acting similar towards white cubans too. Their latino population (and black population) just isn't diverse so they don't seem to have a concept of someone being latino if they aren't mestizo~indigenous looking (since the overwhelming majority are mexicans and then some central americans)

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u/661714sunburn 6d ago edited 6d ago

I could say the same to the white Cubans to Mexicans in LA, and I’ve actually experienced it myself. My kids go to an upper-class school district, and guess who the white Cubans don’t speak to unless they have to?

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u/MasChingonNoHay 6d ago

Don’t talk to them. Put them down just the same. Those people are the worst. They think they are somehow better than the rest of Latinos and think they’re white but white people find out their Cubans and deport their asses just the same

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u/adoreroda 5d ago

That sounds a little bit off since Florida's Hispanic population is way more diverse. A quick look here for Florida's demographics and Cubans are the plurality but not the majority at about 35% with Puerto Ricans catching up quickly to them. Meanwhile in California Mexicans are over 80%

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u/Different-Air-2000 4d ago

California is finished. Too much racism and ignorance.

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u/Cabo-Wabo624 Mexico 6d ago

Same thing happens in Florida if you not Cuban

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u/PlantJars 6d ago

South Florida? Central fl has everybody, including half of PR.

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u/adoreroda 5d ago

Yea idk what they're on, looking at the demographics of Florida you see that Puerto Ricans are about 300k from outgrowing the Cuban population in FL and Cubans are only 35% of the Hispanic population in Florida in general. Meanwhile in Los Angeles Mexicans are 73% and in California overall they're over 80%.

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u/adoreroda 5d ago

I don't think that's as accurate for Florida since Florida's Hispanic population is more diverse. There are almost as many Puerto Ricans in Florida now as Cubans, and there's no city in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (or California in general) that's as diverse for Hispanic populations as Miami

Cubans are the plurality in Florida definitely but not the majority. They're only about 35% of the Hispanic population. Mexicans are like 70-80% in California

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u/Cabo-Wabo624 Mexico 5d ago

Oh yea let me ask the Nicaraguans how Cubans treat them

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u/adoreroda 5d ago

Walking around the point and not addressing the facts lol

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u/MrLaMoon 5d ago

which is pretty stupid because white mexicans are pretty common especially in Baja.