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Afro Cubans The bulk of the Cuban community in exile in Miami focuses on its white contingency. Afro-Cubans have a second-class status there, and their patterns of migration have been much different than they have for white Cuban refugees and immigrants. As Newby & Dowling (2007) note, recent Afro-Cuban immigrants have settled in various other places in the United States including the Southwest, where there are already entrenched Chicano communities and African-American communities. Afro-Cubans do not fit into the Chicano communities, the communities with other white Latinos, or the African-American communities. Language presents one of the most significant cultural barriers and identity markers distinguishing the AfroCubans from the African-Americans. Although they share some common ethnic heritage and ancestral experiences of racism, slavery, and political oppression, centuries have passed since their cultures demonstrated divergent trajectories. With regards to white Latinos in the Southwest such as Austin and Albuquerque, race raises serious concerns about identity construction. The experiences of AfroCubans indicates that racism is prevalent, and that AfroCubans have to maintain a unique identity construction, while contending with their being visibly "black" but linguistically "Hispanic."

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However, the greater population and diversity of New York City may make it easier to assimilate into broader communities. Depending also on the extent of language barriers, AfroCubans can choose to associate with communities of origin outside of America, or can choose to associate with African-Americans because of common racial identity. The Newby & Dowling (2007) study highlights the points of divergence between self-perception and the perception of others, including stereotypes and labeling. AfroCubans are AfroCuban: with their own set of ancestral experiences of racism and subjugation, but within the framework of a Spanish language and Cuban cultural identity.
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Newby, C.A. & Dowling, J.A. (2007). Black and Hispanic: The racial identification of Afro-Cuban immigrants in the Southwest. Sociological Perspectives 50(3), 2007, 343-366. doi: 10.1525/sop.2007.50.3.343

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