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Excerpt: Introduction to the Cuban American Familial Focused Enclave
A lot of cultures have a strong sense of family and solidarity—it is not a unique characteristic. However, the Cuban-‐American population in Miami is one of the strongest, most unique cultural communities in the country. South Florida, an area unlike any other, has for fifty plus years been home to the largest percentage of Cuban immigrant families in the United Sates. Of all the
Cuban-‐Americans located in the United States, 67% of them are residents in Florida and 52% are located in Miami-‐Dade County. The result of this large population has been the development of a consistent and self-‐perpetuating Cuban-‐American enclave.
Why have generation after generation decided to stay local, despite professional, cultural and educational opportunities elsewhere? The answer is simple: staying near to home and family is not only expected, but it is a tradition. Cuban-‐American’s have built resources close to home that make leaving the family environment more difficult, tediously building a relationship within the community that makes moving to even just slightly north, to areas like Orlando, seem as if you are disappearing from the family. The resources available to the Cuban American’s living in South Florida help perpetuate this enclave.
South Florida’s Cuban-‐American population has an increasing desire for the continual improvement of each generation—its part of the culture as well—however, this success is based largely on the improvement of each generation’s contribution to the enclave’s resources. Although a larger influence in the United States’ image of Hispanics, Mexican-‐Americans—who make up 9% of the population—are perceived to lack the drive and resource building that thrives in the Cuban-‐ American community of South Florida.
In 1979, the percentage of discrimination perceived was surveyed in Mexican and Cuban immigrants; 36 percent of Mexicans versus only 26 percent of Cubans affirmed the existence of discrimination in everyday life. This discrepancy could be due to the communities that each group has built for themselves. While Mexican immigrants are spread across many cities, Miami is clearly the strongest enclave for Cubans. It proves the security of a strong community with an abundance of resources, available and invested in by each subsequent generation, enables an easier integration into the American way of life.
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