07-09-2014, 01:32 AM
(07-09-2014, 12:59 AM)Tammy75 Wrote: I loved learning about the culture too! I never knew that Cubans hated Mexicans. I never knew that South Americans hated Mexicans. I never knew pretty much non Mexican Hispanics hated Mexican Hispanics.It's not just Mexican related. Puerto Ricans hate Dominicans. Columbians don't like... Haitians? I think. Argentinians are involved in there too. It's partly due to just country rivalry... the way Americans bash Canadians, or Japanese/Koreans/Chinese clash (there's a lot of war to back up that tho.) Some Irish hold a grudge on the English the same way Brits call Germans 'the enemy.' The other part of it is like, timeline for immigration to parts of the U.S. Similar to the way Italians hated the Irish in "Gangs of NY." It's the 'we were here first and we don't like you moving in' principle.
In the end tho, it's not real hatred. It's like when a redneck brings home a black boyfriend/girlfriend or a Republican brings home a same-sex partner. There's always the cases where some parent can't handle it, but they get old and die and the next generation is more accepting.