“We were going to conserve the culture because we were going to go back. . . “ -Mercedes Sandoval Professor, Miami-Dade College Introduction Although at first glance, one may contend that this paper will examine an important staple to “Americana”; the apple pie and what is enjoyed by may ‘café con leche’ (coffee with milk”. Instead, one will consider an issue that immigrants are often faced with a decision, be it conscious or not, to maintain their cultural identity as they once knew it, to abandon their identity and adopt a new American identity or to try and find a middle-ground between the two. This can be said of immigrants from any country, especially those who come from Cuba. The assimilation of Cuban-Americans has been documented, insight into the complexity of the acculturation of the Cuban-American immigrant. Theoretical Basis The subject of culture is a complex one. Anthropologists define culture as consisting of the meanings which people create and which create people as members of societies. Every culture has three basic interacting primary components, w....

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