As a white American born in Miami, i had a decision to make in 2016. I could continue to not speak spanish and eventually resent my city and move, or i could engulf myself in spanish and really learn the language leading me to love my city even more. 7 years later i am fluent and probably speak spanish 35-40% of the time. Although Miami has its flaws like any other city, i will live no where else and my kids will be bilingual from Miami as well.
I’m a Russian-Texan who learned Spanish through working in construction and skilled trades, moved to Miami to be the maintenance and renovation director for a real estate company and lo and behold felt right at home surrounded by Russians and Spanish speakers again lol. I feel like a solid 60-70% of clients, tenants, contractors, and employees I work with every day speak either Spanish or Russian
People don't realize how important Miami is as a cultural, economic, and political hub for Latin America-US relations. Its known as the "capital of Latin America" lmao
I’m a Coral Gables native of French Canadian descent and I can’t imagine not speaking Spanish in South Florida. Also, compared to French, Spanish is SO easy to learn.
In Argentina, everyone who is upper middle class (and higher) has been at least once to Florida. Its very very common here for people to go to Miami, do some shopping and go to the beach, and then go to Orlando to all the theme parks (Disney World, Universal, etc). Sometimes they also go on a cruise too. Some people only go once in their life, but many do it regularly, maybe once every one or two years.
A great example of Miami culture is "¿Qué Pasa, USA?" which was a sitcom produced for PBS by WPBT in Miami from the late 1970s. The sitcom was monumental because not only was it the first sitcom produced for PBS, but it was the country's first bilingual sitcom too (and one of the first bilingual shows in general)! It's about a Cuban family called the Peñas living in Miami's Little Havana facing an identity crisis. On one side, the elders are trying to preserve their Cuban values and traditions, and on the other, the domination and pressure of Anglo-American society. Or conflict within Cuban values itself as there was once an episode about Catholicism versus the Afro-Cuban religion Santería.
I was born in Latin America, but lived in Miami almost all my life. I can attest this video is accurate and succinct in its description of Miami, it's people and history.
Born and grew up in India, been living in Miami now. Colada and Cortadito have replaced my chai 😂 Empanadas and Arrepas are my new Theplas and Khakharas 😂
Watching this while living in the Miami area all my life & you did a good job explaining our demographics & history. But you should also do one of the entire South Florida area: Broward County/Ft. Lauderdale area & their mostly Caribbean culture (Jamaica, Haiti, etc.) & large Brazilian communities, as well as
Another thing is Haiti. Although they don’t speak Spanish they still influenced parts of Miami. Same for Brazilians, and Caribbeans such as Jamaicans and Guyanese although not as much as Hispanics
