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[quote=Anonymous]My ancestry is mixed, but I identify as AA. Here's my take on what OP says she observed:
My predominantly AA family has successes and challenges just like anyone else. We were taught to see them challenges as a bump on the road not a derailment. I generally get a lot of family support when something bad happens. We "laugh so we don't cry."This side of the family also includes Irish ancestry and people of other races/ethnicities who have married in so I can't say that these are strictly AA approaches to life. However, I have noticed most of my AA friends tend to have the same outlook on life. Sh*t happens, but it doesn't matter unless you let it stop you.
My Cuban family tends to be melodramatic and approach life with suspicion until good fortune is confirmed. There is a lot of family support when bad things happen, but there is also a lot of blaming the victim (if only he/she had done x instead) and "I told you so"s. Shame is a huge part of failure and too many failures will get you labeled a disgrace to the family. I can't extrapolate this to other Hispanic families; most of the Latinos I meet here in the DMV tended to be optimists --maybe because they have already overcome many obstacles just to get to where they are now.[/quote]

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