Right on to Gary Bentz who writes in “Creativity is My Culture,” that Latinos should not be pigeonholed into having a so-called Latino perspective. People often say to me, “You don’t look like a Lopez,” to which I reply, “My mother never told me what a Lopez was supposed to look like.” Looks, and culture, can be deceiving.
You see, we Hispanics share the same diverse cultural insights with most of the general American population. Culture is not only defined by ethnic background, color of skin or language. It’s much more. Computer Gurus — that’s a culture. Wine Connoisseurs, that’s another culture. Baseball Fans, NASCAR Fans, Soccer Fans, Broadway Fans. Members of these cultures all speak the same language, even if their accent is different and the color of their skin is not the same. They can be defined! They live in their own little world, their very own culture, at least part of the time. But even for them, a particular culture is just one slice of the pie that defines them. A doctor from the Midwest can be a wine connoisseur, a sports fan and a great salsa dancer.
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