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By TATIANA SANCHEZ

“Bebe boomers” will define the future of Latinos in America.

First there was Generation X, then came Y and Z. Now the so-called “bebe boomers” are taking over — and they’re transcending cultural barriers. 

The Hispanic Group, an independent communications agency coined the term “bebe boomers” last week to describe the growing population of Latinos born in the U.S, and the cultural shift that joins this boom. Think of all the bebes (or babies) born to first- generation American citizens whose lives are rooted in the U.S. The “bebe boomers” are in touch with the American way of life, yet have a strong appreciation for their parents’ cultural values.

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Spain’s Secret Conflict

This video is about the unspoken conflict between Catalonia and Spain. It starts with the fact that Catalonia wishes it’s independence from Spain. Then it tries to explain why and where it all started, and identifies the roots of the politic, national and cultural conflict between both.

I recommend watching it. It is in english, with english subtitles on the spanish and catalan spoken parts. If you are interested in Catalonia or Spain, or you already know about this situation but have never understood it, watch it.

I’m catalan. I have grown in Catalonia, I’ve learned Catalan, and for me it’s my mother tongue. I have grown fond of catalan traditions, and I identify my home in this lands.
But I don’t feel spanish, as I haven’t grown in a spanish environment, as I don’t feel identified with it’s national icons nor with it’s language.
I have learned spanish through my education as I have learned english. I can speak both, and I can’t identify spanish as my mother tongue the same way I can’t identify english, even tough I can speak fluently.
Our history is different, we come from different countries, from different roots, we remained historically separated for centuries, until Spain invaded Catalonia, and it became a part of Spain, loosing it’s identity as an independent country, but not it’s nationality. Even when different regimes of Spain have tried hard to erase our national feeling, it has persisted.

So why is it so wrong for us to wish to recover our status as an independent country? Why can’t we be one? We have our own language, we have our own traditions, we have our own historical past, and we even have our own historic political institutions. 

That doesn’t mean we won’t accept spanish people anymore. Can’t you travel and live in London although you’re spanish or american or whatever? You can, you just have to integrate in that country’s culture, but that doesn’t mean you have to loose yours, just accept the other and embrace it.

So that’s how we want it to be. Me, and the people who have the same catalan national feeling.

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The Insanity of Modern Culture 

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“They are here, but they are not here. There are some identifying fragments, physical evidence of their culture and social refinement. But what kind of connection can you make with a people who have been gone for two thousand years? I am looking for the Romans in England.”—Clive Irving explores the baths of old Blighty.

Photo (Bath, England): Andrew Moore

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