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This results in the creation of a sense of insecurity in people, which drives them to the comfort, and security of their cultural identities. Renato Rosaldo in his introductory essay to Latino Cultural Citizenship (Flores and Benmayor, 1997: 37) warns that "too often social thought anchors its research in the vantage point of the dominant social group and thus reproduces the dominant ideology by studying subordinated groups as a 'problem' rather than as people with agency -- with goals, perceptions, and purposes of their own."
Cultural citizenship thus allows Latinos to claim their rights as members of one ethnic group while it also lends supports to their beliefs, ideas and traditions. United States may appear to be nationalistic whole to the outside world, but within the country, there are several divisions and multiculturalism is a hot topic. Everyone knows and understands that dominant groups tend to receive nepotistic treatment from most institutions while the subordinate groups are pushed to the back. Initially the concept of cultural citizenship...
Latinos were always more Hispanic than American and they knew how to handle discriminatory treatment. But with the passage of time, this concept has lost its original efficacy since it has become so hackneyed and has also entered political and corporate world. This means that culture is not longer an ethnic concept only, it has also become a dominant force in different areas including politics and corporate world resulting in creation of numerous interest groups. The massive proliferation of these groups has negatively affected their efficacy and Latino's concept of cultural citizenship is not as useful in achieving their goals as it were once.
References
Flores, William V. And Rina Benmayor, 1997 Latino Cultural Citizenship: Claiming Identity, Space, and Rights. Boston: Beacon Press.
Inter-University Program for Latino Research, Culture Studies Working Group 1988 "Cultural Capital: Allusions, Gaps, and Glissandos in Recent Theoretical Developments." Sociological Theory 6: 153-168.
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