I'm probably going to unintentionally upset someone with this info but it's true.
At Rutgers U, while I was there at least, there was an office of minority affairs. They gave free extra help in the form of tutoring to minority students. If, however, you were of an ethnicity other than Hispanic or African-American they turned you away saying you were not part of an actual academic ethnic minority. So one of my friends who was a Cuban American went there for help and they turned him away telling him they really only wanted to help Mexicans because among Hispanics, Cubans actually tend to do quite well in academics.
So he told them why is the policy to help anyone of any minority? Because, they told, him to say they only helped Mexicans (as was really the case) was racist. I had another friend who was a Hispanic Argentinian American and he was told the same exact thing. He came to the office just a few days later and told them he was Mexican and they opened up several programs for him.
I was going to type this up in an article at the Rutgers U. newspaper (The Daily Targum) but was told that to print this information, even if true, would be racist.
Hmm, I'm just telling about an incident that really happened and it's racist? I'm just the reporter.
Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, etc. have very different cultural norms. I've seen Ataque de Nerviosa (a documented culture-bound syndrome) quite often in Puerto Ricans but I've never seen it in Mexicans or Cubans and I've treated hundreds of patients in all 3 demographics. Puerto Ricans even in the medical field told me they've had similar experiences and this has been called "Triple-Aye" Syndrome in NJ where there is a large Puerto Rican population. I asked why Ataque de Nerviosa is not then written that it's really Puerto Ricans and not the other Hisptanic cultures and I was told because to do that would be racist.
Again I don't get it. I see it happening that way, Puerto Rican doctors and nurses did, other Hispanics did but to talk about it was racist?