... . Because of the great amount of immigrants coming from Europe and Africa, the people to form the tango brought with them elements from their cultures. The word "tango" is supposedly derived from the Latin word "tangere" which means to touch. This would have well described the dance because the tango was a very passionate dance with usually entailed dancing without separation of ... a pimp and his prostitute. It could also have been a representation of a dueling between men in competition for a woman. The dance rose from being exclusive to the brothels as the upper class men and women st...

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... people find the term Hispanic' to be insulting. Yet, Latino' is widely accepted, but looked down upon as the lowest common denominator because it distinguishes a people who speak a romance language (derived from Latin) and thus includes, Italians, French and Portuguese.""1 Neither of these labels carries with them unifying characteristics, such as: texture of hair, color of skin and shape of eyes ... cultural pride, but becomes problematic to find common cultural denomiators beyond language. Even language presents a problem as in every Spanish speaking country there is their own version...

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