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The African-American And Latino Culture

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The African-American and Latino cultures have always had an unspoken alliance because of the previously white dominated society. Their communities have shared common struggles and problems, but hidden underneath all of that are steaming tensions. These conflicts are brought upon by economics, culture and race have caused quite a few incidents of violence. One of the most controversial of these was the shooting and death of a black teenager Trayvon Martin by a white latino, George Zimmerman in central

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