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Spain's Growing Pains
Section: CULTURE / CULTURE IN FLUX
Author: Handan T. Satiroglu
Publication: The world & I online
Issue Date: 9/1/2007
Size: 1,544 Words, 10,473 Characters

It is a common scene to those living on the forsaken fringes of America’s metropolises, where an air of physical threat emanates from every corner: Restless tattooed boys and bejeweled girls congregate in city parks and squares, pacing with nervous energy, almost like tigers in a cage. They display colorful bandanas that are emblems of a secret brotherhood. Moving in a swagger of braggadocio in oversized jerseys, they return your gaze without even a glimmer of recognition of shared humanity.

This is certainly not the image that comes to mind when one thinks of Spain. But things are slowly changing in the land of tapas and flamenco. Although Central America and pockets of certain U.S. cities remain the epicenters for dangerous gangs, gangs are establishing a foothol...


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- The Future of Immigration in Spain, Expatica, May 2005
- The Future of Immigration in Spain, Expatica, May 2005
-http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aTlTnfuJFT48
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- Hasta La Vista Baby, InMadrid Magazine, Handan Satiroglu, January 2007
- http://robertstevenduncan.blogspot.com/2007/06/latino-immigrants-sustain-spain.html



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