Joke making the rounds in the Cuban American community a few years back:
Cuban mother in Miami having a heart to heart talk with her daughter and son, both in their 20's.
"My son, I want you to marry a nice Cuban girl so you can tell her what to do."
"My daughter, I want you to marry a nice boy who is at least a third-generation American so you can tell him what to do."
There’s truth to that.