From: ez000281@hamlet.ucdavis.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.latin-america
Subject: Hispanics love the U.S.A.
Date: 17 Dec 92 19:16:58 GMT
Distribution: soc
Organization: Computing Services, UC Davis


Good news from a friend in BORIKEN.  My comments are in Brackets.

Edelmiro


              HISPANICS:  WE LOVE THE UNITED STATES

                   Survey also shows majority
                    against more immigration

     Associated Press

     WASHINTON--The majority of Hispanics in America speak English
as their main language, love the United States and don't favor
increased immigration, according to a nation-wide survey released
Tuesday.

.[Editor: Evidently, newcomers, escpeially those arriving on economic and not 
political grounds from all over the world are creating a lot of stress in the 
job market for "hispanics", since it is easier to exploit and abuse a green 
card holder than a citizen]

     "We have a population here that is in fact very American, very
pro-American and wanting to make it in the mainstream," said Angelo
Falcon, one of the researchers for the Latino National Political
Survey.

.[Editor: The only ones who have put this in doubt are are local communists 
(all varieties), ghetto nationalists, and of course, our foreign enemies]

     The study, released at a Washington news conference, is the
most extensive effort to date to measure the attitutdes
andpolitical values of the nation's 17 million Amercians of
Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban descent.

     Some Hispanic groups expressed hope that the survey would help
dispel stereotypes.

     "It refutes a lot of myths about Latinos," said Louis Nu~nez,
president of the National Puerto Rican Coalition.

     The survey found that most Hispanics don't identify themselves
as part of one large Hispanic community, instead viewing themselfs
as part of the Mexican, Cuban or Puerto Rican communities.


.[Editor: As they should since the term "Latino" has been used by 
European-Americans (including white southern-coners) to profit from our 
communities]

     In fact, the researchers found, Hispanics are more favorably
inclined to non-Hispanics than they are toward Latinos from
countries other than their own.

     And while Hispanics share a common agenda on a variety of
domestic issues, "there are powerful differences among these
populations," lead researcher Rodolfo de la Garza said.

     "Our findings challenge the notion of a distinct U.S. Hispanic
community with shared cultural, political and economic interests,"
said de la Garza, a professor at the University of Texas in Austin.

                    ENGLISH PRIMARY LANGUAGE


     Among the survey's findings:

     -    Most Hispanics use English as their primary language,
          with mainly foreign-born Hispanics relying mostly on
          Spanish.

[Editor: This is no new news, in the 60's sociolinguistic research had already 
confirmed that language transfer accross to a second generation was very 
difficult]

     -    More than 65 percent of Hispanics believe there are too
          many immigrants entering the country.

     -    Most Latinos say they love the United States, with 88
          percent of Cuban-Americans, 84 percent of Mexican-
          Americans and 69 percent of Puerto Rican Americans
          expressing strong love.

[Editor: It shows that a lot of work must be accomplished so that the Puerto 
Rican community is economically integrated and their hope are increased.  I 
would venture to say that the same stats can be found on Native Americans and 
Africans.  BTW the term Puerto Rican American is an oxymoron, since Puerto 
Ricans are Americans by birth and are never naturalized.  It is the equivalent 
of saying: I'm a Hawaiian American.]

     -    Most Hispanics born in the United States have higher
          levels of education, better jobs and more income than
          their foreign-born counterparts.


     -    Almost 40 percent of Mexican-Americans, 30 percent of
          Puerto Rican Americans and nearly 20 percent of Cuban-
          Americans say they have personally experienced
          discrimination based on their national origin.

[Note: See, all these folks in s.c.l.a. who are always bragging about 
discrimination, the KKK and all other sorts of racial horror stories in the 
U.S. are simply frustrated individuals.  This shows that horror stories aren't 
generalized and that we live in one of the most discrimination free 
environments on earth, given or relatively high cultural diversity, although 
evidently much more has to be done, especially in border areas where Mexican 
Americans pay harshers the racial hatreds emanating from bigots who treat them 
as "Mexicans"]

     -    Some 60 percent of Mexican-Americans and 64 percent of
          Puerto Rican Americans identify themselves as Democrats.
          Among Cuban-Americans, 64 percent identify themselves as
          Republicans.

[Editor:  I guess their right on this one.  After all, Edelmiro Salas is a 
registered Democrat, VIVA CLINTON!!!]
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