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And at what point do they just become regular Americans like everyone else? What will it take for that to happen? Or are they always just going to be "Hispanics"
Given the propensity of Anglo Americans to marry Hispanic Americans more than any other racial/ethnic combination, their children to pretty much shed almost all traces of their Hispanic ancestry. I don't think it's going to be as bad as most people say. Hell, one of my childhood friends (a Mexican girl) just had a kid with an Irish-Italian dude and its pretty likely that the kid isn't going to be hearing that much Spanish in his household.
41% of ALL interracial marriages are between Hispanics and Whites. How many of those kids of those marriages will be as paisa as the dude jumping over the border?
As generations move on, the Hispanic birth rate decreases to the American average. That's how it works. Things don't remain constant forever. http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=206
they were already Americans until the government carved them out.
I think the hispanics are partly responsible for that too..
I don't think they stood out much before they were categories. Now that they are counted as a separate category the are so much more recognized.
Double edge sward.
If hispanic is a just an ethnic group and not a race then, either they are counted as american or hispanic.
so don't ask me when will they be regular americans. That is up to them.
They will be regular americans when they feel like it.
Latinos are conservative, everybody know that.But Republicans have been stupid and sounded racists, it's pretty normal for them to vote Democrat !
Republicans must attract them if they want a political future...Some good steps have been realised in November :
-2 hispanic republicans elected in heavily hispanic districts in South Texas (pretty incredible,I didn't think they could..)
-The first hispanic governor in Nevada (Brian Sandoval) is a republican, not a democrat, certainly a good thing for the GOP brand
-The first latina governor in the USA in New Mexico (Susana Martinez)
-Marco Rubio, republican from Florida, obtained 55% of the hispanic vote in a three-way race, and he could become the first latino president of the USA, many bet on him.
One of the problems that you fail to address is the fact that most of these "hispanics" (you really should say mestizo or Indian, as that is what most of them truly are. Less than five percent are white or black) are illegal, and so they shouldn't be here in the first place. They broke the law, or their parents broke the law. People speaking out against breaking the law, as that is what illegal immigration is, isn't an advocation of racism, and if hispanics are offended, then perhaps they should stop making themselves be singled out, and stop breaking the law, as the overwhelming majority of illegals are "hispanic".
conservatives already hate everyone, even themselves
It is already inevitable. the hispanic population is gonna increase from percentages in the teens a few decades back to over 50% in a few decades to come
I was with you, until THIS. I do not hate myself and believe in my principles.
This is true. The hispanic population will increase exponentially because the birth rate for that demographic is out of this world.
they were already Americans until the government carved them out.
I think the hispanics are partly responsible for that too..
I don't think they stood out much before they were categories. Now that they are counted as a separate category the are so much more recognized.
Double edge sward.
If hispanic is a just an ethnic group and not a race then, either they are counted as american or hispanic.
so don't ask me when will they be regular americans. That is up to them.
They will be regular americans when they feel like it.
Technically, "Hispanic" is an ethnicity, because you can be of any race and be Hispanic.
On another note, did I actually hear that Vietnamese tend to vote Republican? I thought that was interesting, if that's what I heard.
One of the problems that you fail to address is the fact that most of these "hispanics" (you really should say mestizo or Indian, as that is what most of them truly are. Less than five percent are white or black) are illegal, and so they shouldn't be here in the first place. They broke the law, or their parents broke the law. People speaking out against breaking the law, as that is what illegal immigration is, isn't an advocation of racism, and if hispanics are offended, then perhaps they should stop making themselves be singled out, and stop breaking the law, as the overwhelming majority of illegals are "hispanic".
What people forget though is that this isn't somethingnew and personally, I just think the Hispanic illegal immigrant card was convienient considering the economic issues the country has been facing. So, businesses have a lot to do with the situation as well.
Technically, "Hispanic" is an ethnicity, because you can be of any race and be Hispanic.
On another note, did I actually hear that Vietnamese tend to vote Republican? I thought that was interesting, if that's what I heard.
That is what I said, it is an ethnicity not a race. But if they were born here, they live like regular people, they fit in like regular people, it is only them and the government trying to make them different...
He asked when will they be just americans, they will be when they want to be
Latinos are conservative, everybody know that.But Republicans have been stupid and sounded racists, it's pretty normal for them to vote Democrat !
Republicans must attract them if they want a political future...Some good steps have been realised in November :
-2 hispanic republicans elected in heavily hispanic districts in South Texas (pretty incredible,I didn't think they could..)
-The first hispanic governor in Nevada (Brian Sandoval) is a republican, not a democrat, certainly a good thing for the GOP brand
-The first latina governor in the USA in New Mexico (Susana Martinez) -Marco Rubio, republican from Florida, obtained 55% of the hispanic vote in a three-way race, and he could become the first latino president of the USA, many bet on him.
He got 55% of the hispanic vote because he's Cuban and Cubans voted in droves for him. Cuban Americans are different from other latin voters. Don't count on his future widespread appeal outside of the Cuban community because, frankly, Cubans don't face the same immigration issues as other immigrants. Simply put, they have special immigration rights that the others don't have.
He got 55% of the hispanic vote because he's Cuban and Cubans voted in droves for him. Cuban Americans are different from other latin voters. Don't count on his future widespread appeal outside of the Cuban community because, frankly, Cubans don't face the same immigration issues as other immigrants. Simply put, they have special immigration rights that the others don't have.
If it's worth anything, I'm Puerto Rican and had a fairly diverse group of Hispanics I grew up around (i.e. Puerto Rican, Cuban, Mexican, Dominican, etc.). I always feel that a lot of non-Cuban Latinos feel that Cubans get a lot of preferrential treatment from the government, especially with the "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" policy.
When the whole Elian Gonzalez thing went down about 10 years ago, every Hispanic who wasn't Cuban thought his butt should have been sent back. Every Cuban felt that the kid had a right to stay rather than live under communism.
He got 55% of the hispanic vote because he's Cuban and Cubans voted in droves for him. Cuban Americans are different from other latin voters. Don't count on his future widespread appeal outside of the Cuban community because, frankly, Cubans don't face the same immigration issues as other immigrants. Simply put, they have special immigration rights that the others don't have.
I've actually noticed that. Hispanics will be the demographic group to watch in the future. Both parties need to figure out a clear strategy to win their vote. A key to doing this is to not group all Hispanics together.
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