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Mexican culture is nothing like American culture it is completely foreign unless you are a second or third generation Mexican Americans who are basically Americans.
I said US born Mexican-Americans. Nothing is really "foreign" about them.
Texas, especially San Antonio, Corpus Christi, El Paso and RGV even Austin, Houston, Dallas have large Hispanic populations. Houston for example has more Hispanic people than any other race as of 2017. Dallas and Austin are the only major metros in Texas that aren't at least plurality Hispanic (Major meaning 500,000 people).
Texas, especially San Antonio, Corpus Christi, El Paso and RGV even Austin, Houston, Dallas have large Hispanic populations. Houston for example has more Hispanic people than any other race as of 2017. Dallas and Austin are the only major metros in Texas that aren't at least plurality Hispanic (Major meaning 500,000 people).
. Especially California with its large Mexican population. I don't truly consider Texas a fully southern state but its Mexican population especially the Tejanos is more Americanized culturally (with the exception of the Rio Grande Valley) and assimilated while California's Mexicans are more recently arrived and follow more traditional Mexican culture.
28.8% of California households speak Spanish, 29.5% of Texas households speak Spanish. Is that part of the assimilation process or not anymore?
Most of the Mexican-Americans I met in Texas have fully assimilated into the Texas/southern culture, with a Mexican flair of course. California seems a bit more segregated, especially with that "la raza" BS.
28.8% of California households speak Spanish, 29.5% of Texas households speak Spanish. Is that part of the assimilation process or not anymore?
When I was in Texas, I saw a lot of Hispanics who spoke American English with a perfect American accent or a Texas accent in fact, and many who did traditionally American/Texan things like wear cowboy hats and drive pickup trucks.
Almost every Mexican I met in California had a thick accent, most of them didn't speak English and most spoke Spanish only. Its hard to come across any Mexican in LA for example who spoke in an American English without at least a slight Mexican accent. Granted I was in the DFW area and Amarillo. Texas's stats are skewed by the Rio Grande Valley which contains many unassimilated immigrants because they're in the majority and have no incentive to learn English or adopt American culture.
When I was in Texas, I saw a lot of Hispanics who spoke American English with a perfect American accent or a Texas accent in fact, and many who did traditionally American/Texan things like wear cowboy hats and drive pickup trucks.
Almost every Mexican I met in California had a thick accent, most of them didn't speak English and most spoke Spanish only. Its hard to come across any Mexican in LA for example who spoke in an American English without at least a slight Mexican accent. Granted I was in the DFW area and Amarillo. Texas's stats are skewed by the Rio Grande Valley which contains many unassimilated immigrants because they're in the majority and have no incentive to learn English or adopt American culture.
There is a rich Mexican history of vaqueros and Tucson's rodeo parade is full of Mexican-Americans. What is often viewed as western culture was hugely influenced by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans.
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