It seems like Hispanics are the invisible majority in Los Angeles (Compton: home, taxes)

[elhelmete]

Originally Posted by NyWriterdude

They aren't invisible to anyone whose ever been to LA. Antonio Villaraigosa was a two term mayor of Los Angeles, and he's Hispanic.

Exactly. Anyone who actually lives/works in LA would know that Mexican/Hispanic culture is by no means whatsoever under-represented. I mean really!

Anyone who gets their impression of LA from watching TV shows and reading US Weekly would have no idea.

[True Freedom]

Originally Posted by NyWriterdude

They aren't invisible to anyone whose ever been to LA. Antonio Villaraigosa was a two term mayor of Los Angeles, and he's Hispanic.

Originally Posted by elhelmete

Exactly. Anyone who actually lives/works in LA would know that Mexican/Hispanic culture is by no means whatsoever under-represented. I mean really!

Anyone who gets their impression of LA from watching TV shows and reading US Weekly would have no idea.

+1 on both of these. When I_love_autumn reiterated the title of this thread, it reminded me of how ridiculous it all is. Like these two posts above, anyone who lives (or even visited) LA, would not assert that Hispanics are an invisible majority. There is a plethora of evidence of Hispanic culture and people here. You can't miss it.

[yby1]

I don't think that Hispanic/Latino culture is underrepresented, but I do think that the culture is grossly stereotyped.

[hipcat]

Originally Posted by True Freedom

+1 on both of these. When I_love_autumn reiterated the title of this thread, it reminded me of how ridiculous it all is. Like these two posts above, anyone who lives (or even visited) LA, would not assert that Hispanics are an invisible majority. There is a plethora of evidence of Hispanic culture and people here. You can't miss it.

But the general stereotype about Los Angeles is about the "Beautiful Blondes", the "Glamourous Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous", and the "Celebrity Culture" that's only found in one small part of the city. Even the South Central/Compton Black Gang stereotype is known outside of Los Angeles. But Los Angeles isn't thought of of a majority Hispanic city and it surprises most people when they move to this area.

[CamaroGuy]

Originally Posted by NyWriterdude

They aren't invisible to anyone whose ever been to LA. Antonio Villaraigosa was a two term mayor of Los Angeles, and he's Hispanic.

They sure are not invisible on May 5th.

[NyWriterdude]

Originally Posted by hipcat

But the general stereotype about Los Angeles is about the "Beautiful Blondes", the "Glamourous Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous", and the "Celebrity Culture" that's only found in one small part of the city. Even the South Central/Compton Black Gang stereotype is known outside of Los Angeles. But Los Angeles isn't thought of of a majority Hispanic city and it surprises most people when they move to this area.

That's based on 80s stereotypes. It's the 21st century now.

Any major city in the US has a large Hispanic population. So if a person has been to any major US city they should expect LA to have a decent Hispanic population, if not the majority.

The only way you could not know LA has a substantial Hispanic population is if you were from the sticks in Montana and all you knew about every big city in the country came from dated tv shows. And as noted, anyone who has been there knows LA has a Hispanic majority.

[jm1982]

I know people can be really ignorant about stuff...but ...one would have to be really really ignorant to not do the very very small amount of research needed to look up demographics of a city before moving.

It takes maybe 2 minutes? ...if you are a slow typer?

Even in Montana people have the internet. Or *gasp* BOOKS with demographics info in them.

If these people move here not knowing that...then I can't imagine what else they don't know about L.A or the world in general.

Kind of scary...

[elhelmete]

Originally Posted by NyWriterdude

That's based on 80s stereotypes. It's the 21st century now.

Any major city in the US has a large Hispanic population. So if a person has been to any major US city they should expect LA to have a decent Hispanic population, if not the majority.

The only way you could not know LA has a substantial Hispanic population is if you were from the sticks in Montana and all you knew about every big city in the country came from dated tv shows. And as noted, anyone who has been there knows LA has a Hispanic majority.

Wait, if I vacation in Alabama I can't hang out with the Duke boys?!?

[jm1982]

Not sure..but you prob won't run into too many Hispanics there either!
Demographics of Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[NyWriterdude]

Originally Posted by jm1982

Not sure..but you prob won't run into too many Hispanics there either!
Demographics of Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The demographics are correct. Of course, 40 years ago you wouldn't have run into any Hispanics in that part of the South. If a place like Alabama can grow from 0% Hispanics to over 2 percent, it shows demographic change is effecting the deep South, just at a slower rate than places like California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, or Georgia. But the changes are occuring (just at a slower rate).