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Shouldn't we really be asking which group is most like the Native Americans?
Since all Native Americans have learned English long ago and have assimilated into American culture, I don't think those newcomers that haven't can be compared with them.
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Seems to me that Cubans are more in tune with 'traditional' American virtues than other Hispanics. There seems to me more of a focus on education and achievement, as opposed to Mexcians or Puerto Ricans for example. I've found that Cubans will focus on long term achievement for their kids, where as Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in America see their kids more as a family contributor who can supplement household income as they reach teen years. Are the Cubans at the top of the Hispanic pecking order?
'Traditional' American virtues are about much more than simply who is the most aggressive and achievement-oriented. In fact seems to me that anyone who would even consider some sort of "Hispanic pecking order", is pretty "un-American" to begin with!
Since all Native Americans have learned English long ago and have assimilated into American culture, I don't think those newcomers that haven't can be compared with them.
Well -- maybe in some ways some haven't assimilated -- but no way can you compare them with someone who has recently arrived from some foreign country.
Depends. Towns where the hispanic population is low, they assimilate quickly into society.
But thats usually not the case.
I think like Puerto Ricans and Cubans have assimilated much better into American society than Mexicans though.
They just take over towns and they become so overly hispanic they don't even bother to learn english anymore. Than well, these towns turn into dumps.
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