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In today's NEW York ( 7/24/ 2013) there was a news article that said:
MORE LATINOS CONSUME NEWS IN ENGLISH, REPORT FINDS. By Tanzina Vega.
"An increasing number of Latinos are getting their news in English according to a report released by the Pew Hispanic Center".
"82% of Latino adults surveyed said they followed the news in English, up from 78% in 2006".
In other words that shtick about conserving Spanish for generations in the U.S. is a myth. From the second generation on Latino kids, like Nuyoricans before them, prefer to communicate in English only. This has been the trajectory of all immigrant groups. On the Mainland we've become Puerto Rican-Americans, much like Italian-Americans, Polish Americans and Afro Americans. These groups continue eating their ethnic food but eventually ask for their tacos and rice and beans in English.
On the island it's another story, People read and hear the news in Spanish and function totally in Spanish despite many knowing English. English language news papers are bought by a group of people, however this group might be so small that the San Juan Star had to fold because no one bought the paper out side San Juan. It has sinced surfaced but with a much smaller circulation than before.
First generation Cuban immigrants are bilingual l to some extent. English is rapidly taking over the grand kids , like what happened to Puerto Ricans. Puerto Ricans came to NY as the manufacturing economy was collapsing and being shipped to the Far East. They were caught in the ghettos and found it hard to find non-skilled jobs, thus many fell into dependency. Some Puerto Ricans, specially those colonized by African American culture do speak Ebonics, others Spanglish. Nonetheless most speak English lke poor uneducated folks do, whether they're White folks or Black.
English is gaining rapidly among the young Cubans, in fact to many its already their only language.
In today's NEW York ( 7/24/ 2013) there was a news article that said:
MORE LATINOS CONSUME NEWS IN ENGLISH, REPORT FINDS. By Tanzina Vega.
"An increasing number of Latinos are getting their news in English according to a report released by the Pew Hispanic Center".
"82% of Latino adults surveyed said they followed the news in English, up from 78% in 2006".
In other words that shtick about conserving Spanish for generations in the U.S. is a myth. From the second generation on Latino kids, like Nuyoricans before them, prefer to communicate in English only. This has been the trajectory of all immigrant groups. On the Mainland we've become Puerto Rican-Americans, much like Italian-Americans, Polish Americans and Afro Americans. These groups continue eating their ethnic food but eventually ask for their tacos and rice and beans in English.
On the island it's another story, People read and hear the news in Spanish and function totally in Spanish despite many knowing English. English language news papers are bought by a group of people, however this group might be so small that the San Juan Star had to fold because no one bought the paper out side San Juan. It has sinced surfaced but with a much smaller circulation than before.
Caribbean Business is the main English language newspaper in Puerto Rico nowadays.
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