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THE WEEK, Page 18SOCIETYU.S. Hispanics Say, Call Us "-Americans"
They love their country and want to speak English, a survey
shows
So many people, so little data. Although more than 22 million
Hispanics live in the U.S., experts say there's precious little
information on their political attitudes. Until now. The Latino
National Po litical Survey, funded by the Ford, Rockefeller,
Spencer and Tinker foundations, is the first comprehensive
study of the values of Americans of Mexican, Puerto Rican and
Cuban descent and is being praised by major Hispanic groups.
The survey, based on interviews with more than 2,800
Hispanics nationwide, found that most so-called Hispanics and
Latinos don't think of themselves in those terms. More than
two-thirds prefer national-origin labels such as Mexican
American. Debunking stereotypes, the survey found a high degree
of assimilation into the American mainstream among Latinos. A
large majority of those surveyed expressed strong love for the
U.S., and more than 90% said Hispanics should learn English.
Also, more than 65% feel that there are too many immigrants.
Rodolfo O. de la Garza of the University of Texas at Austin, the
survey's head researcher, says European immigrants developed the
same anti-newcomer sentiment. Ironically, it's an attitude as
American as apple pie.