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- <title>
- Dec. 28, 1992: U.S. Hispanics Say, Call Us Americans
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Dec. 28, 1992 What Does Science Tell Us About God?
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 18
- SOCIETY
- U.S. Hispanics Say, Call Us "-Americans"
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- <p>They love their country and want to speak English, a survey
- shows
- </p>
- <p> 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 Political 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.
- </p>
- <p> 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.
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