The power of a party: The American (Anglo) Quinceañera

By The Econoimist

The teenagers of San Antonio give a foretaste of America’s Hispanic future

THE ghosts of Texas past, present and future will swirl around Madison Metroka, a teenager from the city of San Antonio, when she celebrates her birthday next year. Though from an Anglo family, as Texans call white English-speakers, she wants a flamboyantly Hispanic celebration of her fifteenth birthday, or a quinceañera—just like the ones thrown by her Latina schoolmates. The Hispanic coming-of-age tradition strongly appeals to Madison, says her mother Becky Curtiss, now deep into online research. Already, Madison is to be found modelling a sequin-encrusted gold ballgown at a Quinceañera Expo on a recent Sunday in San Antonio. Her family keeps fond watch, amid crowds of wide-eyed Hispanic girls, anxious parents and bored brothers.

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[Photo by Wonderlane]

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