US officials must now say “illegal aliens,” not “undocumented immigrants”
US officials must now say “illegal aliens,” not “undocumented immigrants”
The US Department of Justice wants US attorneys offices to stop referring to undocumented immigrants, the term that media and immigrant advocates have increasingly used to refer to people who […]
The Making of a Mexican-American Dream
*There are two pieces that I believe you should read today. I’ll be posting both of them and I’ll start with this one. It’s a 30 minute read, but it’s […]
What do we mean when we talk about assimilation?
*Let’s clear a misunderstanding. How do you assimilate into a nation of immigrants, whose culture is constantly changing, whose history of immigration and assimilation is more myth than reality? This […]
Does Decline in Spanish Fluency in Hispanic Households Signal a Cultural Loss or Growing Inclusion in American Society?
*Good question. We’ll be talking about this for years to come – the lamentable decline of Spanish and our place in mainstream America. But the question also provides a third […]
Is ‘Spanglish’ Proof that English has Diluted Spanish?
By Nicole Akoukou Thompson, Latin Post “Spanglish” has been called English’s assault on the Spanish language; an implementation of English in routine speech or writing of Spanish-speakers that leads to the invention of words […]
Latino Immigrants Assimilating As Fast As Earlier Groups
By Dylan Matthews, The Washington Post Wonkblog In 2007, the political scientists Jack Citrin, Amy Lerman, Michael Murakami and Kathryn Pearson decided to test Huntington’s theory against the available evidence about Latino assimilation. They found […]
6% Of Latinos In The U.S. Don’t Identify As “Latino”
There is a reason that government and marketers in the United States want to dump all persons of Latin American ancestry into one big “Hispanic” pail. It’s the same reason […]
A Coconut’s Guide To Getting Or Keeping Street Cred
There are many subtle categories on the Latino continuum, and we here at The Daily Refried offices recognize that El Guapo is the face, voice, and mind of all shades […]
