Why do people assume Hispanic Americans aren’t learning English?

Sunday July 4, 2010 • 22 Comments 

When the statistics show that second and third generation families are speaking english, why is there so much backlash against spanish speakers in the unitied states?

1st generation immigrant families: 7.8% are english speaking households

2nd generation immigrant families (both parents foreign born) 73.4% are english speaking households

2nd generation immigrant families (one parent foreign born) 92.5% are english speaking households

3rd generation immigrant families 97.0% are english speaking households

Source: Rubén G. Rumbaut, “A Language Graveyard? Immigration, Generation, and Linguistic Acculturation in the United States” (2005).



Plazas Comunitarias & UVEA: Adult Basic Education in Spanish

Monday April 26, 2010 • 3 Comments 

This video takes a look at adult basic education for the Latino immigrant population in NYC. The Plazas Comunitarias network and one of its member groups UVEA are profiled.



Latino Politicians, Intellectuals and Community Leaders Abandoning California Farmworker Children

Tuesday April 13, 2010 • Leave a Comment 

imageLet’s imagine your parents are farmworkers and speak only Spanish. All you hear at home is Spanish. Your friend’s parents are farmworkers too so they all speak Spanish. And with your friends you speak Spanish. At church the padre or minister conducts the service in Spanish. You go to any store in ‘Mexicano’ downtown Watsonville or East Salinas and they all speak Spanish too. But as a parent you don’t worry about your kid speaking English.


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