Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Hispanics Opt for English, First
"Children of Hispanic Immigrants Continue to Favor English" announces the New York Times: "The report found that 72 percent of Hispanic children who were third-generation or later spoke English exclusively."
Worth noting is that this assimilation still took place despite the best efforts of the bilingual education lobby and their allies at The National Council of La Raza and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Also worth noting is that an audit of the Spanish-language newspaper, Hoy, which claimed to be America's fastest growing Hispanic daily, found that "average weekday single-copy sales had been overstated by more than 28,000 copies, or about 62 percent."
It is in this context that Richard Nadler's NRO column on the Hispanic vote needs to be reviewed. People like to be asked for their vote and politicians should feel free do so in Spanish-language media if they wish. But most Hispanic voters, especially Republican-leaning Hispanic voters, aren't watching Univision or reading Hoy. Ads discussing GOP views on gay marriage or a strong national defense, in English, are likely to have a much better bang for their buck among both Hispanics and Anglos.
|posted by Jim on 4:55 PM|
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