Monday, November 05, 2007
"Evita" does not go over in Prince William, VA
Re: Mark Krikorian's "Political Culture Clash" item in NRO's "The Corner" this AM.
A 2006 Pew Hispanic Center survey included the question: “Do you think the recent immigrant marches this spring had a positive effect on the way the American public thinks about illegal or undocumented immigrants, a negative effect or no effect? The overall result was 52 percent chose “positive,” 24 percent chose “negative” and 16 percent chose “no effect.”
However, foreign-born, first generation, Spanish dominant Hispanics were joyously reliving politics Latin American style, while native born, more assimilated Hispanics were generally unimpressed with demonstrations straight out of Evita (3:00 minute mark):
Among native-born Mexicans, for example, only 45% thought the marches had a positive effect on the way the rest of the American public thinks about illegal or undocumented immigrants, compared with 63% among foreign-born Mexicans.
Similarly, only 48% of third-generation Hispanics viewed the marches as a positive, compared with 60% among first generation Latinos.
Among those who were English dominant, 32% said the marches had a positive effect on the way Americans viewed undocumented immigrants, compared with 64% among those who were Spanish dominant.
One might add that a native born Hispanic is generally an American citizen who can vote in our elections. Perhaps elected officials conclude that marchers carrying protest signs written in Spanish may not even be in the United States on Election Day, let alone in a Prince William county voting booth?
|posted by Jim Boulet, Jr. on 6:05 PM|
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