Word: ethnics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...advocates, the learning experiences of Jackie Gutierrez and Ivan Quintanilla are what the bilingual programs are all about: easing the transition to English or holding on to one's ethnic heritage, or both. "It is very important to us that kids take pride in their own culture," says Ligaya Avenida, director of bilingual programs for the San Francisco unified school district, where some 44 languages are spoken. "In the process of acquiring English you have to develop their cognitive abilities without losing their self-image...
...that Hispanic Americans by the year 2000 will total 30 million to 35 million, or 11% to 12% of all U.S. residents, vs. 6.4% in 1980. If so, they would constitute the largest American minority, outnumbering blacks and, indeed, people of English, Irish, German, Italian or any other single ethnic background...
Social assimilation may lag behind political participation, since it is easier to vote than face possible backlash by moving into an Anglo neighborhood. Moreover, Hispanics can remain in ethnic enclaves even as they move up economically. The bigger communities in fact have begun to spawn middle-class suburbs. Sweetwater, Fla., in Dade County, is a city of solid ranch-style homes with red tiled roofs and, frequently, Buicks and Cadillacs * parked in the driveways; it is populated primarily by Hispanics...
...lure of the New World. The influx, which the Government began to record in 1820, roughly follows the ups and downs of the U.S. economy, although improvements in transportation also fueled the urge to move. Overwhelmingly Northern and Western European at the beginning of the 19th century, the ethnic mix has become steadily more varied, a trend that is accelerating today...
...matter what the language, most papers offer a similar menu of reports from the mother country, national news with an ethnic angle, local cultural calendars and profiles about immigrants, including sports heroes, who made the American dream come true. "One thing we are is pro-Hispanic," says Ezequiel Montes, general manager of El Heraldo, a scrappy Chicago weekly. "Anything good from our community, we go after...