Word: hispanicized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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For 325 of its 350 years, Cambridge did not have an Hispanic population. And for about 337 years, it didn't have an appreciable Hispanic minority.
A small number of immigrants from Puerto Rico arrived in 1957, but for a decade, few compatriots joined them. Now, however, about 60 per cent of the Hispanic population in Cambridge is Puerto Rican; Dominicans make up the second largest group. The great majority of these immigrants came to Cambridge...
But whatever their motives for coming, they share the problems of most immigrants: finding housing and jobs or vocational and linguistic training. They often cannot speak English--and everywhere these immigrants turn, their language is a roadblock. Cambridge has a bilingual department and bilingual training in its scholls, but it...
Finding housing is especially critical in Cambridge. Many Hispanics have to compete with the city's student population for appartments--and most can only dream of owning a condominium or a house. Statistics from the Concilio Hispano de Cambridge, a social service organization for Hispanic residents, show that 16 per...
Twice the President broke into Spanish, and he emphasized that he had appointed four times the number of Hispanic federal judges there were when he came into office. Carter's most valuable asset in Texas may be the promised appearances by Ted Kennedy, a hero in the Mexican-American...