Word: mexican-american
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...predominantly Mexican-American neighborhood, Elena’s family gently eased into American life. In October, a few weeks after she had crossed over herself...
...political discourse is a bit different. Samuel Huntington had his book that said that basically there was a fifth column of people trying to take back portions of Mexico that were lost. But the reality is different. There is assimilation. The 2000 Census showed that 71% of third-generation Mexican-American immigrants speak only English. And yet even mainstream media tend to make the mistake of equating Latino with Spanish speaking. One of our columnists, Gregory Rodriguez, likes to make the point that nobody would ever think of scolding Rudy Giuliani for not speaking fluent Italian, but everyone seems surprised...
...Laura Castro de Cortes doesn't deny that her ethnicity and background-she is a Mexican-American who was born in the U.S. but raised in a Mexican border town-helped her to segue from years of working in nonprofits and education to a career as a consultant on Latino marketing...
Rincon is a Mexican-American student from Century High, an inner-city school in the predominantly low-income city of Santa Ana, Calif. The first person from Century to come to Harvard, she is precisely the kind of student that the University has been targeting under the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI)—a flagship program that could drastically alter the socioeconomic makeup of the undergraduate population...
...also granted the Angels the dubious distinction of being the only major pro-sports franchise identified by two cities. Yet tonight awestruck fans greet him like a savior. A man in a WE ARE NOT LA Angels T shirt praises him. "It means so much to have a Mexican-American owner," a Hispanic fan tells Moreno, the first Latino team owner in major U.S. sports. "As long as we win," says another, "I don't care if you call them the Schenectady Mud Hens...