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...confluence of factors, Huntington writes, makes contemporary Mexican immigration fundamentally different from past immigration. If allowed to continue at its current levels, and without improved assimilation, he argues, Mexican immigration threatens to create a “bilingual and bicultural” America with a massive ethnic bloc that does not “identify primarily with the United States...
...sure, Huntington’s thesis is not unassailable. He is, in my view, unduly pessimistic about the capacity of the melting pot to work for Mexican immigrants. There seems little historical or social-scientific merit to his contention that intrinsic “Mexican values” retard their assimilation. This argument is disturbingly reminiscent of the “Asian values” shibboleth that was used to justify authoritarian dictatorships in Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea. It’s obvious why Mexican-Americans would find it wholly offensive...
Huntington’s unfortunate “Mexican values” claim has heretofore obscured the more important question broached by his article. Namely: What are the cultural preconditions of American nationhood? As Huntington indicates, a seminal public debate of our time is the confrontation between traditional notions of Americanism and the dogmatic multiculturalism that exists in so many of our schools and public institutions...
...article is an extract from Who Are We?, a forthcoming book by Huntington that celebrates the importance of that Anglo-Protestant culture to American identity and attacks those who supposedly undermine it. The book is right to stress that the destiny of Mexican Americans is central to our future. But if you are going to claim that Mexican immigrants don't want to be Americans, your argument had better be watertight. Despite many statistics, Huntington doesn't make his case...
...Perry Ellis lines join a crowded field. While Latin designers, from Oscar de la Renta to Narciso Rodriguez, have already made their mark in haute couture, mass-marketed, Latin-targeted lines are a recent development. Mexican singer-actress Thalia's line, Thalia Sodi, sells at 335 of Kmart's 1,500 stores in the U.S.; by July, the clothes will be available in every store. In February, Kohl's department stores debuted a women's collection by Cuban-American Daisy Fuentes for the general market...