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...many, el barrio provides the relatives, friends, food, and Spanish-language newspapers that can't be found elsewhere. Trillo considers this affinity for the barrio a natural tendency...
According to Manny Trillo, assistant director of tenant selection for the Cambridge Housing Authority, the number of Hispanics in Cambridge lies somewhere between two and ten thousand. "In my ten years in social service, the biggest problem has always been getting a count. These people are not registered to vote, not registered in schools...
...Manny Trillo says his work at the housing authority makes him believe Spanish-speaking people have no more problems with housing discrimination than any other low-income group, certainly not in public housing in Cambridge. If Hispanics have more trouble in the private housing market, it may be because of "a cultural stigma against what Hispanics do in their homes," says Trillo. "We are loud, we talk very loud, and that scares people. It's a cultural thing. When I'm with Anglo friends I'm very calm, talking like I just got out of college. But when...
...There are a lot of ethnic neighborhoods in this country; there's nothing wrong with that per se," says Trillo. "In public housing the question is, do you want to give a government subsidy to start a Spanish ghetto (in public housing)--with no bad connotations to the word? Black pressure groups will push for affirmative action in the smaller, more desirable housing projects, but Hispanics are not interested, Trillo says. In fact, the racial integration concept in public housing may be responsible for hostility between blacks and Hispanics...
...signed by A's Owner Charlie Finley with a much publicized $100,000 bonus ten years ago and traded to Chicago in 1971, is finally playing up to his early promise. The clubhouse jester and clean-up hitter was batting .337. Not far behind at .321 was Manny Trillo, a surprisingly effective second baseman acquired last winter in the trade for Williams...