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MICKEY KAUS: ?Only 33% of *U.S. born* (second-generation) Latino immigrant kids identify themselves?

By Glenn Reynolds

MICKEY KAUS: “Only 33% of *U.S. born* (second-generation) Latino immigrant kids identify themselves first by the term ‘American.’ Most prefer either their country of origin (41%) or the term ‘Latino’ or ‘Hispanic.’ This is supposed to prove Lou Dobbs wrong?”

In previous waves of immigration, we got assimilation because teachers, politicians, media, etc. believed in it, and thought America as it was an indisputably good thing, and thus acted accordingly. This time, they feel differently, and act differently, and so we get different results.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on December 15, 2009 (boomark / email).