Red, white and blue… and assimilated?

On May 30 the BBC reported: “The Latinization of California is nothing short of a revolution. California will become a predominately Spanish-speaking state within the next few years. And as the majority population, there is really no need, or incentive, for them to assimilate into mainstream American society as their predecessors have always done. Whether Latinos decide to push for greater autonomy, to seek a political agenda of their own with closer ties to Mexico and Central America is very much up for grabs.”

Blunt speech from the foreign press. But is it still true, as columnist Charles Krauthammer recently claimed (BDN; June 17), “America’s genius has always been assimilation … taking immigrants and turning them into Americans.”?

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