Victor Landa: Moms changing stereotypes and, thus, social landscape

What do we make of this? That some myths and definitions about the Hispanic community in the U.S. are not holding up, and that assumptions about the future of immigration from Mexico should be reconsidered.

The most prevalent myth holds that the growth of the Latino community in the United States is driven by immigration. That’s partially true. The new, complete truth is that U.S. Latino population growth is now mostly homegrown, red-blooded, apple pie (or empanada de camote) American.”*

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