Hispanics live in a divided world — “coconuts” — brown on the outside and white on the inside. From: voices.kansascity.com
Tagged: assimilation, Kansas City, MissouriPosted on: June 26th, 2008
It is one of a Hispanic community that is divided between well-established Latino families living here since the turn of the last century and thousands of newcomers.
To assimilate into mainstream America, Bustamante’s parents and others like them never taught their children Spanish. She didn’t insist that her sons learn it either.
But that has created problems. Newcomers tell them they’re not “true Mexicans” because they don’t speak Spanish. “*
Curation from Tomás
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