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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon
Not true, Mr. Borg-man.
One of the ways he exaggerates his claims is by using raw numbers (one million, etc.) instead of per capita numbers. Even per capita, we're at the highest point since the forties, but it's not unprecedented, and not near as dramatic as the raw numbers would have you believe.
I was at an immigrant family's birthday party Friday. Not a single one of the adults spoke English. At all. But all of the kids interacted in English, even though they're clearly from Spanish-speaking homes and could just as easily conduct their playtime in Spanish. I think the argument that there's no assimilation is exaggerated.
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the second generation practically all speak English. For LDS if you don't believe that go visit a Spanish ward sometime. My stake has a Spanish branch where the primary and young mens/young womens combine with one of the English wards. Their sacrament and adult meetings are in Spanish.