AMERICA
Spanish is
accelerating
as the dominant
language in many
parts of the United
States. Some say
LOST MEANING So
many people in the
the melting pot
U.S. speak Spanish
that immigrants no
has gone cold. longer need English.
Anyone Here Speak English?
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By Clayton B. Reid the American mainstream,” Mark Krikorian, executive
director of the Center for Immigration Studies, tells
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HE GREAT MELTING POT IS NO LONGER MELTING. Newsmax. “While they wanted to maintain contact with
Decades of bilingual education, multilanguage their past lives, they took pride in speaking English and
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government forms, and massive immigration becoming part of American mainstream culture.
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from Spanish-speaking countries have made English “Today’s mass immigration is the least diverse
an afterthought in a record number of American immigration fl ow in American history, with the vast
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homes. majority of immigrants coming from a single eth-
According to the Census Bureau’s nic group — Spanish-speaking Latin
latest American Community
People Who Are
Americans.”
Survey, the number of people
Foreign Born
Spanish leads the foreign tongues
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in the United States who speak California . . . . . . . . . . 27.4% spoken in the United States by a long
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a language other than English New York . . . . . . . . . . 21.8% shot, with more than 12 percent now
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at home jumped from 14 per-
New Jersey . . . . . . . . . 19.9%
speaking it at home nationwide. In four ARD
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cent in 1990 to more than 20
Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.4%
states, Arizona, New Mexico, California,
percent last year.

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Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.9%
and Texas, many residents — 1 in 5
The trend has experts con-
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OGRAPH INC
Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.3%
— live in homes where Spanish is the
vinced that newcomers are no primary language.
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Krikorian Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.0%
longer interested in blending Between 10 percent and 20 percent of
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.6%
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into society. The price, they contend, Nevada, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Y OF FREED PHO
could be a dramatic and irreversible
Massachusetts. . . . . . 14.2%
Illinois, Colorado, and Rhode Island
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fracturing of American culture.
Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.8%
residents now prefer Spanish at home.
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“There was a time when immi-
United States . . . . . . . 12.6%
In the city of Los Angeles alone, 54
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grants assimilated more readily into
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau 2007
percent speak a language other than DOOR/ KRIK
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