I certainly understand and share your concern about "blanket rcist attitudes"
But I am not sure there is anything we can really do about it, what would happen if I, a blue eyed blonde American, went down to Mexico City and raped a nine year old girl?
The reaction there would be EXACTLY the same.
Those who chose to come here, should do so legally. And one does not "assimilate" by speaking only spanish. Personally, I'm a bit offended that they have Cinco del Mayo celebrations all over, but if you try to do something for Christmas, you get slapped silly by the courts or some town council, whatever.
And the ones who should be screaming the absolute loudest are folks like yourself, who stand to be tarnished, fair or not, by these inhuman acts.
I'm screaming as loudly as most on here are. What else do you want me to do, get a tattoo on my forehead? And, don't tell me to "gather up with other Hispanics". Mainstream, conservative Hispanics don't join "hispanic" organizations. We shouldn't have to, because we thought we were thoroughly assimilated and that we wouldn't have to be defined by an issue like this but could take on the same issues as other Americans such as ending abortion or widget tariffs if we've "assimilated" ourselves into the widget industry. I'm not the one who opened the borders, and frankly, I DON'T IDENTIFY MYSELF WITH THESE ILLEGALS it's others who do.
Other immigrant groups didn't learn english necessarily. I lived in a Polish/Puerto Rican neighborhood for some time. About 25% of the bar signs were in polish, 75% in spanish (reflecting the general enthic percentages). Not all of the people from the Old World learned english - some of them still don't know it.
The younger generations that are born here are mixing english and spanish, and I believe that the following generation, the youth will be very americanized.
It's because we are in the middle of a specific ethnic group migration that you see all ages still speaking spanish.