[Caipirabob]

Blacks have to realize that there is a new kid on the block that already outnumbers them and have no “white guilt”. Hispanics are driving them out of the workforce, political office/patronage jobs, their old neighborhoods, and even the drug trade.

The majority of Latinos/Hipanics acclimated to our culture. There's the difference.

[ek_hornbeck]

The majority of Latinos/Hipanics acclimated to our culture. There's the difference.

If you're talking about Cubans, or immigrants from the middle or upper classes of South America, then yes, most have assimilated into American society.

If you're talking about Mexicans in our border region barrios and colonias, they absolutely have not.

[kearnyirish2]

“The majority of Latinos/Hipanics acclimated to our culture. There’s the difference.”

I don’t know; I’d grant that they are “more assimilated”, but people who live near large concentrations might beg to differ.