I went to University of Chicago and worked in the computer field so, while I know a great many people who came from many different cultures, I’m trying very hard but not remembering anyone I’ve met who originated in Mexico. The closest is that my niece married a gentleman from Columbia. He’s been here for almost 40 years, and I still can only understand a fraction of his speech as his accent is so very broad.
My only knowledge of Mexican families is ancient - Oscar Lewis’s “Five Families.” I suppose I generalize that and expand it with the observation that most of our young culture is coarsening, but one hopes that the normal mellowing of the young into the mature softens those edges. I do see the screaming and extremeism in newscasts. And I remember the horrible movements of the 60’s that I looked upon agape as a young Republican. On the other hand, my generation IS the one that screwed everything up, so maybe you have something there that this extremism in the young “Dreamers” isn’t going to mellow as well as I hope it will.
My nature is optimistic, so it’s very difficult to get my head around such a pessimistic view of the future.
“He’s been here for almost 40 years, and I still can only understand a fraction of his speech as his accent is so very broad.”
This is the kind of immigrant we want? I used to be mistaken for Japanese over the phone, and I was only there 20 years.