Are Latinos a threat to the U.S.?

Carolyn Hileman - The Voice* | July 27, 2008

Growing up in Orange and Los Angeles Counties, Leo Chavez never felt less than fully American… But over the past few decades, Chavez, a 57-year-old anthropology professor at UC Irvine, has watched with alarm as portrayal of Latinos has pervaded popular culture and seeped into political discourse… When I grew up Latino immigrants were only about 15 percent of the population. It’s been a major transformation in my lifetime. When I grew up, most Latinos pretty much were speaking English. Orange County — [when I was in college] probably 80 percent of Santa Ana was Anglo. Now it’s 80 percent Latino.

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