[jacooper]

You are kidding yourself if you think thats an actual possibility. You think their children, who study at U.S. schools, and live their entire lives in the U.S. will still treat Spanish as their mother tongue?

[paul_grisham]

Why not? Hispanics have La Raza, they have a concept of racial unity Americans do not.

[smoldesu]

America has had "the Melting Pot" for at least two centuries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting_pot

[paul_grisham]

Whites are naive thinking about melting pots and letting go of their identity while other groups do not.

[jacooper]

Ah yes, as if Spanish and german americans haven't been influenced or changed by U.S. culture at all.

Ask anyone who was born in the U.S. with an immigrant background if they feel at home in their parents country, chances are they will say no and they will feel like a foreigner there.

[smoldesu]

I'll take your word for it. My Hispanic partner disagrees, but what does he know?