Why have Florida Hispanics maintained their traditions much more than California and Texas Hispanics

[Tooting Carmen]

In other words, how come Cubans in Florida have maintained the Spanish language and their cultural traditions much more than have Mexicans and Central Americans in California and Texas? This is especially surprising and ironic when you consider that, being wealthier and more successful on the whole, you'd expect the former to be thus more assimilated into mainstream Anglo-American culture, not less.

[Thot Whisperer]

White Cubans are mostly of Spanish descant so they tend to be more proud their spanish ancestry rather than Mexicans and Central Americans(the one who immigrate here are heavily indo mestizo) who are mostly of indigenous descant.

[Oneeye]

This is news to me.

[KMack]

This is news to me.

Yeah same here. I think it might be the opposite.

[Tooting Carmen]

To give you an example: several schools in Miami offer bilingual education, whereas California has explicitly banned it.

[KMack]

To give you an example: several schools in Miami offer bilingual education, whereas California has explicitly banned it.

Cali repealed that, and guessing the reason for English only was to get all of the immigrants and illegals speaking English. Miami Dade schools probably offer lots of foreign languages. Cuban Americans probably maintain some of food and music culture but they seem to be proud Americans.

[Tooting Carmen]

Cali repealed that, and guessing the reason for English only was to get all of the immigrants and illegals speaking English. Miami Dade schools probably offer lots of foreign languages. Cuban Americans probably maintain some of food and music culture but they seem to be proud Americans.

When did Cali repeal it? As for Miami, it is true that, depending on the school and area, they offer bilingual education not just with Spanish but also French, German, Mandarin and Haitian Creole. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami#Public_schools

That said, the above Wiki page also states that 70% of people in Miami speak only Spanish at home. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami#Languages

[KMack]

When did Cali repeal it? As for Miami, it is true that, depending on the school and area, they offer bilingual education not just with Spanish but also French, German, Mandarin and Haitian Creole. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami#Public_schools

That said, the above Wiki page also states that 70% of people in Miami speak only Spanish at home. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami#Languages

Voters in California officially ended the era of English-only instruction in public schools and lifted restrictions on bilingual education that had been in place for 18 years. Proposition 58 passed by a 73-27 percent margin. What happens next though, could get complicated.
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016...ornia-now-what

My guess is that all instruction in Miami Dade is English and Spanish is an elective course. It seems the repeal in Cali could allow for classes to be taught in Spanish. There is nothing wrong with speaking Spanish in the home as many Cubans came to the USA as adults and did not have schooling in English.

[RMuller]

In other words, how come Cubans in Florida have maintained the Spanish language and their cultural traditions much more than have Mexicans and Central Americans in California and Texas? This is especially surprising and ironic when you consider that, being wealthier and more successful on the whole, you'd expect the former to be thus more assimilated into mainstream Anglo-American culture, not less.

Most Central Americans only speak Spanish and have not assimilated at all.

[RMuller]

White Cubans are mostly of Spanish descant so they tend to be more proud their spanish ancestry rather than Mexicans and Central Americans(the one who immigrate here are heavily indo mestizo) who are mostly of indigenous descant.

Most Central Americans are Indio-mestizos. Mexican-Americans are around 55-60% Euro.