According to National Council of La Raza there are about 120,000 hispanics rebuilding the city. thats about 38% of the population.
And it doesnt look like it will slow down, the New Orleans hospitals are being overwhelmed with babies. and 85% of them are hispanic.
I think this is a sight of things to come. Hispanics are expected to be the largest ethnicity in America by 2020.
Me personally i think this is a good opportunity to make a city predominantly hispanic. It would provide a place for people to go and assimilate into American society.
What do you think?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_orleans#Demographics
2007-02-21 08:13:13 · 5 answers · asked by Indio 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Interesting.
Since there's now no clear ethnic majority here in California, it's only a sign of things to come.
But, what of learning English?
2007-02-21 08:19:38 · answer #1 · answered by MoltarRocks 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm Hispanic and I grew up in New Orleans, and it depresses the hell out of me.
New Orleans was a melting pot of many cultures and personalities and I'm afraid that with the influx of cheap labor, predominantly Hispanic the original culture of the city will evaporate.
If I wanted to see San Antonio, or El Paso I would have just moved there. New Orleans was unique and I fear that it will lose some of that...
2007-02-21 08:50:22 · answer #2 · answered by Rick 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will certainly be an improvement from the days when New Orleans was awash with the catered to underclass that infested it's housing projects. Thank God for Katrina
2007-02-21 08:18:11 · answer #3 · answered by espreses@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
A city made up of illegals....great! hopefully al qaeda will bomb it.
2007-02-21 08:18:42 · answer #4 · answered by ekim b 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋
i think it already has.
2007-02-21 08:29:53 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋