The "new" trend in Latino demographics in the U.S.
■"For Younger Latinos, a Shift to Smaller Families," by Mireya Navarro, New York Times, 5 December 2004, p. A1.
An "new" trend! Younger Latino families in the U.S., as they achieve financial success and urbanize, tend to have much smaller families!
Can you believe it?
I thought all those brown Catholics bred like rabbits or something! Isn't that what old Sam Huntington is so scared about? All those papists running the place?
Alas, it seems that Latinos are no different than anyone else. As they succeed in America, the girls stay in school longer, go to work earlier and delay marriage and kids longer. That's why we're such a dynamic economic power: everyone works here.
And all that work does mean less play—and less babies.
Doesn't matter your skin tone nor your religion. In the end, you all succumb to the realities of the American dream, which is why the dream stays alive.