Eric Kaufmann: belief

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…And you believe that, for the most part, American Latinos will assimilate into whiteness? I think, for the most part, they will. Maybe I’m partly an example of that, being a quarter Latino myself, but I do think that just the pull of the culture will tend to lead to this mixing, and that over time . . . Part of the thing is that there is a sort of white majority now, but as that group becomes more admixed, there won’t be such a clear monolithic white group to riff off. The mixed population will, therefore, be more inclined to identify with a kind of majoritarian aspect of their identity. So yeah, I think the direction of assimilation will be towards the majority. We already see it to some extent, where, I think, 60 percent of people who have at least one Mexican grandparent identify as white rather than Latino. So this is already occurring to some extent. I think it will occur more so as we move into the future. There are already fewer pupusa restaurants in northern Virginia. And they’re not as good as they used to be. [laughter] Some questions about Switzerland, which you’ve written about.…

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