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Texas' growing Latino population underscores need to focus on education
TomSea:
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By Mercedes Oliviera
Once again, Texas legislators were reminded this week of the need to educate the state's fastest-growing population — Latinos.
Speaking to the state House Committee on County Affairs, former state demographer Steve Murdock pointed out the demographic shift that continues to take shape in Texas.
The 2010 census showed that the state's population was less than 50 percent non-Hispanic white, and this population is growing relatively slowly. But ethnic populations — especially Hispanics — continue to grow rapidly.
Continued: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-column/2017/02/24/texas-growing-latino-population-underscores-need-focus-education
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Elderberry:
The census numbers also includes illegal aliens.
"If we want Texas to be greater, we have to raise the income and the education that goes with that for our minority populations," Murdock told the committee.
No. we need to deport the illegal aliens and their "Birthright Citizenship" children.
IsailedawayfromFR:
The first thing I would do is educate them to speak English.
thackney:
--- Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on March 09, 2017, 11:21:56 am ---The first thing I would do is educate them to speak English.
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Having the ability to speak Spanish (map) is not an indicator of inability to speak English. I do agree all government type communication needs to be in English.
IsailedawayfromFR:
--- Quote from: thackney on March 09, 2017, 11:44:47 am ---Having the ability to speak Spanish (map) is not an indicator of inability to speak English. I do agree all government type communication needs to be in English.
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That map indicates the % of Spanish Speakers in the home.
I never said they could not speak English. I said they need education in order to speak it. If the household does not typically speak it, chances are they need more education to speak it properly.
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