DavidEduardo said:
Geem that does not explain the Lexus campaign on Spanish langauge radio... to give but one example of the $1 trillion dollar US Hispanic market.
Although they
DO serve a segment of the population here in DFW,
not everyone is freakin' Mexican. [/quote]
But 25% of the Metroplex population is.
[/quote]Plus, we tend to speak
ENGLISH
here north of the Rio Grande, and the Border Patrol fence. [/quote]
It may come as a surprise to an American, but an awful lot of the world speaks more than one language. The fact is that most Hispanics in the market also speak some or a lot of English, but the music and entertainment preferences of people are formed in adolesence and that is why Spanish language radio is so prefered by even the English dominant Hispanics.
[/quote]I swear
sometimes I think I'm in Guadalajara when I scan through the AM/FM
dial. Pretty pathetic when most of the stations across our dial are
NON-ENGLISH speaking. [/quote]
Actually only a small number are in Spanish, but who is paying attention to facts?[/quote]
I think some of the anti-Spanish sentiment we see in threads like these comes from the failure of many newly arrived Mexicans to make any efforts toward assimilation into American culture. It seems many want, if not demand, that we instead change our language and culture to accomodate them.
I'm basically a mutt, as many Americans are, but I do have significant French and Native American heritage. At some point along the way, my ancestors made the decision to abandon their old languages and ways and integrate fully with American culture. I'm thankful that they did.
I know you're a cheerleader for these formats and thats cool, just feel like they've hijacked decent stations on commercial radio because its easier to turn a profit...
