Opposition to Univision sale

[gr8oldies]

This was discussed earlier in this thread. It's in the sales agreement that Univision will continue to program the stations.

Which is why the protests about programming changes are premature.

OK, thanks, I missed it or didn't comprehend it.

 

[davideduardo]

Most of the immigrants I've met are first generation, and many own or operate their own businesses. A lot of them come here to go to college, and then stay. Some of the immigrants out in the real world are college educated, but probably most aren't. The Hispanics I've met are Salvadorans and Mexicans, mainly, and they're first generation and know adequate English to hold a conversation.

Again, those who speak no Spanish and don't spend time in HDHAs are more than likely to know people who fit your description.
The fact is that Mexican first generation adult immigrants arrived with an average of 6th grade educations for men and and below that for women. That is data provided by a study done by the Mexican consular service to determine how to best serve those with Mexican nationality and citizenship (Mexico defines those conditions separately) and was last updated prior to the most recent presidential election.

Their English is better than my Spanish, and I took the language for four years, but have mainly a reading knowledge only (not enough chances to actually use it). I can speak it with a reasonably good accent, but still have trouble speaking it 'on my feet'.

It took me well over a year upon moving to LA from Puerto Rico to be able to converse adequately with listeners at remotes. The vocabulary, accent and cadence is so very different it is sort of like someone from Maine trying to converse in Jamaica. So there are quite a few varieties of Spanish that are as different as this comparison of English.

It may be different with immigrants in Seattle than other areas of the US where there are larger Hispanic neighborhoods and immigrant enclaves. Here in Seattle there really aren't any ethnic neighborhoods anymore. Most immigrants are in South King County and the area is mixed, ethnically. Maybe that makes a difference.

It definitely does. You can see the effects of the ghetto culture with Poles in Cleveland and Chicago or the Portuguese around Fall River, MA. A concentrated neighborhood perpetuates birth language dependence and gives cultural reinforcement.

In Eastern Washington it's probably more like you are describing, so you probably have a point.

I had not thought about those areas, but that is a good point. You see the same in other areas, such as the meat packing cities in Arkansas as well as in any market where a zone qualifies for DST by Nielsen, causing the creation of an HDHA..

 

[gr8oldies]

In my part of Ohio in the 70s, my part of the county was almost exclusively German Catholic. No one I knew spoke German, but some still had living grandparents who spoke German at home. The first newspapers in the county were in German. The school did offer German as an elective, but the only thing left from Germany is rampant beer drinking.

 

[davideduardo]

David's very conservative, anti-left world view often irritates me, but I see no anti-Semitism in his characterization of Soros. Rather, he has chosen to emphasize Soros' early life's shameful actions (although at the time, they were simply self-preservation; after all, the alternative was death) as a way of reinforcing his disgust for Soros' actions in later life, mainly the financing of liberal causes and organizations that David opposes. It's unfortunate that the interrelationship of Jews and finance has been linked, exploited and exaggerated in anti-Semitic propaganda for centuries, but criticism of any individual financier who happens to be Jewish is just as acceptable as criticism of financiers of any other faith.

Well stated. I'm conservative fiscally and liberal (but not "progressive") socially after seeing too many lives and economies in the nations where I have lived and worked over the years destroyed by unsound monetary and fiscal policies in the name of "progress".

That said, and as I mention in anther post, Soros stated in a "60 Minutes" interview that he is an atheist. I don't see how disliking what he did to the working class in both England and Thailand to be religious prejudice as he has no religion!

 

[frankberry]

This thread has become so divisive, I am shutting it down. We've already had a member resign due to the content of the thread.