|
1. Surveys in the USA have found that strikingly different opinions about controversial social issues are held by Spanish-dominant Latinos –
|
|
A 10% of Spanish-dominant Latinos say they find abortion acceptable, compared with 36% of English-dominant Hispanics.
|
|
2. For example, only
|
|
B 5% of Spanish speakers know who the President of the United States is.
|
|
3. Rapid urbanisation and economic development may create similar social fault lines to
|
|
C a threat to the maintenance of a ‘harmonious society’.
|
|
4. As old values and lifestyles are swept away, some social groups may feel excluded from
|
|
D the social order which takes their place.
|
|
5. In both kinds of social change, linguistic diversity may be seen as
|
|
E those created by immigration.
|
| |
|
F those who have little or no mastery of English and who primarily rely on Spanish in their home and work lives – and English-dominant Latinos.
|
