Did the State Fair today
It was The Big Sunday Event!
Arrived before Noon to find the only musical entertainment was on the main stage in the middle of the food court and it was Mexican dancers wearing traditional costumes of their homeland, Olay!
Sunday: 10:15 am-1:45 pm 4-H Latino Dancers Center Stage
The recorded concertinas and trumpets blared!!
As of 2:00 pm it was still Mexican dancers in traditional costumes of their homeland, yet all the Hispanics I encountered during my time there were as usual speaking loudly in Spanish ONLY, while the crowd in the area was 90% Non-Hispanic and speaking English ONLY.
Not much sign of assimilation there and our tax supported 4-H programs are not helping solve the problem.
http://oregon.4h.oregonstate.edu/
Arrived before Noon to find the only musical entertainment was on the main stage in the middle of the food court and it was Mexican dancers wearing traditional costumes of their homeland, Olay!
Sunday: 10:15 am-1:45 pm 4-H Latino Dancers Center Stage
The recorded concertinas and trumpets blared!!
As of 2:00 pm it was still Mexican dancers in traditional costumes of their homeland, yet all the Hispanics I encountered during my time there were as usual speaking loudly in Spanish ONLY, while the crowd in the area was 90% Non-Hispanic and speaking English ONLY.
Not much sign of assimilation there and our tax supported 4-H programs are not helping solve the problem.
http://oregon.4h.oregonstate.edu/
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