摘要:Latino families are multilingual and multigenerational. OK,
so what does that mean to my undergraduate students? Latino
families are extended households because they might not live
under the same roof but their communication is constant. Their
activities always involve one another and to put it mildly, you
know you are Latino if your best friend is your cousin. Cousins
are the playmates of most Latino families living near one another.
Even close friendships are possible between family members from
far away locations. That is great. But what do I tell my students
who are not particularly close to their families or do not see the
point of all this togetherness. Well, I will explain to them that
a Latino family is the dream come true of survey companies
because in one call they could reach more than one generation,
political view, education level, and perhaps sexual preference.