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Show WORLD Sunde y, October 31 21st Century Brings New Immigrant Faces Population composed of growing minorities, diverse ethnicities BY HOLLISL.E! Seerates ote Dulac oa ro aheethe hal ee Of Latnos andAsians is expected to Population breakdown Projections of U.S. popuiation GAN WEST BARNSTABLE, Mass. It is an old, old story by this time that the UnitedStates is a nation of immigrants. An old story, but with new chapters as we approach 2000. Every hour about 125 immigrants arrive in the United States 000 a day, nearly 1.1 million a year, more than ever in the nation’s 223-year history. Most about70 percent will stay in the country and become Americans. es piles fiz, Asan 4% Latino 111%} Latino wy) Arnerical ° ee ee ‘The number of U.S.immi has increased trom 3.2 ren19808108 ron fo 19007 Atthe cof immigrants from Spats cated semen co reeon 85 mition in the '60s to 52 percentin the S08. (EB Latin America mm Eps gaa Other States just after the pro- democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Squarein 1989. After studying in Pittsburgh and working in New YorkCity, the couple moved to Sandwich on Cape Cod with their daughter, Sarula, and briefly had an art gallery in Boston. Last summer they openeda gallery of Asian antiques and crafts and paintings by Chinese expatriates in this leafy, postcard-New Englandvillage on the Cape’s north shore. ‘‘We started at zero in the United States,” Tong said, speaking in her Tao WaterArt Gallery. In this space, she said, “I want to intro. the treasure of our New people such as Tong and LeDeareflowing in at the turn of the 2ist century with the same kind of stress and dynamic tension exerted by their predecessors at the turn of the 20th. They're bringingtheir languages, cultures and expectations. Butthere’s differencetoday. Forone thing,the facesaredif- ferent. Look around. Even in rural areas of this country, it is likely ; Na Latino White, 43 miiton or Martinez or Singh might seem unlikely in 2000, but so would a ron 4 Latino Latino ‘American Indian 7% Source: US. Census Bureau, 1996 1960-1969 1970-1979 1840-1989 1990-1997" “Total for 1990 to 1997includes 2.2 milion immigrants who wore lepalzod in 1987 and 1988 ane granted nvmgia elas nhs early 16003. Note: Sum of the percentages inay exceed 100 due to. rounding ‘Soures:linmigration and Naturakzation Sacvice, Statistical Yearbooks Where immigrants live The primary destinationsfor immigrants have shifted from the Northeast and Midwest early in the 20th century to the South and West in the 1990s. COLES ‘Number of ‘Number of RanwCity foreign-born Rank/Area" Immigrante"* 1. New York 1,927,703 1. New York 676,868 2 781,217 2. Los Angelas-Long Beach 885 3. Philadelphia 382,578 3. Chicago 222,189 4 240,722 4. Miami 191,627 5. Cleveland 195,703 5. Orange County, Cait 151,580, 6. Detroit 56,585 ‘Washington 150,827 7. Pittsburgh 140,496 7. Houston 142,387 8. San Francis 190,874 8. San Diego 133,126 9. St, Louis 125,706 9. San ous sos et 10. Buttalo 118,444 10. San Jo: 102.1 11. Milwaukee 11145611, Alverside-San Bemardino, Cal ween 12. Newark, Nid. 110,655 Boston ‘Metropoltan Statistical Aoasirexis asa consus lassteation i 1910 Ba: rns whese permanentresident status visa or “green card” 1s sent Gannett News Service continues today, notjust in California and the Southwest, but throughout the country. People of Latino origin have or soon will overtake African Americans as the nation’s largest minority. The percentage of the popuiation that is African American is projected west; Brazilians are in the Mar- will make up24 percentofthe U.S. populationin 50y tha’s Vineyard; Hondurans arein estimated11 pel people from Mexico atid Central That’s a demographic loaded with potential for discordover the next half-century, as minority to 15 percent in 2050, while Latinos groups vie for attention to their civil rights and their rightful place in U.S. society. There are activists in both groups, for ex ample, urging their community to participate ate in national census in 2000 to avoid being undercounted and, consequently, miss- ing their shareof the post-census fiscal pie. But Latino people are not the only increasing minority. By 2050, Asians, nowat 4 percent of the population, are expected to be at 9 percent. In the aftermath of the Southeast Asian warsof the 1960s and ’70s, Vietnamese, Laotians and Cambodians found new President Kennedyat the time of the 1840s Irish potato famineor a Gov. Cuomoin 1900 or a Sen. H: akawain1920. There are changes in the melt ingpot, too. Today, diversity and multiculturalism are more prom age. culture, ghter, born in this country come home more American assimilate while maintaining their family’s day. They are in this country, ould find. LeDe was a food deliv yman; Tong a waitress in a Chi- urant, “Forus, it’s so difficult,” Tong said. “We have to put all our history away, don't think about it. Just work, have to makemoney.” “That lasted about two yei id. “It felt like a determined will remain “a Chinese Chinese ideentity. the two university art professors worked at whatever her hus nd hi is mportant to them their gallery. But they ee their early years several decades. A President Wu you: At thesame time, their Chines Their families are in China and they still visit to bring back art fo) About life in Ame number of immigrants from a nent community positions and in elective office during the next “It's not easy here,” Tong said “If you don’t have the |. nobody knows you. noboc tory, art Dian Tong grants, followed by Austro ino and Asian names in promi- wW% 43% “It’s not easyhere. Ifyou don’t havethe language, nobody knows you, nobody knows you.” “When wecome here join the mainstr ipinosafter them. 35% to increase from12 percentin 2000 America for decades and that rate than at anytimesince 1900. A century ago, Italians were the single largest group of immi If history repeats itself, we can expect increasing numbersofLat- 62% peers ropeans flooded in at a greater Hungarians. Today, the largest 82 mition 13% that the community simply does notlook like it did 25 years ago. Hmong Laotians are in the Mid- southeastern NewYorkstate. There has been influx of Republic of China was about take overthe British colony. Also, as the Soviet Unii jon and international communismfell apart, Russians and Eastern Eu- single country comes from Mexico, with Chinese, Indians andFil Like Bao LeDe andDian Tong, two former Beijing University teachers who cameto the United homes here. Hong Kong immi grants entered whenthe Peeople s The Changing Face of U.S. pecopulation AQ 1999 “1 think it's hard to keep your ownculture here,” Tong said. “1 want to raise heras a Chinese kid ican, but the Chinese have adifferent wayto raisetheir kids.” Tong said sheis alarmed by drug @ use andviolencesuch as the Columbine High Schoolshootings in Colorado. She hugged her daughterto her as she talked. “| don’t want this to happen to my girl,” she said. But ask Sarula Whethersheis Chinese or Ameri prettylongtim can and she squirm: Both have seen fellow immigrants in this country living in ents’ laps andsa then “American.” urban Chinese communities, speaking only Chinese, not adapt: ing to their new country. laugh “She al Her parents ays, ‘I’m a Chi herfathersaid. inent thanever. On Cape Cod, where clam shacks are far more commonthan You are cordially invieedtoan Chinese restaurants, Dian Tong “Open House” and her husband hope to turn their art gallery into a kind of Taoist Asianculturalcenter. They plan Chinese languagelessons, by Liadré calligraphy classes and a teahouse.“We like to share with more people so they know you can South Towne Center Saturday, November 6 find your own wayand be your. self,” shesaid. Daphne Spain would not be surprised. ‘‘The model has changed,” said the professor of 1] a.m. - 2 p.m. Home Store Lladréis a symbolthat has made history across the entire globe with creations that accentuate beauty and last a lifetime. urban and environmentalplanningat the University ofVirginia in Charlottesville. A century ago, immigrants were expected to as similate, to disappear into the U.S. You're invited to view our beautiful collection ofexquisite andtreasured culture. “We didn’t have the words porcelain figurines. During our open oul euliucal an and plutelistn) Forever”will beavailable for purchase, $210.00. While supplies last. then,” she said. house, an exclusive figurine “Friends “The assumption was that the ideal part of the American dream was to speak English, own a home, work and send your kids to an American school. Now, assimilation is not being taken for granted as the automatic goal of immigrants.” But it is a difficult balancing act. 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