Latino Radio
Re “Radio en Espanol,” Claudia Puig’s April 7 cover story:
The assimilation of various ethnic groups, each with their own unique culture and ideas, is what has made America the greatest nation on Earth.
Our grandparents came to the United States from Ireland and Germany. As immigrants they faced discrimination and resentment, yet that never stopped them from wholeheartedly embracing the idea of America--a nation much greater than the sum of its people.
That is why we were saddened and disturbed when we read the quote of Alfredo Rodriguez of KWKW radio: “We don’t fear assimilation, not among Hispanics.” This type of thinking does a huge disservice to the many Mexican-American citizens who have given their lives for this country to make it a place where sons and daughters do not have to leave family, home and country to earn a decent living wage.
TIM and TERENCE ECKER
Monrovia
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