Salsa nights & rosaries . . .

So what will the new America look like?

Well, contrary to racists such as Mitt Romney who want to milk the 'illegal immigration' issue all of the way to the White House, the NEW AMERICA, whether one wants it this way or not, will be increasingly Hispanic.

Take last night for instance.

I enjoyed a "multi-cultural" night of shrimp lo mein, followed by smoking a Cuban cigar and speaking with a fellow Latino family at a "salsa" night.

Yes, China will always be a major economic power. Yes, we will continue to buy fuji film. But the actual population of the United States of America will be increasingly Latino.

Salsa nights & rosaries!

Granted, much of the population of Latin America is becoming increasingly Pentecostal (both inside and outside of the Catholic Church), but any way you shake it, the next 50 - 60 years will see an increasing Latinization of the United States.

From "J-Lo" to "Yo quiero taco bell" to the cigar-smoking phenom (a product of Latin American and especially Cuban culture), the United States is increasingly Hispanic.

Given high birth rates, a strong work ethic, and lower rates of abortion, plus legal immigration, the Spanish-speaking population will soon become the dominant cultural force of the mid to late twenty first century.

I, as a half-Puerto Rican, who was raised to be a strong Christian by my Spanish mom (a staunch Catholic from New York) applaud this as a way forward especially since Hispanic culture has proven itself to be especially fertile soil for the proclamation of the Christian Gospel (similar to the U.S. African-American population with its own high rate of Christian fidelity).

So, there you have it. Salsa nights & rosaries. J-Lo and yo quiero taco bell . . .

Rob J King, christiano