A series of "world view" questions was utilized in generating scale scores that sharply differentiated representative samples of Chicanos (280), Blacks (280), and Anglos (413) in a longitudinal study with a 1960 baseline. Seventy-five percent of the original respondents were reinterviewed in 1971, indicating both Chicano and Blacks held…

Survey found that: (1) immigrant Mexican networks are the smallest, are kin and friend based, and include almost exclusively Mexicans; (2) American born Mexican American networks are the largest, are kin based, and are somewhat ethnically mixed; and (3) Anglo American networks are relatively small, are friend based, and are almost exclusively…

Texas migration patterns have split the Anglo population into rural and metropolitan dialects. Evidence from a random-sample survey of Texas and state survey of high schools show young rural Anglos preserve two stereotypical features not found in urban Anglo speech. The difference, absent among adults, suggests in-migration from other parts of the…