ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews attitudes toward ethnicity, both among RGs, that is, people sharing the same national origin, and among all Latinos. It examines six aspects of ethnicity: perceptions of ethnic mutual support; ethnic organizational behavior; ethnic electoral behavior; interest in and knowledge of national-origin-based activities; public policy problems facing Latino communities; and perceptions of common ethnic bonds among Latinos. Fewer Cubans believed that they had an obligation to help their co-ethnics than did Puerto Ricans or Mexicans. The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce was the only organization mentioned by Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban respondents. Few organizations were mentioned by members of more than one national-origin group. The majority of respondents followed national-origin activities some or most of the time. Puerto Ricans were more likely than either Mexicans or Cubans to follow their co-ethnics some or most of the time. The most-important problem facing each of national-origin groups was ethnic-specific, such as inability to work together on common problems.
