Neo-Rican

— In my own work with Spanish-speaking groups, I have noticed that the Mexican Americans, or Chicanos, conserve Spanish much better, even after generations of living in the United States, than do the "Neo-Ricans" or children of Puerto Rican parents living in New York and in other large urban areas of the East, because the Neo-Ricans tend to prefer English in all domains and speak Spanish only to older people.

— A questionnaire which a number of Neo-Rican students filled out for me indicated a preference for use of English among those of their own age group for all purposes.