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Lichter, Daniel T., Domenico Parisi, and Michael C. Taquino. "Spatial Assimilation in U.S. Cities and Communities? Emerging Patterns of Hispanic Segregation from Blacks and Whites." ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 660, no. 1 (2015): 36–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002716215572995.

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This article provides a geographically inclusive empirical framework for studying changing U.S. patterns of Hispanic segregation. Whether Hispanics have joined the American mainstream depends in part on whether they translate upward mobility into residence patterns that mirror the rest of the nation. Based on block and place data from the 1990–2010 decennial censuses, our results provide evidence of increasing spatial assimilation among Hispanics, both nationally and in new immigrant destinations. Segregation from whites declined across the urban size-of-place hierarchy and in new destinations. Hispanics are also less segregated from whites than from blacks, but declines in Hispanic-black segregation have exceeded declines in Hispanic-white segregation. This result is consistent with the notion of U.S. Hispanics as a racialized population—one in which members sometimes lack the freedom to join whites in better communities. Hispanic income was significantly associated with less segregation from whites, but income inequality alone does not explain overall Hispanic segregation, which remains high. The segmented assimilation of Hispanics that we observe supports two seemingly contradictory theories: both the idea that spatial assimilation can come from economic and cultural assimilation and the notion that economic mobility is no guarantee of residential integration.
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Shaull, Sandra L., and James H. Gramann. "The Effect of Cultural Assimilation on the Importance of Family-Related and Nature-Related Recreation among Hispanic Americans." Journal of Leisure Research 30, no. 1 (1998): 47–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222216.1998.11949818.

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Hall, Ronald E. "The "Bleaching Syndrome": Implications of Light Skin for Hispanic American Assimilation." Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 16, no. 3 (1994): 307–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07399863940163008.

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Samson, Frank L. "Perceptions of Racialized Opportunities and Hispanics’ Political Attitudes." American Behavioral Scientist 56, no. 11 (2012): 1525–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764212458278.

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In an attempt to understand Hispanics’ political incorporation as the United States becomes a “majority-minority” nation, I explore some of the social-psychological processes that shape Hispanics’ political attitudes. Specifically, I draw on the segmented-assimilation literature’s notion of “modes of incorporation” to argue that immigrants develop perceptions of racialized opportunities (PROPs) as they confront America’s segmented opportunity structure. Because of the durability of these racialized mobility trajectories, I propose that PROPs play an important part in the formation of Hispanics’ political attitudes. I test the PROPs mechanism using the 2006 Latino National Survey with a sample of 8,634 Hispanic respondents. Ordinal logistic regression models, estimating Hispanics’ support for school vouchers and government intervention in health care, indicate that PROPs are related to Hispanics’ political attitudes, especially in regard to support for school vouchers. Moreover, this social-psychological mechanism informs the political attitudes of both U.S.-born and foreign-born Hispanics.
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Vraukó, Tamás. "Code switching and the so-called “assimilation narrative”." Linguistics Beyond and Within (LingBaW) 4 (December 30, 2018): 173–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.31743/lingbaw.5673.

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In literary theory, the works of (ethnic) minority authors–and similarly, the works of authors dealing with minorities–are often referred to as “assimilation narrative.” This term tends to suggest that minority authors, who write in the language of their country, seek a place in society through assimilation. Assimilation, however, means melting up in the majority nation by adopting all the values, customs and way of life characteristic of the majority, and abandoning, leaving behind, giving up the original traditional values, ethics, lifestyle, religion etc. of the minority. Assimilation means disappearing without a trace, continuing life as a new person, with new values, language, a whole set of new cultural assets. In this paper an effort is made to show that this is in fact not what many of the ethnic minority writers look for, so the term assimilation narrative is in many, although certainly not all, the cases, erroneuosly applied. It is justified to make a distinction between assimilation and integration narratives, as the two are not the same. In the paper examples are provided from Hispanic-American literature (Mexican-American, Puerto Rican and Dominican), across a range of genres from prose through drama to poetry, and also, examples are discussed when the author does in fact seek assimilation, as well as stories in which neither assimilation, nor integration is successful.
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Antman, Francisca, Brian Duncan, and Stephen J. Trejo. "Ethnic Attrition and the Observed Health of Later-Generation Mexican Americans." American Economic Review 106, no. 5 (2016): 467–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20161111.

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Numerous studies find that U.S.-born Hispanics differ significantly from non-Hispanic whites on important measures of human capital, including health. Nevertheless, almost all studies rely on subjective measures of ethnic self-identification to identify immigrants' U.S.-born descendants. This can lead to bias due to “ethnic attrition,” which occurs whenever a U.S.-born descendant of a Hispanic immigrant fails to self-identify as Hispanic. This paper shows that Mexican American ethnic attritors are generally more likely to display health outcomes closer to those of non-Hispanic whites. This biases conventional estimates of Mexican American health away from suggesting patterns of assimilation and convergence with non-Hispanic whites.
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Koh, Donghee, and Sunita George. "Residential Patterns of Korean Americans in the Chicago Metropolitan Area." International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research 7, no. 2 (2016): 38–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijagr.2016040103.

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The city of Chicago is home to the third largest concentration of Korean Americans in the United States. It is estimated that four out of five Korean Americans in Chicago live in the suburbs. In this paper, the authors examine the extent of spatial assimilation of Korean Americans with both the “mainstream” American populations, namely, the Caucasian, Black and Hispanic populations, and also their residential patterns vis-à-vis other dominant Asian sub-groups in Chicago—Chinese, Indians and Filipinos. Their analysis examines spatial assimilation of Korean Americans in terms of their residential segregation/integration from 1970 to 2010 in a multi-ethnic context. Results indicate that in general Koreans are becoming more integrated (less segregated) with the White population over the forty year time period in every major county where they were clustered, while they are generally more segregated from the Black and Hispanic populations. Among the dominant Asian sub-groups, Korean Americans tended to be more integrated with Chinese and Indian populations, and more segregated from the Filipino population.
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Iceland, John, and Kyle Anne Nelson. "Hispanic Segregation in Metropolitan America: Exploring the Multiple Forms of Spatial Assimilation." American Sociological Review 73, no. 5 (2008): 741–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000312240807300503.

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This article investigates patterns of spatial assimilation of Hispanics in U.S. metropolitan areas. Using restricted-use data from the 2000 Census, we calculate Hispanics' levels of residential segregation by race and nativity and then estimate multivariate models to examine the association of group characteristics with these patterns. To obtain a more nuanced view of spatial assimilation, we use alternative reference groups in the segregation calculations-Anglos, African Americans, and Hispanics not of the same race. We find that Hispanics experience multiple and concurrent forms of spatial assimilation across generations: U.S.-born White, Black, and other-race Hispanics tend to be less segregated from Anglos, African Americans, and U.S.-born Hispanics not of the same race than are the foreign-born of the respective groups. We find some exceptions, suggesting that race continues to influence segregation despite the general strength of assimilation-related factors: Black Hispanics display high levels of segregation from Anglos, and U.S.-born Black Hispanics are no less segregated from other Hispanic groups than are their foreign-born counterparts.
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Melton, Kenneth D., Karen J. Foli, Karen S. Yehle, and Rosanne R. Griggs. "Heart Failure in Hispanic Americans: Improving Cultural Awareness." Journal for Nurse Practitioners 11, no. 2 (2015): 207–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2014.08.010.

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Cuellar, Israel. "Cross-Cultural Clinical Psychological Assessment of Hispanic Americans." Journal of Personality Assessment 70, no. 1 (1998): 71–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa7001_5.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Hispanic Americans – Cultural assimilation"

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Bereolos, Nicole Margaret. "The Role of Acculturation in the Health Belief Model for Mexican-Americans with Type II Diabetes." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4001/.

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Diabetes has alarming prevalence rates not only in the U.S., but also worldwide. Ethnicity plays a large role with Hispanic-Americans having one of the highest prevalence rates. Diabetes is a complicated disease that requires significant lifestyle modifications. The health belief model (HBM) has been investigated as a theory to explain behavior change. However, little research has been done to determine its utility to Mexican-Americans. In the current study, participants were Mexican-American adults (N = 66) with type II diabetes who were recruited from family medicine clinics. Self-report questionnaires included the General Acculturation Index (GAI) and the Multidimensional Diabetes Questionnaire (MDQ). Participants had the option to complete them in either Spanish or English. Laboratory values were collected from medical charts. A MANCOVA indicated that two variables were significant, perceived severity (PS) and misguided support behaviors (MSB), p < .05. With respect to the HBM, PS was identified as a component of an individual's perception, acculturation was a modifying factor, and MSB was a component of the likelihood to change factors. These three affected glycemic control. Odds ratios determined that individuals with better glycemic control had less perceived severity and less misguided supportive behavior. Individuals with the least acculturation were more likely to have best glycemic control. Significant results were found for each of the three main columns of the model suggesting that the HBM has utility for the Hispanic-American population with type II diabetes. Results suggest that health care personnel should be aware of the ramifications of patients' perceived severity of their illness as well as the amount the "nagging" type support they receive from friends and family on glycemic control. This awareness can lead to the development of interventions aimed at improving glycemic control and the quality of life in Mexican-Americans with diabetes. Specifically, programs focused on incorporating the family may lead to improved psychosocial and educational outcomes since familial relationships are crucial in this population.
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Patterson, Lindsey B. "Family relationship quality and acculturation: Examination of their relationship among Latino adolescent sexual offenders." PDXScholar, 2010. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/165.

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Research on child sexual abuse (CSA), from the perspective of the perpetrator, has been conducted to better inform intervention and prevention programs. Although information from perpetrators can be beneficial for these programs, much of the research is limited by the diversity of sample populations of sex offenders. Moreover, potentially distinct variables relevant to specific populations (e.g., Latinos) have not been thoroughly studied in relation to CSA. To better understand the perpetration of CSA on variables that may be of particular concern to Latinos (i.e., relationship quality in familial supervision and acculturation strategies), the purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationships between supervisor relationship quality, acculturation, and adolescent group membership (i.e., juvenile sex offender - JSO and juvenile comparison - JC). It was hypothesized that Latinos who are assimilated or marginalized are more likely to belong to the JSO group than the JC group. Further, Latino adolescents characterized by an integrated or separated acculturation strategy are more likely to be affiliated with JC group than the JSO group. It was also hypothesized that participants' relationship with their familial supervisor will predict adolescent membership and that acculturation will mediate this relationship. Results for both hypotheses were inconclusive. The probability of using a specific acculturation strategy was not statistically different for either adolescent group. The relationship between supervisor relationship quality and juvenile group membership was non-significant; therefore, the meditational role of acculturation could not be assessed. Further research, using a larger sample size with more complete data is recommended. Suggestions for other design improvements are also provided.
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Manning, Suzanne C. "Acculturation Level, Generational Status and Gender: Their Role in Acculturative Stress in Young Adolescent Mexican Americans." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2004. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4592/.

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The purpose of this study was to determine relationships between acculturation level, generational status, and gender with acculturative stress. Acculturation level was determined by the Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans-II (ARSMA-II) and acculturative stress was determined by the Societal, Attitudinal, Familial and Environmental Acculturative Stress Scale-Children's Version (SAFE-C). Subjects included 1268 Hispanic children ages 11-15. In order to validate the usefulness of the ARSMA-II with this sample, analyses were conducted between acculturation level and generational status. The Pearson product moment correlation (r=.44) and the ANOVA between the mean acculturation score and generational status were significant. However, the mean acculturation score from this study was considerably lower than the ARSMA-II score; therefore, new acculturation levels were developed to establish local adolescent norms for the ARSMA-II. All analyses involving acculturation levels were conducted using both the ARSMA-II and new acculturation levels because 300 subjects were reclassified with the new norms. Significant results were similar using both acculturation levels; however, there were more between group differences using the new acculturation levels. It was hypothesized that as acculturation level increased toward the Anglo culture, acculturative stress would decrease. The one-way ANOVA confirmed this relationship. It was also hypothesized that as generational status increased, acculturative stress would decrease. A one-way ANOVA also supported this hypothesis. In order to replicate previous findings on gender, a one-way ANOVA was conducted with acculturative stress and acculturation level. Results for both were non-significant. Overall findings indicate that generational status and acculturation level have a significant impact on acculturative stress in Hispanic children; however, gender does not seem to be a factor. Findings emphasize the importance of addressing cultural issues in the assessment, intervention, and treatment of acculturating Hispanic children. Furthermore, the ARSMA-II appears to be a useful instrument in assessing acculturation level in young adolescent Hispanics though new local adolescent norms for the ARSMA-II were developed from this study.
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Galvez, Gino. "Work-related Intimate Partner Violence: The Role of Acculturation Among Employed Latinos in Batterer Intervention Programs." PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/170.

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Intimate partner violence (IPV), typically considered in the domestic context, has been shown to have considerable effects on women's employment and health. While the literature has recently grown in this area, very few studies have examined the prevalence of work-related IPV among men. Furthermore, the extant literature on work-related IPV has largely ignored the experience of ethnic minorities, specifically Latinos. Many factors suggest that rates and forms of IPV might be different among other racial and ethnic groups. Some studies that examine IPV among Latinos have sought to understand the role of acculturation and socioeconomic contexts. The purpose of this study was to examine work-related IPV among a sample of men enrolled in batterer intervention programs. In addition, we sought to examine the relationship between acculturation, socioeconomic contexts, and reports of work-related IPV among a subset of male Latinos. Overall, the findings confirm the upper ranges of previous estimates across studies (36% to 75%) of employed victims of IPV and their harassment by abusive partners while at work (Swanberg, Logan, & Macke, 2005; Taylor & Barusch, 2004). Specifically, we found that 60% of the entire sample reported work-related IPV that involved threatening behaviors and physical violence at their partner's job. The findings among Latinos suggest that a positive relationship exists between acculturation and work-related IPV. Specifically, proxy variables of acculturation (e.g., country of birth, language of survey, number of years in the U.S.) were hypothesized to be positively associated with higher levels of acculturation. Consistent with the hypotheses, we found significant relationships in the direction proposed. Lastly, socioeconomic status (e.g., income, education, employment status) was hypothesized to play a moderating role between acculturation and work-related IPV. However, results generally suggest that socioeconomic status (i.e., income, education) did not moderate the relationship between acculturation and work-related IPV. This study makes important contributions to the literature and has implications for employers. The significant rates of work-related IPV found in this study highlight the need to address this problem among employed males as an important step in preventing work-related IPV. Among Latinos, the level of acculturation and factors such as income, employment, and education are important contextual factors that provide a better understanding of IPV in Latino communities (Gryywacz, Rao, Gentry, Marin, & Arcury, 2009).
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Valle, Dalila Somoza. "The role of acculturation in leader-member exchange." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2214.

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In light of the increase of Hispanic Immigrants (i.e 1st, 2nd, 3rd generation) in the U.S. workforce and the impact that the quality of the leader-member exchange has on the organization's success, this study investigated the quality of the relationship that emerges between hispanic subordinates and Anglo-American leaders (i.e who are most representative of the U.S. dominant culture).
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Costa, Jennifer Marie, and Maria Lorena Ochoa. "Acculturation among a Hispanic population in San Bernardino County." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2523.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between Hispanics and their levels of acculturation. This study's intent was to incorporate variables in order to identify generation and language as defining factors for acculturation. A Likert-type Bidemensional Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (BAS) was used to test six hypotheses.
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Rodriguez, Kristina. "Family and Cultural Influences on Latino Career Development and Academic Success." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248375/.

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There is an extensive amount of research on academic success and career development, but most of the literature has focused on the process of White participants. While some of the studies have examined samples from ethnic minority populations, the majority of studies use these populations as comparison groups, studying between-group differences as opposed to within-group differences. The literature is especially lacking in the area Latino academic success and career development. The current study examined how family and culture, specifically socioeconomic status, acculturation, and the quality of the parent-emerging adult relationship, influence the academic success and career development of Latino emerging adults. Eighty-three Latino undergraduate students ages 18 – 24 were recruited for participation in this study. Results indicated that valuing the role of work (career salience) significantly predicted the maturity and positivity of attitudes toward work (career maturity) in Latino emerging adults. Additionally, while family demographic and cultural variables did not seem to have a significant impact on academic success and career development, first-generation college student status, career salience, and conflict in the parent-emerging adult relationship lent some insight into the variation of levels of career maturity in a Latino sample. Furthermore, first-generation student status also impacted the relationship between career maturity and GPA.
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Gutierrez, Daniel M. "Wedges and quakes new landscapes for Latino politics in California /." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1101929313.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2004.<br>Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 267 p.; also includes graphics. Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-267).
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McMahon, Debbie L. Driskell Robyn Bateman. "Hispanic assimilation are we there yet? /." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5175.

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Jamal, Sheri K. Henderson James W. "Hispanic assimilation to American health insurance." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/4825.

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Books on the topic "Hispanic Americans – Cultural assimilation"

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Weyr, Thomas. Hispanic U.S.A.: Breaking the melting pot. Harper & Row, 1988.

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Out of the barrio: Toward a new politics of Hispanic assimilation. BasicBooks, 1991.

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La americanización de los hispanos. Plaza & Janés, 1986.

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Chavez, Linda. Out of the barrio: Toward a new politics of Hispanic assimilation. BasicBooks, 1992.

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Abalos, David T. Latinos in the United States: The sacred and the political. 2nd ed. University of Notre Dame Press, 2007.

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Gonzales, Manuel G. The Hispanic elite of the Southwest. University of Texas at El Paso, 1989.

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Valdés, M. Isabel. Hispanic customers for life: A fresh look at acculturation. Paramount Market Publishing, Inc., 2008.

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Iber, Jorge. Hispanics in the Mormon Zion, 1912-1999. Texas A&M University Press, 2000.

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Vanegas, Julio Oscar. Llueven palos: Apuntes para una historia de la colonización hispana en los Estados Unidos. ABC del Nuevo Siglo, 1993.

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A dream for Gilberto: An immigrant family's cultural struggle to become American. J-Press, 1999.

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Book chapters on the topic "Hispanic Americans – Cultural assimilation"

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Rivera, Lourdes M. "Hispanic Americans." In Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology. Springer US, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71799-9_195.

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Eilers, Rececca E., Kimbrough Oller, and Alan B. Cobo Lewis. "Chapter 3: Bilingualism and Cultural Assimilation in Miami Hispanic Children." In Language and Literacy in Bilingual Children, edited by Kimbrough Oller and Rebecca Eilers. Multilingual Matters, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.21832/9781853595721-004.

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Gerber, David A. "7. The future of assimilation." In American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780197542422.003.0008.

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Though American institutions and societal processes have been shaped historically around accommodating diversity, and have largely been successful in doing so, as in the past, some Americans believe that the economic circumstances and the racial and cultural character of today’s immigrants are making that increasingly difficult. Persistent questions have arisen about whether immigrants, especially Mexicans, are being propelled into the mainstream, and hence whether American institutions are equal to the task of assimilating immigrants into the civic culture on which democracy depends. This pessimism is deepened by the uncertain position of the United States in the contemporary global economy. Through comparisons with the successfully assimilated immigrants of the past, this chapter evaluates this contemporary pessimism, and concludes that it is, as in the past, overdrawn. On the other hand, optimism about immigrants should not blot out the need to address the socioeconomic crisis of poor and working-class African Americans.
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Tsuda, Takeyuki. "Ethnic Revival among Fourth-Generation Japanese Americans." In Japanese American Ethnicity. NYU Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479821785.003.0006.

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This chapter examines how fourth-generation yonsei youth are attempting to recover their lost ethnic heritage and reconnect with their ancestral homeland, despite their complete assimilation and Americanization. Indeed, for them, assimilation has not so much obliterated their cultural heritage, as it has instigated an ethnic revival under conditions of racialized multiculturalism. As a result, the yonsei study Japanese, major in Asian studies, and forge transnational ties. However, even as this return to ethnic roots represents more than a symbolic ethnicity, it is also a result of the pressures of multicultural racialization and indicates that ethnicity remains involuntary for racialized minorities, even after four generations.
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Lin, Tony Tian-Ren. "Introduction." In Prosperity Gospel Latinos and Their American Dream. University of North Carolina Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469658957.003.0001.

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This chapter introduces the reader to Prosperity Gospel Pentecostalism and Latin American immigrants. It shows how religious devotion and spiritual transformation are actually a form of assimilation that leads some to be Americans. What is meant by assimilation is explained. This chapter lays out the roadmap for this book and shows why Latino Prosperity Gospel Pentecostalism is an important topic of study, not just as a religious phenomenon but as a cultural one as well.
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Postal, Karen. "Testifying in a Diverse World." In Testimony That Sticks. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190467395.003.0017.

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By the year 2050, the majority of Americans will no longer be white, monolingual English-speaking people of European descent. One in three Americans will be Hispanic and one in five foreign-born. As these dramatic demographic changes sweep through the country, the number of plaintiffs and defendants who are “untestable” with our current toolkit of largely monolingual, monocultural neuropsychological and psychological assessment measures will increase dramatically. The changing demographics will also be represented in the jury box and among the personnel in the courtroom. This chapter shares experts’, attorneys’, and judges’ experiences in the courtroom wrestling with these issues. They provide clear, succinct strategies to help experts increase their cultural competence in this changing world.
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Heinz, Annelise. "Asian Exclusion and Enforced Leisure." In Mahjong. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190081799.003.0008.

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Despite their differences, Chinese and Japanese migrants and their American children occupied a shared location in an American racial framework that placed them outside the possibility of inclusion through cultural and political assimilation, regardless of long residence or native birth. The detention of Chinese Americans at the Pacific border and the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II were physical manifestations of exclusion. Even as social scientists challenged earlier fears about cultural and biological blending, most Americans consistently held Asian people apart as inherently foreign and often threatening. Detention as a measure of national defense, enacted at Angel Island Immigration Station and in wartime incarceration (or “internment”) camps, separated detainees from the norms of work, family, and sociability. Even as the United States screened working-class immigrants for their risk of becoming “public charges,” the government enforced leisure on those incarcerated. Unchosen leisure thus became a problem to be solved.
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Heinz, Annelise. "Inside and Outside Chinese America." In Mahjong. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190081799.003.0007.

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By the 1930s, mahjong stood in both China and abroad as “the national game of China.” Many Chinese Americans embraced mahjong for both its perceived Chineseness and its perceived Americanness. Chinese Americans interacted with mahjong in ways that in effect helped navigate tensions associated with Americanization. Chinatown residents participated in commodifying and marketing mahjong as an aspect of Chinese culture for outsiders, while also using it to create separate ethnic spaces for Chinese Americans to engage with each other. The presence of mahjong—through the noises of the tiles and the language of game-play, through its visual presence in public spaces and in private homes—helped mark geographic spaces of ethnic community. For Chinese Americans, playing mahjong was not about assimilation in contrast to cultural continuity or vice versa. Rather, it was a versatile pastime that helped create spaces for a shared Chinese American experience.
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Weaks-Baxter, Mary. "Southern Border Formation Narratives: Controlling the Flow of People." In Leaving the South. University Press of Mississippi, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496819598.003.0002.

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Looking back into Southern history, this chapter examines ways Border Formation Narratives disrupted cultural continuity for enslaved Africans, walled out “uncivilized” cultures, extended slavery into contested territories, and created the South’s borders. Examining hegemonic devices and struggles against them, this chapter analyzes early writings by Equiano, Wheatley, and Cabeza de Vaca, and an image of Pocahontas and then focuses on 19<sup>th</sup> Century border building that identified the Mason-Dixon as marker of Southern nationhood and pushed Native Americans and Hispanic Americans out of the Southern frame to solidify the region as based on polarities of black and white. The chapter examines Ruiz de Burton’s reflections on border circumstances of Mexican-Americans, Hentz’s fictional transformation of a Northern-born woman into a Southerner, and the revisionist history of the composition of the song “Dixie.” There is also discussion of attempts by Haley and Walker, and artist Tom Feelings to reclaim control of communal narratives.
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Johnson, Kayenda T., and Tonya L. Smith-Jackson. "A Human Factors View of the Digital Divide." In Digital Literacy. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1852-7.ch080.

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This chapter addresses a problem that centers on the persistent disparities in computer use and access among citizens of varying cultural backgrounds. The chapter begins with discussion about the digital divide among ethnic minorities, particularly African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans (Latinos), in the United States. This chapter defines “access” as having a computer interface that facilitates user learning. One proposed human factors intervention for this problem of access is in recognizing and accounting for culture’s influence on cognition. This discussion is grounded in the development and employment of computer interface metaphor designs that are culturally valid for target user groups. We also provide examples of challenges that users may encounter when inappropriate interface metaphor are built into a computer interface design. Finally, the chapter highlights various human factors interventions and considerations that will provide a pathway to achieving greater levels of e-inclusivity and for providing citizens with equitable access to information.
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