Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Assimilation

NYTimes articles: http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/the-great-assimilation-debate/ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/douthat-when-the-assimilation-of-immigrants-stalls.html http://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/07/garden/l-benefits-of-assimilation-229202.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/15immig.html?pagewanted=all

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/right-there-in-black-and-white-identity-assimilation-and-the-resume/?_r=0
Here is a link that talks about assimilation into American/other cultures.

http://m.nydailynews.com/life-style/children-tiger-moms-european-american-moms-differ-article-1.1798300


Here is a link to the PBS website that discusses “New Americans”:
Here is a link that is specific to people living in new Jersey:
“It’s difficult to adapt to the culture here,” said Maria Jacinto, 32, who moved to the United States 10 years ago with her husband, Aristeo Jacinto, 36. “In the Hispanic tradition, the family comes first, not money. It’s important for our children not to be influenced too much by the gueros,” she said, using a term that means “blondies” but that she employs generally in reference to Americans. “I don’t want my children to be influenced by immoral things.”
Here is an article entitled: “Why They Won’t Assimilate”:
Assimilation is not a process magically initiated upon setting foot on Americanterra firma.  Rather, it only occurs when one or both of two conditions are met: The foreign elements must have a desire to assimilate or the host nation must place pressure on them to do so.  Unfortunately, neither is the case today because both immigrants and native-born Americans are far different than they once were.
President Obama’s speech about in which he discusses the American dream and what it means to us today.