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For anyone who thinks that Mexican immigrants don't assimilate

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  1. Gabovitch Gabovitch is offline

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    Aug 23rd, 2006 (8/23/2006 11:33am)

    Good Article http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/08/...generational-a
    ssimilation-of-mexican-americans/
    "What do we know about the socioeconomic achievement of the children, grandchildren,
    and more distant descendants of Mexican immigrants? In light of the reasons for
    pessimism listed above, U.S.-born Mexican Americans have done surprisingly well,
    though certainly areas of serious concern remain. Like Europeans in the past,
    Mexicans enjoy ample intergenerational progress between first-generation
    immigrants and their second-generation children. Relative to their parents, the
    U.S.-born second generation experiences dramatic increases in English proficiency,
    educational attainment, and earnings. From this generational perspective,
    the lightning-rod issue of language—in terms of both English acquisition and Spanish
    preservation—loses all its spark. By the time they are teens, second-generation
    Mexican Americans overwhelming prefer to speak English rather than Spanish,
    and by the third generation most Mexican Americans no longer speak Spanish at all."
  2. SoCalDrew SoCalDrew is offline Moderator

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    Aug 23rd, 2006 (8/23/2006 12:24pm) in reply to Gabovitch

    "and by the third generation most Mexican Americans no longer speak Spanish at all"

    I find it very hard to believe that they don't speak Spanish AT ALL. How do they communicate with their first-generation grandparents who, according to the excerpt, do not "experience dramatic increases in English proficiency"?
     
  3. gamaitec gamaitec is offline

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    Aug 23rd, 2006 (8/23/2006 12:30pm) in reply to Gabovitch

    Mexicans = great people
     
  4. Gabovitch Gabovitch is offline

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    Aug 23rd, 2006 (8/23/2006 1:14pm) in reply to SoCalDrew

    I'm a third generation Eastern Jewish immigrant. My grandparentsgot off the boat speaking very little English, if any at all. This isabout all of the Yiddish I know: Oy Vey, konnaharah, veyasmir, shmuck,meshuggah, shmiel, shishka. I imagine if their grandparents live inthis country long enough to become grandparents, they learn someEnglish.
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