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Title: Why Asian Americans are Becoming Mainstream

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: In contrast to earlier waves of immigration, the post1965 Asian immigration to the United States has not spawned an exclusionist backlash among native whites. Rather, the new Asian immigrants and their children are rapidly gaining access to the American mainstream. Whether in integrated residential communities, in colleges and universities, or in mainstream workplaces, Asian Americans' presence is ever more the rule, not the exception. The success of so many Asian American immigrants suggests that race may not be as decisive a factor in shaping socioeconomic attainment as it was in the American past; civil rights reform has been incorporated in a more inclusive American mainstream. As a group in which those of legal status predominate, Asian Americans have enjoyed more open access to mainstream institutions, paving the way to their rapid assimilation.

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Authors: Holbrow, Hilary; Nee, Victor

Periodical (Full): Daedalus

Issue: 3

Volume: 142

Pages: 65-75

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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