Sentences with phrase «immigrant groups»

But immigrant groups from the time of the first large - scale Irish immigration have also been subjected to external control and violence.

The only circulation increases in foreign - language publications are in papers published for recent immigrant groups, like the Spanish - speaking.

Different immigrant groups have their own ways of negotiating, decision - making, and discussing financial matters, he says.

How does the settlement of the nation's most successful immigrant groups shape the nature of racial boundaries, beliefs about success and achievement, and youth cultures?

The most widespread and dangerous racism in British society takes place within immigrant groups.

Within and between immigrant groups, racism is a day - to - day event.

But I wonder whether another factor is the relatively low status of the legal profession among certain immigrant groups, by comparison with, for instance, the practice of medicine.

According to 2014 Census data, Americans of Vietnamese descent are the sixth largest immigrant group in the country.

«A lot of other immigrant groups [have them].

Is the route through the «race politics» travelled by aggrieved victims of oppression, or through the more travelled and more successful route of immigrant groups who aspired to «making it in America»?

Are our schools serving Latinos, the largest immigrant group of our time, as well as — or better than — our schools served immigrants in the past?

A replica of a historic Grand Rapids storefront in the «Newcomers» exhibit helps students understand the typical jobs and wages of three different immigrant groups who have settled in the area.

A Pew Research Center study shows Asian - Americans are the fastest - growing immigrant group in the U.S., but that doesn't make theirs a success story.

Viewed as a tool for assimilating the various immigrant groups then entering the United States, they were overtly used to teach explicitly Christian and, at least implicitly, Protestant, values.

However, this barrier is not unique to Hispanics; it's among the top obstacles facing other immigrant groups as well.

If one were to discount ethnic minorities and immigrant groups then that figure would doubtlessly be considerably higher.

It seems to be to do with the expectations that parents hold for their children, the work ethic of the east Asian immigrant group, along with the selection of schools by the parents as well,» Dr Jerrim argued.

About Rice and Beans: Following recent discussions on food here on Anthropology in Practice, this week I'll feature a four part series that that explores the ways immigrant groups in Corona, NY are involved in creating generic versions of their cultures to support themselves.

As was the case with previous immigrant groups, Hispanic immigration carries a set of serious challenges that will test our community's ability to prosper in the United States.

Claudia Kolker, a journalist who lives in Houston — for years with the Houston Chronicle, the child of an immigrant Mexican mother and a father one generation away from Eastern European immigrant parents — has written a wonderfully lively account of how new immigrant groups, still attached to some of the customs and institutions of their former lives, can tell us a great deal about what is absent, to our disadvantage, in our typical American lives.

Immigrants from India had become the dominant company - founding immigrant group.

Immigrant groups acknowledged there is some fear among people in the country illegally who are skittish about drawing attention to themselves in visible marches.

It was the success ideal that lured the various immigrant groups into the cultural patterns and inner controls that have gradually weakened the barriers between them and older Americans.

Of course, as such immigrant groups became acculturated their position with respect to such inter-group violence and control changed.

Hispanics are just one immigrant group plagued by the threat of deportation.

Compared to other immigrant groups coming to the US in large numbers, the Germans assimilated and eventually gave up most of their «ethnic» associations by the 1920s.

On Saturday, New York area politicians and immigrants groups denounced the measure, which allows police to question people on the suspicion that they may be here illegally.

At the time, a number of lawmakers and immigrant groups complained Cuomo was not putting any state money behind the effort.

Much of the governor's speech centered on steps the state has taken to protect immigrant groups and workers, including establishing a task force on exploited workers and the push for a $ 15 minimum wage.

And Latinos are our least - advantaged major immigrant group; of course we would expect East Asians and South Asians to do better on various measures, as they do markedly on education, and they do.

Huntington's central concern is that 35 years of heavy migration has established a large Hispanic population in the United States that is substantially different from earlier immigrant groups.

I don't know if you heard, Floyd, (I kind of doubt it), but the era of revenue limits is over and California has a new funding formula where districts with large underperforming and immigrant groups like SFUSD will get much more than in the past.

Last week, the New York Times published a piece in the Sunday Review from Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld based on their new book, The Triple Package, a study of why different immigrant groups succeed or fail in America.

Although Brookline is best known as the home of wealthy and upper - middle - class residents, it also has a long association with working - class Irish families and, more recently, with Asian families and with other immigrant groups drawn to the town for the high quality of its public schools.

As we look back over time, our negative reactions to various European immigrant groups (the Irish, Italians, Jews, Asians, and Eastern Europeans), our history of racism, our willingness to intern the Japanese during WW II, all suggest less than open attitudes.

One of the country's most highly educated immigrant groups, Africans were long absent from popular culture.

Lien Truong blends American and Asian imagery and technique to examine the cultural and political conditions embodied in America's founding and ongoing agrarian philosophy, and how this symbolizes the values of Manifest Destiny and the creation of America as a State formed by colonization, diverse immigrant groups and slaves.

The aides also said they envision nonprofit immigrant groups pairing with law firms to win grants, harnessing pro bono work of big firms and creating a network of new legal services for illegal immigrants.»

The five largest visible minority immigrant groups are Chinese, South Asians, Blacks, Filipinos and Latin Americans (Statistics Canada 2008b).

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A. Demonstrates sensitivity and responsiveness to the personal ideas, learning needs, interests, and feelings of students with disabilities and / or from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (e.g., Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, as well as other recent immigrant groups).

Such missteps are inexcusable for a country that now counts ethnic Chinese as its largest immigrant group and China as its fastest - growing trading partner.

«The Hispanic community is the largest and fastest - growing immigrant group in our country,» Zack said, «and the ABA has not traditionally focused on that community's issues.

Other subjects touched by the Justin Fox's report was the educational level of immigrant groups, ability to speak English and hard work.

The same types, those who know what is good for us, are in control today, and they would stop the Chinese, the Vietnamese, the Indians, the Filipinos, the Pakistanis, the Africans and so many other immigrant groups from entering our industry.

Indian - Americans have the highest median income of all Asian immigrant groups, and more than 200,000 live in New York City alone, according to a study by the Pew Foundation.