TY - JOUR
T1 - Testing Huntington
T2 - Is hispanic immigration a threat to American identity?
AU - Citrin, Jack
AU - Lerman, Amy
AU - Murakami, Michael
AU - Pearson, Kathryn
PY - 2007/3/1
Y1 - 2007/3/1
N2 - Samuel Huntington argues that the sheer number, concentration, linguistic homogeneity, and other characteristic of Hispanic immigrants will erode the dominance of English as a nationally unifying language, weaken the country's dominant cultural values, and promote ethnic allegiances over a primary identification as an American. Testing these hypotheses with data from the U.S. Census and national and Los Angeles opinion surveys, we show that Hispanics acquire English and lose Spanish rapidly beginning with the second generation, and appear to be no more or less religious or committed to the work ethic than native-born whites. Moreover, a clear majority of Hispanics reject a purely ethnic identification and patriotism grows from one generation to the next. At present, a traditional pattern of political assimilation appears to prevail.
AB - Samuel Huntington argues that the sheer number, concentration, linguistic homogeneity, and other characteristic of Hispanic immigrants will erode the dominance of English as a nationally unifying language, weaken the country's dominant cultural values, and promote ethnic allegiances over a primary identification as an American. Testing these hypotheses with data from the U.S. Census and national and Los Angeles opinion surveys, we show that Hispanics acquire English and lose Spanish rapidly beginning with the second generation, and appear to be no more or less religious or committed to the work ethic than native-born whites. Moreover, a clear majority of Hispanics reject a purely ethnic identification and patriotism grows from one generation to the next. At present, a traditional pattern of political assimilation appears to prevail.
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U2 - 10.1017/S1537592707070041
DO - 10.1017/S1537592707070041
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33947665590
SN - 1537-5927
VL - 5
SP - 31
EP - 48
JO - Perspectives on Politics
JF - Perspectives on Politics
IS - 1
ER -