Chapter 10

Question 1

Segmented Assimilation

Answer 1

the idea that assimilation can have a number of outcomes (eventually they enter into mainstream society) some groups may enter the middle class, but some may be permanently excluded, marginalized and impoverished

Question 2

What is the 2nd largest Asian Group

Answer 2

Asian Indians, they make up of 20% if 1.2 billion people in a college program

Question 3

What is the employment experience of Asian indains

Answer 3

they are overrepresented in prestigious occupations

Question 4

What minority group filled job void caused by the Chinese Exclusion Act

Answer 4

Koreans

Question 5

how is Gordon’s theory applied to Koreans

Answer 5

their Christian background helped with assimilation

Question 6

The Filipino Americans had a large military presence, how did this affect their colony?

Answer 6

it went from colony to quasi colony

Question 7

What is the third largest Asian group

Answer 7

Filipino Americans

Question 8

What language do Filipino Americans speak

Answer 8

both Spanish and English

Question 9

What were the waves of the Filipino Americans

Answer 9

they started off as farmers now they are a mixed skill group with many college graduates

Question 10

When did the Vietnamese refugee flow begin and how did it result

Answer 10

1960’s and it resulted from war

Question 11

How did the refugee flow increase

Answer 11

with the fall of south vietnam after 1975

Question 12

What did the Vietnamese immigrant wave include?

Answer 12

high ranking officials, educational and occupational elite.

Question 13

What was the first wave of immigration?

Answer 13

Northern and Western EU

Question 14

What was the second wave of immigration?

Answer 14

Southern and Eastern EU

Question 15

What is the third wave of immigration?

Answer 15

started in 1965, much more diverse from over 200 nations, only a small percentage (8.6) were from EU

Question 16

What percent of immigrants are from Latin countries

Answer 16

25%

Question 17

How do the new hispanic immigrant groups compare to their indigenous counterparts

Answer 17

they are more educated and urbanzied

Question 18

What are Dominicans average years of education

Answer 18

5 years

Question 19

What advantage do Dominicans have when competing with immigrant groups for jobs

Answer 19

they have the willingness to work for lower wages

Question 20

What minority group are Domincans similar to in terms of acculturation and integration

Answer 20

Mexicans and Puerto Ricans

Question 21

What minority group did Reagan refuse to grant political refugee status

Answer 21

Salvadorans

Question 22

What is the average years of education for Salvadorans

Answer 22

6 years

Question 23

Salvadorans have a low illiteracy rate

Answer 23

false, they have an 80% illiteracy rate

Question 24

Why were Salvadorans pushed to immigrate

Answer 24

they had a brutal civil war

Question 25

Which minority group has a much more developed economy and a well educated population similar to US non hispanic whites

Answer 25

Columbians

Question 26

What is the poorest country in the western hemisphere

Answer 26

Haitia

Question 27

How do Haitians and Cubans differ in terms of US immigration labeling

Answer 27

Haitians were labeled as economic refugees, whereas Cubans are labeled as political refugees.

Question 28

What did a study of Haitains of living in Florida find?

Answer 28

girl idk

Question 29

Because Haitians and mostly first generation and recent immigrants what can we infer

Answer 29

acculturation and integration is not widespread

Question 30

Middle eastern and arab americans rank higher than non hispanic whites in terms of college education (t/f)

Answer 30

True

Question 31

how does the Middle Eastern and Arab Americans affect the enclave community

Answer 31

it leads to overrepresentation in sales/small business and underrepresentation in manual labor

Question 32

Where do Middle Eastern and Arab Americans mostly live

Answer 32

California, New Jersey, New York, Florida and Miami (50%)