GSE Faculty Research
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
12-2009
Abstract
Rapid Mexican immigration has challenged host communities to make sense of immigrants' place in New Latino Diaspora towns. We describe one town in which residents often characterize Mexican immigrants as model minorities with respect to work and civic life but not with respect to education. We trace how this stereotype is deployed, accepted, and rejected both by long-standing residents and by Mexican newcomers themselves.
Keywords
Mexican immigration, social identification, ethnic contrasts, minority students
Recommended Citation
Wortham, S., Mortimer, K., & Allard, E. (2009). Mexicans as Model Minorities in the New Latino Diaspora. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/gse_pubs/212
Date Posted: 20 January 2011
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
Suggested Citation:
Wortham, S.E.F, et al. (2009) "Mexicans as Model Minorities in the New Latino Diaspora." Anthropology & Education Quarterly. Vol. 40. p. 388-404.
The final version of this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1492.2009.01058