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American Immigrants The percentage of immigrants (including those unlawfully present ) in the United states has been creepin
American Immigrants The percentage of immigrants (including those unlawfully present ) in the United states has been creepin
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2011-01-02
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American Immigrants
The percentage of immigrants (including those unlawfully present ) in the United states has been creeping upward for years. At 12.6 percent, it is now higher than at any point since the mid 1920s.
We are not about to go back to the days when congress openly worried about inferior races polluting America’s bloodstream. But once again we are wondering whether we have too many of the wrong sort newcomers. Their loudest critics argue that the new wave of immigrants cannot, and indeed do not want to, fit in as previous generations did.
We now know that these racist views were wrong. In time, Italians, Romanians-and members of other so-called inferior races became exemplary Americans and contributed greatly, in ways too numerous to detail, to the building of this magnificent nation. There is no reason why these new immigrants should not have the same success.
Although children of Mexican immigrants do better, in terms of educational and professional attainment, than their parents, UCLA sociologist Edward Telles has found that the gains don’t continue. Indeed, the fourth generation is marginally worse off than the third. James Jackson, of the University of Michigan, has found a similar trend among black Caribbean immigrants. Telles fears that Mexican-Americans may be fated to follow in the footsteps of American blacks-that large parts of the community may become mired(陷入) in a seemingly permanent state of poverty and underachievement. Like African-Americans, Mexican-Americans are increasingly relegated to (降入)segregated substandard schools, and their dropout rate is the highest for any ethnic group in the country.
We have learned much about the foolish idea of excluding people on the presumption of the ethnic/racial inferiority. But what we have not yet learned is how to make the process of Americanization work for all. I am not talking about requiring people to learn English or to adopt American ways; those things happen pretty much on their own, but as arguments about immigration hear up the campaign trail, we also ought to ask some broader question about assimilation, about how to ensure that people, once outsiders, don’t forever remain marginalized within these shores.
That is a much larger question than what should happen with undocumented workers, or how best to secure the border, and it is one that affects not only newcomers but groups that have been here for generations. It will have more impact on our future than where we decide to set the admissions bar for the latest ware of would-be Americans. And it would be nice if we finally got the answer right.
What does Edward Telles’ research say about Mexican-Americans?
选项
A、They may slowly improve from generation to generation.
B、They will do better in terms of educational attainment.
C、They will melt into the African-American community.
D、They may forever remain poor and underachieving.
答案
D
解析
根据Edward Telles和Mexican-Americans查找到第四段第四句。Edward Telles担心墨西哥裔美国人可能会步美国黑人的后尘,可能永远处于贫困状态,无所作为,与D一致。A“他们可能会一代一代的慢慢进步”,B“他们在教育方面会取得更好的成绩”,与原文意思相悖;C“他们会融入非洲裔美国人的社团中”为干扰项。
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