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Anderson, Alan B.; Stasiulis, Daiva K. – 1979
This paper attempts to assess the extent to which multiculturalism in Canada is fact (sociological reality), fancy (ideology), or policy. First, the actual observability of separate ethnic groups is considered. Some factors in the persistence of cultural identity are discussed. These include ethnic visibility, replenishment through continued…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity
Dixon, Heriberto – 1983
This paper briefly describes Cuban immigration to the United States since the late 1800s, and examines the available demographic and social adjustment data for the latest group of immigrants--the approximately 125,000 persons who came by sea from Mariel Harbor in 1980. The latest wave of Cubans is characterized as poorer, less educated, and less…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Blacks, Cubans, Group Unity
Download full textGraves, Theodore D.; And Others – 1982
In an attempt to evaluate the thesis of Albert Wendt, the well-known Samoan writer, that competing loyalties, goals, and expectations create tension among Polynesian migrants to New Zealand, this paper examines the psychological and social costs of Polynesian migration to an urban center in New Zealand. During 1979-80, 228 Samoans, 2,122 Cook…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity
Vazquez, Jesse M. – 1985
This conference paper presents the "ethnic matrix," a theoretical model of the process of ethnicity which describes how ethnic identity is sustained or diminished in the life of an individual or ethnic group. After a general introduction, the first of the paper's three major sections presents a research review and overview of historical and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity
Mohapatra, Manindra Kumar – 1985
In the last 20 years, social science researchers have used a variety of methods to investigate the Asian Indian sub-culture in the United States. A national mail survey of over 200 Asian Indians uncovered a number of facts. The income, education, home ownership, and occupational profile of the sample projected an affluent image of the Asian Indian…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cultural Traits, Ethnic Discrimination, Ethnic Status
Kovach, Kenneth Julius – 1980
The history of European immigration to the United States and the roles that white ethnic groups have played in American industrialization, urbanization, and suburbanization are discussed in this paper. Focused on is the process by which major American cities grew and changed in terms of their ethnic composition. Fluctuations in the national…
Descriptors: Blacks, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
