Acculturation Theory : The Effects Of Immigration And Immigration To The United States

Juana Mora in “Acculturation Is Bad for Our Health: Eat More Nopalitos” argues that the United States offers many job and educational opportunities for Latinos, but acculturation in America negatively impacts their health. Mora offers research and statistics, most of which I find compelling, to explain that these illnesses are primarily due to the immigrants’ new “daily habits and environment changes” (Mora 660). After arriving in America, immigrants often live in crime-ridden, low income neighborhoods, rely on fast food, abuse alcohol and tobacco products, and have fewer safe areas for exercise. Additionally, the stress caused “by learning a new language and culture” and “living in new and sometimes dangerous environments” causes illnesses such as post-traumatic

People respond differently- parents respond differently than children 3. Without affiliating oneself with an ethnic group makes acquiring economic success difficult because that group's money is lost.

The word Hispanic is a blank umbrella that encompasses many different countries, cultures, and people who have the Spanish language in common. Many Americans refer to anyone south of the United States as being Hispanic and the Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups define the term Hispanic as "an easy way to collectively refer to a growing number of Spanish origin or Spanish -speaking people in the United States". Unfortunately, this is how we categorize and report the bulk of the research that we have gathered regarding Hispanics and Latinos in America. This area of research is especially important as Latinos from Mexico and Central and South America represent approximately 45% of the foreign born population, and their children account for 22% of all children under of the age of 18 in the United States (Passel, 2006)

Immigrating to a new country is difficult. One of the largest groups of immigrants that migrate to the United States are the Hispanics. There are approximately 11.7 million immigrants in the United States as of January 2010, and the amount continues to increase at a rapid rate (Warren, 2013). On average there are approximately 300,000 Hispanic immigrants entering the United States each year (Warren, 2013). Hispanics come from all Latin America including Mexico, the islands of the Caribbean, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, Central and South America (Warren, 2013). The United States has represented liberty and freedom to these individuals, and they often make critical decisions and take chances in the hope of a better future. Individuals often, leave their home country in hopes of a new beginning. The aim of this paper is to provide an extensive research on the current literature on immigration and acculturation among the Hispanic population.

Latino Catholics are currently the largest youth segment under eighteen. The available statistics suggest that many of these young U.S. Latino Catholics are children born of foreign born parents, while some Latino teenagers are themselves foreign born. Hence, these adolescents are constantly exposed to two differing cultures, requiring them to discover how to adequately navigate life while interacting with their culture of origin as well as U.S. mainstream culture. Certainly, this presents a major challenge for most teenagers given that these two cultures are dissimilar in their

Hispanics Americans (Mexicans, Puerto Rican, Cubans and people from Central and South America) are the largest racial and ethnic minority group in the United States. Similar, to other ethnic groups in the country, Latinos are disproportionately affected by multiple social determinants, such as poor living conditions, cultural values, socioeconomic and immigration status to mention a few. Consequently, they exert negatively in the health status of individuals among this unique population(Velasco-Mondragon, Jimenez, Palladino-Davis, Davis, & Escamilla-Cejudo, 2016).

The main idea of this article is to bring insight to the reader about how islam is being remolded by the youth Islamic community within America. To illustrate this revolution the author uses personal accounts from the Muslims she interviewed. One of the main elements portrayed in this article was the idea of Muslim assimilation in the modern western world. The millennials within the Muslim American community often still adhere to the basic tenants and values of their religion however they often follow the religion more loosely in order to blend the two diverse cultures. Another main point this article focused on was religious temperance to allow for a more progressive and flexible practice of the faith. Lastly this article focused on the increased acceptance and reduced judgement from family members and those who are

The United States of America today resembles a melting pot, because it is filled with many different ethnicities, cultures, and religions, due to the incoming immigrants from different countries. However, there was a time when immigrants were a threat to America, were despised due to economic conflicts, and were socially unaccepted because of their differences. The presence of Immigrants during the 1920s significantly affected America socially and economically, increasing negative attitudes towards the “new immigrants” as evidenced by the First Red Scare, labor and workforce, and societies and neighborhoods.

Latino/as represent approximately 12.5% of the U.S. population, making them largest ethnic minority in the United States today. As the years progress, psychologists are aware that the increase of Mexican American population will occur because of immigration and higher birth rates. Therefore, the needs for mental health services are evident simply because of the psychological stressors they face due to poverty, immigration, and acculturation. Although the need for metal health services is noticeable, researches suggest they underuse these services because of 3 in particular hypotheses. First, Mexican Americans have low incidences of mental health services. Second, there is a lack of institutional barriers such as: lack of Spanish speaking counselors, finances, and lack of ethnically similar counselors. Lastly, culturally barrier theory, otherwise known as acculturation and Mexican values.

Despite the sporadic setbacks that Muslim Americans encounter, the United States of America continues to be the preferable place for immigrants to integrate or assimilate. In relation to discrimination, attaining citizenship, and fitting in, “immigrants say they are fairly satisfied with life in the United States of America for themselves and their children” (Bittle, et al.). The United States of America is a country with an enormous number of immigrants who strive to integrate or assimilate into American society. Immigrants are encouraged to celebrate their heritage and religious holidays without fear of being considered less politically or culturally American. For example, the former president of the United States of America, Barack Obama,

The video refers to this as the “Latino Paradox”. They have lower rates of illness and heart disease. Even the stress of being marginalized in American society they are relatively healthy. Researchers link this to family ties and support networks. This “Latino Paradox” mimics the “Roseto Effect.” A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association focused on Northampton county, where I currently reside. A University of Oklahoma physician, Dr. Stewart Wolf, studied the effect of social structure on health from 1955 to 1961. He concluded that Roseto's low rate of heart attacks and mortality compared to the rest of the region and the nation was attributable to the close-knit community and generations under one roof typical of Roseto at the time (Egolf, Lasker, & Potvin,

Per psychology.com, Cultural assimilation refers to the assimilation of cultural patterns, including language and value systems. Structural assimilation refers to the assimilation of non-native-born individuals and their families into the structural customs of American society, including intermarriage. In the past, cultural and structural assimilation has been seen as necessary to the economic and social health of the country, but also as a process by which non-native-born individuals and families merge themselves into American mainstream society. Assimilation is the process by which immigrants become part of the mainstream culture of their new country, lessening the differences between immigrants and native-born Americans. Research often

Immigration is a subject that drives our society today. Whether politicians are debating the issue of immigration or whether a family is immigrating to a new country or place, we cannot escape the idea of immigration. At times our judgment over immigration is clouded due to the fact that our society gives immigrants and immigration a bad name. When one thinks of immigrants and immigration in our society we develop bad thoughts of the idea due to the stereotypes that our society has developed for us. However when we delve deeper into immigration and the challenges that new immigrants face we find that there is more to the issue than meets the eye. When immigrating to a new country or even a new area in your home country assimilation is a process

America was built by all migrants because this land long before anyone came to this country the land belonged to the Indians. The reason for writing this paper is to learn more about immigrant’s history and immigration today. Why an immigrant can only come to the states with a student or work visa. I want to learn is immigration because the rules are immoral.

Is it accurate that Caribbean immigrants lose more than they gain when becoming Americanized? Americanization is simply the process of assimilation. Milton Gordon in his book, Assimilation in American Life: The Role of Race, Religion, and National Origin, views the assimilation process and its sub processes as: