SOC 329 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Lou Dobbs, Robert D. Putnam, Madison Grant
6 Mar 2019
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1916 madison grant: immigrant laborers filth and crowding chaos. 88 years later, harvard political scientist samuel huntington said the same thing about mexican immigrants. Ingerior language and culture of hispanic immigrants. Said hispanics threatened to divide the us bc they don"t assimilate. 2007: robert putnam announced immigration caused harm to us bc it increased cultural diversity reduced civic engagement and mutual trust. Fear of what foreign element may do to america. 1980s and 1990s: campaign for constitutional amendment to declare english as official language of us. Combat threat of denationalization posed by immigrants who speak other languages. English language unity act = introduced in 2005 and 2007, 2011, 2012. Research reported shift to english in second generation and loss of parental languages. First decade of 21st century cnn anchorman lou dobbs accused migrants of all evils, including bringing leprosy to the us. Belief that acquisition of english is ticket to upward mobility.
