All 17 Uses of
assimilate
in
Do You Speak American?
- We examine the facts behind this anxiety: the rate at which Hispanic immigrants are assimilating into mainstream English compared with other immigrant groups in the past; the evidence that Spanish is a threat and the risks some see in playing on this fear.†
Chpt Intr.
- Many authorities claimed that the nation could no longer assimilate immigrants in such numbers as in the past.†
Chpt 3 *
- Hispanic Immigration: Reconquest or Assimilation?†
Chpt 5
- That statistic raises the question, Will the traditional pattern of assimilation by the second and third generations repeat itself with Spanish-speaking immigrants today, or are their concentrated numbers too large?†
Chpt 5
- To prevent this, Wall wants immigration reduced, to give legal immigrants time to assimilate.†
Chpt 5
- Steven Camarota, research director of the Center for Immigration Studies (which wants immigration limited), said the numbers raise a troubling question: "Is the level of immigration so high that it's overwhelming the assimilation process?†
Chpt 5
- In his study of the history of immigration and language, The English-Only Question, Dennis Baron wrote: Settled Americans have been reluctant to accept newcomers, regarding them as socially, economically, and racially inferior, more insistent on special concessions like bilingual ballots, and on government handouts, and less willing to assimilate than earlier generations had been.†
Chpt 5
- Huntington says that Mexican immigration is unique and contradicts the tradition of assimilation.†
Chpt 5
- Previous ethnic groups arrived in waves that began and ended, giving time for the immigrants to be assimilated, whereas the Mexican wave is continuous.†
Chpt 5
- Mexicans, he argues, do not assimilate and become truly American, because they do not embrace American values and ideals: they do not share the work ethic inherited from America's Anglo-Protestant culture; they do not have the same hunger for education; proportionately fewer go to college; fewer have incomes above $50,000 a year; fewer hold managerial positions.†
Chpt 5
- David Brooks, a columnist in the New York Times, wrote that the most persuasive evidence is against Huntington, because "Mexicans are assimilating."†
Chpt 5
- The movement sees efforts at bilingual education in schools and government concessions to non-English speakers, such as election ballots in foreign languages, as wrongheaded, because they slow the acquisition of English and hence assimilation.†
Chpt 5
- For example, Spanish appears to be losing ground in San Antonio, where the very old Hispanic population has now been in large part assimilated into the Anglo community.†
Chpt 5
- In fact, they are assimilating at the same generational rate as other language groups.†
Chpt 5
- So the census data do not provide evidence of a massive shift away from English acquisition, the first step in becoming assimilated.†
Chpt 5
- Pocho means a Mexican born in the United States and considered by real Mexicans to be so assimilated that they call him "American."†
Chpt 5
- The persistence of the dialect reflects, in part, the growing resistance of some young blacks to assimilate and their efforts to use language as part of a value system that prizes cultural distinction.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
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(assimilate) take in, transform, or fit inThe exact meaning of assimilate can depend upon its context. For example:
- "assimilate to a new country" -- fitting into a prevailing culture
- "assimilate the information" -- transform information within the mind into understanding
- "assimilate the food" -- transform nutrients within the body for its use