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A 3 page book review of the text Becoming New Yorkers, which is a collection of ethnographic essays edited by Philip Kasinitz, John Mollenkopf and Mary Waters, published in 2004. The book reports on the new, contemporary second-generation immigrant population of New York City. In this text, each of the contributing writers offers insightful discussions of their research into the issues affecting the lives of these New Yorkers. The point of the text is to apply ethnographic methods of investigation to goal of determining how the environment of New York City contributes to reshaping the lives of second-generation immigrants. The central orientation of the text is on the various ways in which immigration is resulting in an increasingly diverse population. Bibliography lists 3 sources, which are all essays from this text.
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the contributing writers offers insightful discussions of their research into the issues affecting the lives of these New Yorkers. The editors indicate that "each study was created by an
individual researcher"(Kasinitz, Mollenkopf and Waters 3). The point of the text is to apply ethnographic methods of investigation to goal of determining how the environment of New York City contributes
to reshaping the lives of second-generation immigrants. The central orientation of the text is on the various ways in which immigration is resulting in an increasingly diverse population. The
case studies in this volume investigate a "complex and shifting terrain" (Kasinitz, Mollenkopf and Waters 12). The second-generation young people who are presented in this volume "do not share the
immigrant parents world or their world view. But neither do they really share those of mainstream Americans" (p. 12). For the most part, examination of these essays indicate that they
define their identity and culture in ways that are uniquely their own. For example, Nancy Lopez in her discussion of the high school experience of second-generation Dominican males, points
out that high school graduating classes have a significantly higher percentage of females to males, and that this holds true for higher education as well (Lopez 29). One of
the facts revealed by Lopez concerns the way in which speaking Spanish is punitively regarded in the high school that was the focus of her study (Lopez 42). From her
analysis, Lopez concludes that this stance "gradually undermines the academic success" that they seek to promote because of the message that this transmits, particularly with the male student population (Lopez
43). The young men, in particular, vocally resisted being stigmatized. Lopez overheard one young man, Leo, muttering to himself in class that "Just because youre poor doesnt mean you use
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