Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies Hispanics and the American Future (2006) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
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Julio Valdez Personaje con Historia (2001) Copyright by the artist; used with permission of Julio Valdez Studio.
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Over time, many Hispanics lose their individual nation-based identities through both intermarriage and a shift in their perceptions of themselves.2 Past waves of immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean fueled Hispanic population growth during the last two decades of the 20th century, and while immigration is still a potent force behind the numbers, today the children and grandchildren of immigrants are spurring the increase. The growth of these second- and third-generation Hispanics, their socioeconomic diversification, their increasing geographic dispersal, and their entitlements as U.S.-born citizens will have major social, economic, cultural, and political impacts on the nation between now and midcentury -- impacts that will be intensified by the simultaneous aging of the larger white population.
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The high premium on skill in today's labor market will magnify the deleterious consequences of Hispanics' low educational attainment in the future. Indeed, low levels of formal schooling and poor English proficiency account for the large number of Hispanics in service-sector jobs, as well as their low average wages, relatively poor health status, and weak civic engagement.
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Chapter 4 addresses the challenges of social, economic, and political integration in the context of rising inequality, the growing trend among Hispanics to settle in locales beyond their traditional areas of residence, and patterns of Hispanic civic engagement. It identifies important ways in which Hispanics differ from earlier immigrant groups with emphasis on contextual issues, notably contemporary economic conditions and the aging majority population.
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2 Given a choice, migrants from Latin America overwhelmingly prefer to selfidentify by country of origin, but if forced to choose between the two panethnic terms, they prefer "Hispanic" to "Latino" by a margin of three to one. "Black" and "white," as used herein, refer to non-Hispanic African Americans/blacks and whites.
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