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Conference on Becoming Mexican-American:

Assessing Mexican-origin Assimilation in the United States

The Mexican-origin population is like no other in the United States. Its history includes colonization, protracted periods of immigration, and mass deportations. Individuals range from those crossing the border today to individuals whose families were in the southwestern territory when it was still Mexico. Its uniqueness has sown confusion about how to understand where ethnic Mexicans fit in America’s racial and ethnic landscape.

Are they following a path of assimilation forged by earlier waves of immigrants?

Are they group stuck destined to be an underclass?

Or, are they forging a new, uncharted path of assimilation?

Social Dimensions of Assimilation:

Tomás Jiménez, UCSD (PDF)

Edward Telles, UCLA (PDF)

David Fitzgerald, UCSD

Political Dimensions of Assimilation:

Marisa Abrajano, UCSD (PDF)

Lisa García Bedolla, UC Irvine (PDF)

Wayne Cornelius, UCSD

Economic Dimensions of Assimilation:

Frank Bean, UC Irvine (PDF)

Enrico Marcelli, SDSU (PDF)

Gordon Hanson, UCSD

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