Status Updates From Immigrant America: A Portrait

Of course, what is most eye opening to read are the success stories, but also things like, "...the central question is not whether the second generation will assimilate to American society but to what segment of that society it will assimilate. " (p.271) This book sets in motion for me whole other questions, such as the place of fourth and fifth generations and beyond as well as the progress of diversity of teams.

Wow, what an eye opener Chapter six is . Basically the chapter confirmed that fluent bilinguals enjoy higher incomes than do monoglots, but my key insight was that I need to keep living right where I do in order for my kids to grow up to be fluent in Spanish! Moving to Westchester, besides the Lyme disease, will present too much pressure for my family to only speak English. Here's looking at going to Spanish Mass!