Assimilation and the U.S. Host Society

SES-1121281托马斯·希门尼斯斯坦福大学摘要同化与美国东道国社会东道国社会个人--那些出生在美国、父母在美国出生的人--如何参与涉及移民的相互同化过程？在过去的一个世纪里，同化研究一直认为，移民及其后代的同化是由东道国社会塑造的。最近的理论创新认识到，美国社会种族和阶级界限的多样性可能意味着移民及其子女经历了一种分段的同化形式。基于经典同化理论及其新的变种的研究没有考虑到在移民塑造的背景下，宿主社会个人本身是如何同化的。拟议的项目侧重于东道主社会个人，并审查民族和阶级背景如何塑造他们的经历。它的目的是理解一个相互关联并可能相互影响的同化过程。这项研究采用了对东道主社会个人的深入访谈和对加利福尼亚州旧金山湾区南部(硅谷)的三个地区的观察：东帕洛阿尔托、库比蒂诺和贝里萨(圣何塞的一个分区)。每个地区都有不同的民族和阶级概况，捕捉到了同化展开的背景的分段性质。这项研究通过考察通常与移民同化相关的结果如何适用于东道国社会个人，颠覆了同化方程式。它考察了他们对民族界限的民族认同感，日常做法，他们社会网络的民族认同感组成，以及他们对美国国家认同相对于移民的概念。约180名深度访谈受访者(每个地点60人)的样本将被分成三个年龄段，以评估东道国社会个人在各年龄段之间的同化情况。该项目还包括对每个地点的关键线人的采访和观察数据。该项目有可能改变社会科学对同化的理解，更全面地描述移民“客人”和土生土长的“东道主”如何参与同化。广泛影响该项目的更广泛影响与移民政策有关(包括解决移民如何可能或可能改变美国社会)。该项目将有助于公众更好地了解移民对美国的影响。

SES-1121281Tomas JimenezStanford UniversityAbstractAssimilation and the U.S. Host SocietyHow do host-society individuals - those who are US-born of US-born parents - participate in a relational process of assimilation which involves immigrants? For the last century, assimilation research has regarded the host society as shaping the assimilation of immigrants and their descendents. Recent theoretical innovations recognize that the variegated nature of U.S. society along ethnoracial and class lines may mean that immigrants and their children experience a segmented form of assimilation. Research based on classical assimilation theory and its newer variants do not account for how host-society individuals are themselves assimilating in a context shaped by immigration. The proposed project focuses on host-society individuals and examines how ethnoracial and class context shapes their experiences. It aims to make sense of a relational and potentially mutually influencing assimilation process. The study employs in-depth interviews with host-society individuals and observations in three areas in the southern part San Francisco Bay Area, CA ("Silicon Valley"): East Palo Alto, Cupertino, and Berryessa (a subsection of San José). Each area has a different ethnoracial and class profile, capturing the segmented nature of the contexts in which assimilation unfolds. The study flips the assimilation equation by examining how the outcomes normally associated with immigrant assimilation apply to host-society individuals. It examines their ethnoracial identity perceptions of ethnoracial boundaries, everyday practices, the ethnoracial composition of their social networks and their conceptions of American national identity vis-à-vis immigration. The sample of roughly 180 in-depth interview respondents (60 in each locale) will be divided into three age cohorts in order to assess how assimilation among host-society individuals unfolds across cohorts. The project also includes interviews with key informants in each locale and observational data. The project has the potential to transform the social-scientific understanding of assimilation by providing a fuller account of how both immigrants "guest" and native-born "hosts" participate in assimilation.Broader ImpactsThe project's broader impacts are related to immigration policy (including addressing how immigration may or may not be changing U.S. society). The project will contribute to greater public understanding of the influence of immigration on the United States.