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...At least they could show a little respect, and at least learn the language and culture. B...
Latino immigrants, like other immigrant groups before them, are assimilating to American culture - and the dominant language - just like other groups of immigrants before them did.
THE POLITICS OF EDUCATION AND RECENT IMMIGRANTS AS GANG MEMBERS
In many instances because of poorly implemented bilingual programs and other forms of "miseducation," many Spanish-speaking immigrants spend several years in bilingual classroom and still do not learn English. The price is alienation from peers who have been here longer, and who subsequently feel superior to the more recent arrivals.
In the last decade or so, gang membership has increased among immigrant first generation teens, who in the past, rarely affiliated. Some data suggests that young people who do not feel assimilated join gangs as resistance to assimilation. They feel more at home in the gang culture.
THE POLITICS OF EDUCATION AND RECENT IMMIGRANTS AS GANG MEMBERS