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Edward TELLES y Vilma ORTIZ Generations of exclusion. Mexican Americans, assimilation, and race Nueva York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2008

Elisa Brey
- 30 Apr 2011 - 
- Vol. 69, Iss: 1, pp 271-275
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This article is published in Revista Internacional De Sociologia.The article was published on 2011-04-30 and is currently open access. It has received 138 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Telles.

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Learning to Be Illegal: Undocumented Youth and Shifting Legal Contexts in the Transition to Adulthood

Roberto G. Gonzales
- 01 Aug 2011 - 
TL;DR: The authors examines the transition to adulthood among 1.5-generation undocumented Latino young adults and finds that for them, the transition from K to adulthood involves exiting the legally protected status of K to...
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Critical Race Theories, Colorism, and the Decade's Research on Families of Color

Linda M. Burton, +4 more
- 01 Jun 2010 - 
TL;DR: In the decade of 2000, two interrelated trends influenced research on America's families of color: the need for new knowledge about America's growing ethnic/racial minority and immigrant populations and conceptual advances in critical race theories and perspectives on colorism as discussed by the authors.
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Dreams Fulfilled, Dreams Shattered: Determinants of Segmented Assimilation in the Second Generation

William Haller, +2 more
- 01 Mar 2011 - 
TL;DR: Prior theories on the adaptation process of the contemporary immigrant second generation are summarized as a prelude to presenting additive and interactive models showing the impact of family variables, school contexts and academic outcomes on the process.
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Blocked Paths, Uncertain Futures: The Postsecondary Education and Labor Market Prospects of Undocumented Latino Youth

Leisy J. Abrego, +1 more
- 19 Apr 2010 - 
TL;DR: The authors provide a blueprint for assessing the future prospects of undocumented youth by offering a brief analysis of immigration and educational policies that currently affect the U.S. undocumented youth population and summarizing what is known about undocumented students' educational and occupational barriers and opportunities, particularly as they transition out of high school.
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The adaptation of migrant children.

Alejandro Portes, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2011 - 
TL;DR: Examination of how young immigrants are adapting to life in the United States finds that although poorly endowed immigrant families face distinct barriers to upward mobility, their children can overcome these obstacles through learning the language and culture of the host society while preserving their home country language, values, and customs.