Summary Of The Hispanic Challenge Huntington
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Professor Duquette-Rury
Sociology 51: Sociology of Migration
18 February 2017
The Hispanic Challenge In “The Hispanic Challenge,” chairman of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies and cofounder of Foreign Policy, Samuel P. Huntington focuses not on the economic costs and benefits of Hispanic immigration but on the effects it has on the characteristics that define the United States. He argues that the “most immediate and serious challenge to America’s traditional identity comes from the immense and continuing immigration from Latin America, especially from Mexico” which “threatens” to divide the United States into two groups of Individuals (30-32). Guided by personal sentiments, subjectivity, presumptions, and nitpicked information, Huntington concludes that Hispanic immigration, particularly Mexican Immigration is tempering with the integrity of the United States, threatening to divide it into a country of “two languages and two cultures,” and should therefore be addressed and controlled. Yet …show more content…
As evidence, he uses a 1992 study of Children of immigrants in Southern California and South Florida, which concluded that a large percentage of “Mexican children,” whether if there were born within or outside of the United States, did not identify themselves as being “American.” His support however, apart from being outdated, makes an overgeneralization of “Mexican Children,” from a small fraction of the actual population. As a result, Huntington’s support is insufficient in providing enough substantial evidence to make the conclusion that “most” Mexican Children are showing opposition in being identified as American. This is because the findings do not entail a complete evaluation of Mexican Children and how they identify
Professor Duquette-Rury
Sociology 51: Sociology of Migration
18 February 2017
The Hispanic Challenge In “The Hispanic Challenge,” chairman of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies and cofounder of Foreign Policy, Samuel P. Huntington focuses not on the economic costs and benefits of Hispanic immigration but on the effects it has on the characteristics that define the United States. He argues that the “most immediate and serious challenge to America’s traditional identity comes from the immense and continuing immigration from Latin America, especially from Mexico” which “threatens” to divide the United States into two groups of Individuals (30-32). Guided by personal sentiments, subjectivity, presumptions, and nitpicked information, Huntington concludes that Hispanic immigration, particularly Mexican Immigration is tempering with the integrity of the United States, threatening to divide it into a country of “two languages and two cultures,” and should therefore be addressed and controlled. Yet …show more content…
As evidence, he uses a 1992 study of Children of immigrants in Southern California and South Florida, which concluded that a large percentage of “Mexican children,” whether if there were born within or outside of the United States, did not identify themselves as being “American.” His support however, apart from being outdated, makes an overgeneralization of “Mexican Children,” from a small fraction of the actual population. As a result, Huntington’s support is insufficient in providing enough substantial evidence to make the conclusion that “most” Mexican Children are showing opposition in being identified as American. This is because the findings do not entail a complete evaluation of Mexican Children and how they identify