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Description

1. vii, 221 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

1. Kim argues that educational and occupational success for groups in the racial middle such as Korean and Asian Americans does not necessarily translate into further integration in other sectors of American society. Educational and professional accomplishments, while accelerating integration and acceptance, can be accompanied by exclusion in other sectors of society. Thus, Korean and Asian Americans may experience rapid intergenerational upward mobility and integration, but still be subject racialization and exclusion. This challenges the assimilation paradigm that immigrants and their children will assimilate and continue to achieve full integration and acceptance in the mainstream society.

Series statement

1. The new Americans: recent immigration and American society

Subject

1. Korean Americans.
2. Children of immigrants -- United States.

Contents

1. Introduction -- "Harvard, Harvard, Harvard!": the pursuit of elite high schools and colleges -- "Not a deli. That's too hard.": from Korean immigrant small businesses to professional occupations -- "They know only three careers-medicine, law, and engineering.": second-generation job search and work experience -- "You drive anywhere west of Pennsylvania...and people stare.": racial othering and its impact on second-generation identities -- "He just avoids Korean Americans like the plague.": second-generation responses to racialization -- "Politicians, it's all talk and no action.": the struggle for political integration -- Conclusion: The making of ethnic and pan-ethnic identities -- Appendixes: A. Binary logistic regression - education -- B. Korean American self-employment and occupation -- C. Binary logistic regression - politics.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Language

1. English

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-215) and index.

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