Latino Churches: Faith, Family, and Ethnicity in the Second GenerationCrane's work shows how a significant number of Latino youth born in the rural Midwest have stayed involved in church out of ethnic and family solidarity. Although these youths do not show the same zeal and enthusiasm for certain traditions held dear by their parents, they have kept the church as a vital social space for expressing their own spirituality and ethnic identity. Latino churches, in turn, are effective in shaping the lives of youth because they function both as supporters and extensions of the family. The family-congregation nexus combines to enable a more selective form of acculturation that maintains a high-level of family cohesion and linguistic-cultural continuity. Crane's study shows that religion continues to increase the diversity of society rather than facilitate the "incorporation" of ethnic groups into a cultural "mainstream." |
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... talk about everything ; if I have problems , we talk . " I asked if he thought his parents understood how it is to grow up in this country . He feels that they do , because they encourage him to do what is necessary to succeed in this ...
... talk about everything ; if I have problems , we talk . " I asked if he thought his parents understood how it is to grow up in this country . He feels that they do , because they encourage him to do what is necessary to succeed in this ...
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... talk too , but I could not . I felt so bad that I cried . I wanted to go back to where I was from , back to my friends , back to someone I could talk to . " 5 She remembers it as a very difficult time . She cried a lot during the first ...
... talk too , but I could not . I felt so bad that I cried . I wanted to go back to where I was from , back to my friends , back to someone I could talk to . " 5 She remembers it as a very difficult time . She cried a lot during the first ...
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... talk to Hispanics because you talk about more of the same stuff . " Schools and Segmented Assimilation A large portion of this study was conducted in school settings because of the important role they play as agents of acculturation for ...
... talk to Hispanics because you talk about more of the same stuff . " Schools and Segmented Assimilation A large portion of this study was conducted in school settings because of the important role they play as agents of acculturation for ...
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