Understanding Muslim Assimilation in America: An Exploratory Assessment of First & Second-Generation Muslims Using Segmented Assimilation Theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amin Asfari ◽  
Anas Askar
Keyword(s):  
Second Generation ◽  
Assimilation Theory ◽  
Segmented Assimilation

Segmented Assimilation: Issues, Controversies, and Recent Research on the New Second Generation

1997 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 975-1008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The State ◽  
Assimilation Theory ◽  
Segmented Assimilation ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Future Studies

The segmented assimilation theory offers a theoretical framework for understanding the process by which the new second generation – the children of contemporary immigrants – becomes incorporated into the system of stratification in the host society and the different outcomes of this process. This article examines the issues and controversies surrounding the development of the segmented assimilation theory and reviews the state of recent empirical research relevant to this theoretical approach. It also highlights main conclusions from recent research that bear on this theory and their implications for future studies.

Forging a Diasporic Nigerian Ethnicity in the United States and Britain

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Onoso Imoagene
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
The United States ◽  
Assimilation Theory ◽  
Segmented Assimilation

Chapter 4 examines why the Nigerian second generation in both the United States and Britain did not forge a reactive black ethnicity as predicted by segmented assimilation theory. It describes how blackness can be constructed to be ethnically diverse. The chapter details how the Nigerian second generation are forging a diasporic Nigerian ethnicity in the United States and Britain via two simultaneous processes required in identity formation: signaling difference from members of other groups and establishing similarity to determine the boundaries of group membership. I thoroughly discuss the cultural, moral and socioeconomic boundaries established by the Nigerian second generation to delineate ethnic parameters between themselves and their proximal host. I also explain why the second generation in Britain does not draw as sharp of a boundary between themselves and their proximal hosts compared to their U.S. counterparts.

“You Are Not Like Me!”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Onoso Imoagene
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Assimilation Theory ◽  
Segmented Assimilation ◽  
Key Factor

Chapter 2 shows how the proximal host is a crucial actor influencing how the second generation of Nigerian ancestry identify. How the presence of the proximal host affects identity formation among the black second generation is generally overlooked in segmented assimilation theory and is a key factor emphasized in beyond racialization theory. The chapter details how relations with the proximal host in childhood, particularly feelings of rejection and exclusion based on perceived physical and cultural differences, laid the foundation for developing a distinct ethnicity in adulthood. I discuss the responses of the proximal hosts in the United States and Britain to the Nigerian second generation when they were young. What was viewed as discriminatory responses by members of the proximal host by the Nigerian second generation fostered a feeling of being black but different among the Nigerian second generation. The tense relations between proximal hosts and the African second generation required the young Nigerian second generation to start the process of defining what being black meant to them and defining a diasporic ethnic identity differentiating them from their proximal hosts.

scholarly journals Achievement and Expectations of Immigrant, Second Generation, and Non-immigrant Black Students in U.S. Higher Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Hudley
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Ecological Theory ◽  
Assimilation Theory ◽  
Segmented Assimilation ◽  
Black Immigrant ◽  
Cultural Ecological ◽  
Cultural Ecological Theory

Research on academic achievement contrasting Black immigrant, second generation, and non-immigrant students as distinct groups is surprisingly sparse in the higher education literature.  This study examined Black immigrant and second generation undergraduates from Africa and the Caribbean and non-immigrant Black American undergraduates, using the contrasting lenses of segmented assimilation theory and cultural ecological theory. Results for academic achievement favored second generation students, consistent with cultural ecological theory, while findings concerning expectations were more consistent with segmented assimilation theory.  However, findings were moderated by gender in complex ways.  This research indicates the need for more comprehensive theories of immigrant student achievement and motivation that incorporate consideration of the context surrounding both emigration from the home country and immigration to the host country.

scholarly journals Dreams Fulfilled, Dreams Shattered: Determinants of Segmented Assimilation in the Second Generation

Social Forces ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 733-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Haller ◽  
A. Portes ◽  
S. M. Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Second Generation ◽  
Segmented Assimilation

Religious discrimination in young Muslim assimilation in Spain: Contributions to Portes and Rumbaut’s segmented assimilation theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-616
Author(s):  
Jordi Collet-Sabé
Keyword(s):  
Assimilation Theory ◽  
Segmented Assimilation ◽  
Religious Discrimination ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Significant Barrier ◽  
Discrimination Hypothesis ◽  
Different Origins ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
Do So

This article aims to consider the role of religion in the integration process of children born to immigrants in host societies (second generation) in Spain using the theory of segmented assimilation of Portes and Rumbaut and Portes, Aparicio and Haller. It is based on an exploratory qualitative research project conducted in a medium-sized city in Catalonia that examined the integration of young people of different origins and the role religion played in this process. To do so, we proffer a religious discrimination hypothesis: a scenario in which Islam, but not other religions, can become a significant barrier to positive assimilation. According to the results, this ‘religious stigma’ scenario occurs in the majority of the young Muslims who were interviewed and across many aspects of their lives.

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