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Second-generation immigrants in the United States are individuals born and raised in the United States who have at least one foreign-born parent. [1] Although the term is an oxymoron which is often used ambiguously, this definition is cited by major research centers including the United States Census Bureau and the Pew Research Center.
The second generation born in a country (i.e. "third generation" in the above definition) In the United States, among demographers and other social scientists, "second generation" refers to the U.S.-born children of foreign-born parents. [14] The term second-generation immigrant attracts criticism due to it being an oxymoron.
Today the majority of the Dutch Americans live in the U.S. states of California, New York, Michigan, Iowa, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Montana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. This is a list of notable Dutch Americans , including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and Americans of full or partial Dutch ancestry.
The Markup looks at the dynamics behind how second-generation Asian Americans cope with friends ... helping them understand state actors' role in fomenting racial discord in the U.S. can allow ...
Anna May Wong seated in her mother's lap, c. 1905 This is a duplicate copy of the Certificate of Identity issued to actress Anna May Wong. Anna May Wong was born Wong Liu Tsong (黃柳霜, Liu Tsong literally meaning "willow frost") on January 3, 1905, on Flower Street in Los Angeles, one block north of Chinatown, in an integrated community of Chinese, Irish, German and Japanese residents.
For immigrant and second-generation Asian Americans, concealing one’s background can sometimes be a means of survival, experts have said.
Mike Holm, Swedish-born American politician and the longest-serving Minnesota Secretary of State; David Hultgren, former politician and judge in Illinois; Johnny Isakson, 2nd generation, Republican Senator from Georgia [87] Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Founding Father, signer of the U.S. Constitution; John Albert Johnson, 16th Governor of ...
Born James Ercolani on June 8, 1936, Darren was a second-generation American of Italian descent. He knew by age 14 that he wanted to get into showbiz and began singing in nightclubs with his ...