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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED314541 AUTHOR:
TITLE: The Newest Americans: Report of the American Jewish
Committee's Task Force on the Acculturation of Immigrants
to
American Life.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1987
NOTE: 38 p.
ABSTRACT: Large and continuing immigration will create
problems for the American social and economic systems. The
influx will require significant policy initiatives in both
the public and private sectors, but the country is more
than capable of solving these problems and, in the process,
will receive many benefits. The following problems are
discussed:
(1) immigrants are entering an already-strained economy;
(2) many older Americans fear that immigrants' allegiance
to their native language constitutes a threat to national
unity; and (3) some taxpayers fear that immigrants consume
costly social services in excess of their contributions in
taxes. However, a tradition of openness to newcomers and
acceptance of a unifying civic authority, and recent
political and societal changes, such as increased
acceptance of cultural diversity, contribute to the
immigrants' speedy and positive acculturation. Immigrants
are also assisted by voluntary agencies and government
programs, new jobs and opportunities, and the efforts of
the educational system to understand and promote pluralism
and cultural diversity in both formal education and
extracurricular activities. The comments of five members of
the American Jewish Committee's Task Force on the
Acculturation of Immigrants to American Life and a list of
the Task Force's members are appended.
(FMW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Adjustment-to-Environment;
Government-Role;
Outcomes-of-Education; Private-Agencies; Social-Problems
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Acculturation-; *Cultural-Pluralism;
*Economic-Factors; *Immigrants-; *Multicultural-Education;
*Social-Influences
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