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Even if a Mexican-American seeks to assimilate into the mainstream, the costs-which may be quite high-often outweigh the benefits. The complexities of the assimilation process are lost in public discourse on the topic.
Drawing on his and his family's experiences, Professor Johnson analyzes the limits on assimilation for racial minorities in U.S.
This Article posits that the assimilation paradigm fails to encompass the true assimilation difficulties faced by Mexican immigrants and persons of Mexican-American ancestry. By so doing, these immigrants run afoul of the "Melting Pot" mythology of assimilation. The current movement to restrict immigration to the United States is premised on the notion that today's immigrants refuse to assimilate, unlike previous groups of immigrants.