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Chain Immigration

immigrants sponsor several other immigrants who upon their arrival may sponsor still more

Xenophobia

the fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners

Nativism

beliefs and policies favoring native-born citizens over immigrants

Sinophobes

people with a fear of anything associated with China

Brain Drain

immigration to the United States of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians who are desperately needed by their home countries

Mixed Status

families in which one or more members are citizens and one or more are noncitizens

Billingualism

the use of two or more languages in place of work or education and the treatment of each language as legitimate

Billingual Education

a program designed to allow students to learn academic concepts in their native language while they learn a second language

Naturalization

conferring of citizenship on a person after birth

Remittances

the monies that immigrants return to their country of orgin

Globalization

worldwide integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets through trade, movements of people and the exchange of ideas

Transnationals

immigrants who sustain multiple social relationships that link their societies of origin and settlement

Refugees

people living outside their country of citizenship for fear of political or religious persecution

Principles of Third-Generation Interest

Marcus Hansen's contention that ethnic interest and awareness increase in the third generation, among the grandchildren of immigrants.

Ethnic Paradox

the maintenance of one's ethnic ties in a way that can assist with assimilation in larger society

Symbolic Ethnicity

Herbert Gan's term that describes emphasis on ethnic food and ethnically associated political issues rather than deeper ties to one's heritage

Denomination

a large, organized religion not officially linked with the state of goverment

Civil Religion

the religious dimension American life that merges the state with sacred beliefs

Secessionist Minority

groups that reject assimilation and promote coexistence and pluralism

Creationists

People who support a literal interpretation of the biblical book of Genesis on the origins of the universe and argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific thought

Intelligent Design

the view that life is so complex that that it must have been created by a higher intelligence

World System Theory

a view of the global economic system as divided between nations that control wealth and those that provide natural resources and labor

Millenarian Movement

movements, such as the Ghost Dance, that prophesy a cataclysm in the immediate future, to be followed by collective salvation

Pan-Indianism

intertribal social movements in which several tribes, joined by political goals but not by kinship, unite in a common identity

Fish-Ins

tribes' protests over government interference with their traditional rights to fish as they like

Powwows

native american gatherings of dancing, signing, music playing, and visiting, accompanied by competitions

Sovereignty

tribal self rule

Kickouts or Pushouts

Native American school dropouts who leave behind and unproductive academic enviroment

Environmental Justice

efforts to ensure that hazardous substances are controlled so that all communities receive protection regardless of race or socioeconomic circumstances