Why Mexican-Americans are making more progress than other minorities
Why Mexican-Americans are making more progress than other minorities
- May 6, 2014
- Research by Jennifer Lee, sociology professor, is featured in the Deseret News National May 6, 2014
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From the Deseret News National:
Lead researcher Jennifer Lee of the University of California, Irvine couches the
question this way for Time magazine: "Who is more successful: a Mexican-American whose
parents immigrated to the U.S. with less than an elementary school education, and
who now works as a dental hygienist? Or a Chinese-American whose parents immigrated
to the U.S. and earned Ph.D. degrees, and who now works as a doctor?"
For the full story, please visit http://national.deseretnews.com/article/1425/Why-Mexican-Americans-are-m....
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