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Behind the
contentious
politics of
immigration lies
the question of
how well new
immigrants are
becoming part of
American
society. To
address this
question,
Inheriting the
City draws
on the results
of a
ground-breaking
study of young
adults of
immigrant
parents in
metropolitan New
York to provide
a comprehensive
look at their
social,
economic,
cultural, and
political lives.
Inheriting
the City
examines five
immigrant groups
to disentangle
the complicated
question of how
they are faring
relative to
native-born
groups, and how
achievement
differs between
and within these
groups. While
some experts
worry that these
young adults
would not do as
well as previous
waves of
immigrants due
to lack of
high-paying
manufacturing
jobs, poor
public schools,
and an
entrenched
racial divide,
Inheriting
the City
finds that the
second
generation is
rapidly moving
into the
mainstream—speaking
English, working
in jobs that
resemble those
held by native
New Yorkers
their age, and
creatively
combining their
ethnic cultures
and norms with
American ones.
Far from
descending into
an urban
underclass, the
children of
immigrants are
using immigrant
advantages to
avoid some of
the obstacles
that native
minority groups
cannot.
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