In five pages this research paper presents a literature review which is compared and contrasted with Zhou's immigration position. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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that the "question is open as to whether new immigrants and t heir off-spring will follow the path of their European predecessors" (2001, p. 234). According to Zhou, this is
particularly true for people of color who find themselves hampered by precisely the same sociological conditions that hinder the progress of US minorities, i.e. primarily living in "underprivileged and linguistically
distinctive neighborhoods" (Zhou, 2001, p.235). It is because of this that many immigrant families arrive at the perception that their entry into
middle class American is virtually impossible. Zhou concludes that a "significant number (of immigrants) may be permanently trapped at the bottom (of society), either unable to find work or working
at dead-end jobs with little hope for social mobility" (2001, p. 238). The stance that Zhou (2001) takes on immigration is
certainly negative, but is it an accurate perception? Do other experts tend to agree or disagree with her? What do the statistics show about the upward mobility of todays immigrants?
These research questions immediately come to mind in response to Zhous position. A brief survey of literature on this issue shows that opinions on the upward mobility of immigrants
vary widely. Granfield (1991) take the position diametrically opposed to that of Zhou. Pointing to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan, Granfield reports that 56 percent
of adolescents whose family income put them statistically in the lowest fifth economically of all families in the country in the 1970s had climbed out of that basement
a decade later , with 12 percent among the countrys top 40 percent of all earners (1991). As evidence of what immigrants can achieve, Granfield (1991) holds up Seattle attorney