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Acculturation Of Mexicans. Mexican Americans Still Standing On The Fringe. By Ajay Singh.

"In many Los Angeles public schools, a troubling trend has long been noticed: Teachers tend to push white students and those of Asian heritage to perform well in class while holding Mexican-American children to a lesser standard. Now a new study by two UCLA sociologists provides powerful evidence that low teacher expectations in inadequately funded schools...

Coupled with an atmosphere of anti-immigrant hostility and a host of other factors, have kept generations of Mexican Americans poorly educated — and alarmingly poor." 03/25/08Hispanic Acculturation and Beyond. New American Dimensions Hispanic Segmentation Study, David Morse, President & CEO. New American Dimensions LLC reveals what drives Hispanic identity, purchasing decisions, lifestyle choices, and the type of marketing Hispanics responds to. 03/11/08

Assimilating And Americanizing Latinos In The United States. CBS News. Stirring The Nation's Melting Pot. 7/30/06

AOL Latino 2006 Hispanic Cyberstudy. Internet Usage across Acculturation Segments. Hispanic Internet Landscape Is Bicultural. Internet Continues to Be the Best Source to Make Final Brand Decisions for Most Online Hispanics. 9/18/06

A Look Inside the Bicultural Consumer: Understanding the Largest Hispanic Consumer Group. ACNielsen. 2004PDF

Latino Health Problems May Grow Center-Store Categories. Phil Lempert-Facts, Figures & The Future. ACNielsen - Food Marketing Institute. 10/06

Age, Arrival Date Shape Immigrant Media. Erik Sass from MediaDailyNews/MediaPost. 11/27/06

Demographic Profile of Foreign-Language Speakers. National- and state-level data from Census 2000 on who speaks English and does not, broken down by type of household, age of householder, education attainment and income. 12/04/06