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Book: Asian American Assimilation
New book by sociologist CN Le explores ethnicity, immigration, and socioeconomic attainment
By Asian-American Village Staff
Dr. C.N. Le,
director of Asian & Asian American Studies at U. Mass Amherst and
the mastermind behind the website, Asian-Nation, has recently published a new book, Asian American Assimilation: Ethnicity, Immigration, and Socioeconomic Attainment.
In the book, which uses comprehensive data from the U.S. Census, Dr. Le broadens the
idea of assimilation to include socioeconomic and institutional examples of integration by
analyzing outcomes such as income, occupational prestige, small business ownership,
residential segregation, and intermarriage for five Asian American groups, with an emphasis
on Vietnamese. The results show that many Asian Americans, especially Vietnamese Americans,
have historically and continue to encounter several disadvantages, particularly compared to
Whites, when it comes to achieving structural integration.
Nonetheless, Dr. Le observes, many have been able to overcome such initial challenges in
a relatively short amount of time by using collective resources and maintaining ethnic
solidarity to weave together a pattern of achievement, mobility, and tradition. In
analyzing the interconnections between history, institutional conditions, and community
solidarity, Dr. Le's book serves as a valuable reference point and resource for students,
policymakers, and Americans from all backgrounds.
In this, the book adds hard evidence to the growing body of research and publications
that have recently begun to chip away at the myth of Asian
Americans-as-monolithic-Model-Minority. Other research we've covered include, most
recently, a study by UCLA that looks at educational attainment among APA undergraduates in particular.
Dr, Le's book was released by LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC as part of a New Americans series.
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