Pew study on Latino youth: Between Two Worlds

The Pew study on Latino youth is showing that how these kids assimilate will make a big impact on the future of our country. - - Donna Poisl

By Father Tom Joyce CMF

The Pew Hispanic Center released a study on Latino youth that reflects the transitional situation of the country’s largest minority: Between Two Worlds .

Their story in many ways parallels that of youth in previous generations of immigrant youth. The second and third generations generally fare better than youth born outside the country. But the second generation is often caught in an identity crisis which seems to be behind the third. That happened with the Irish and Italians that preceded them. And there lies the future of the future of the Hispanic community.
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