African American and Hispanics are two immigrant groups that have become assimilated into American society. Assimilation, as referred to in the text, is changing or adopting new customs and beliefs to fit in or become a part of a major or dominant culture. The United States, unlike any other country, has many races, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, and opportunities. Other ethnic groups believe that the only way to advance in life is by adopting new cultures and becoming a part of the norm.
A vast majority of Puerto Ricans and Mexicans arrived in the US to flee hard times and to figure out a good way to make a living. California and Texas combine for more than half of the Hispanic residents in America (Guisepi, n.d). Puerto Ricans that live in the U.S. amount to about two thirds of the population that currently live around New York City, and also includes a good portion of New Jersey. Most Cuban Hispanics live in the state of Florida, with the greatest population in Miami (Guisepi, n.d.). Second-generation Puerto Ricans generally have a distinct orientation than first-generation immigrants, which is the inland culture instead of the island culture and as an outcome many conceal their Spanish-language ability in an effort to assimilate socially in a Eurocentric environment (Alpert, n.d.).
Power-conflict analysts agree that Anglo-conformity tension on Puerto Ricans has been heavy, but analysts also emphasize how settled Puerto Rican Americans as a group continues (Feagin & Feagin, 2011). Their assimilation into historically white financial and civil institutions has been relatively gradual. This concluding hopeful view has been common among mainstream assimilation theorists. Conceivably no cultural group has had more impact on the prosperities of a metropolis in a brief era than the Cuban citizens on Miami (Feagin & Feagin, 2011). For the most part people believe the Cubans’ financial effect to be progressive. With...