A Model Minority
A Model Minority
By:Jessica L. Pérez Monforti
Published on 2001 by
Social science scholars agree that Cuban Americans in Miami-Dade, Florida are politically incorporated because they have achieved electoral and economic success (Warren, 1997). This community is considered a |Model Minority,| one that other minorities that are striving for political and economic success should emulate. However, studies indicate that internal divisions may cause disagreements and conflict rather than political incorporation for community. The purpose of this study is to provide an account of the internal politics of the Cuban American community in south Florida and explain the divergent policy objectives of certain individuals and organizations regarding language policy. Browning, Marshall, and Tabb measure political incorporation as a function of the relative number of elected officials from the Cuban American community, civic organizational involvement in the political process, and whether they took part in a coalition. While these factors are significant in determining a group's level of political incorporation, we demonstrate that political consciousness and mobilization must occur on two fronts. Support for individual candidates and consciousness and mobilization around particular issues are conditions that must be satisfied. We also demonstrated that symbolic reassurance was a major factor in shaping the political behavior of Cuban Americans. By providing symbolic reassurance to the Cuban American masses, Cuban American elites were able to gain tangible benefits without losing support within the community. While the electoral strategies of Cuban American elites were not compromised by the tactics of non-mobilization that were employed regarding language policy, we can conclude that Cuban Americans, as a community, were not politically incorporated into the political system in Miami-Dade. There was no significant political mobilization around the issue of language policy in the 1980s; political mobilization did not occur because political consciousness had not been developed in regard to this issue and because community leaders provided symbolic reassurance to the Cuban American masses. I examine divisions based on race, gender, age, exile status, partisanship, and socio-economic status using a multi-method approach of focus groups, a mass survey and face-to-face interviews. This study makes a valuable contribution to the fields of Latino and racial politics.
This Book was ranked at 33 by Google Books for keyword Divergent.
Book ID of A Model Minority's Books is b2USOAAACAAJ, Book which was written byJessica L. Pérez Monfortihave ETAG "8XKyKntDSPA"
Book which was published by since 2001 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is and ISBN 10 Code is
Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is false
Book which have "490 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategoryCuban Americans
This Book was rated by Raters and have average rate at ""
This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is NOT_MATURE
Book was written in en
eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is falseand in ePub is false
Book Preview
0 Response to "A Model Minority"
Post a Comment