Myths of Cultural Dysfunction
Against The Current vol. 132

http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/1336
Date Written:  2008-01-01
Publisher:  Against The Current
Year Published:  2008
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX13366

This is another “blame the victim” book faulting Latino immigrants for not being as prosperous as other ethnic and racial groups, such as the Asians, in the United States. According to the author, the cause is Latino culture, particularly its “counterproductive” values such as living for the moment, valuing and having large families, and, most important of all, resisting and not wanting to learn English.

Subject Headings

• Book Reviews
• Class Consciousness
• Cultural Identity
• Cultural Preservation
• English as a Second Language (ESL)
• Immigrant Assimilation
• Immigrant History
• Language Death
• Language Learning
• Language Preservation
• Latin American Studies