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?re U.S. Latin@ political participants really changing the national ethos or simply behaving in typical American fashion? In Who Are W?: The Challenges to Americas National Identit?, Samuel Huntington argues that U.S. Latin@s threaten the ethos of the nation due to an inability to assimilate or due to their resistance against assimilation into American life.1 However, there is substantial evidence to the contrary, indicating that Latin@ immigrants do indeed adopt many of the core cultural dimensions of American life.2
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Manzano, S., Vega, A. (2010). Changing the National Ethos or Just Being American? Latin@ Political Participation. In: Cantú, N.E., Fránquiz, M.E. (eds) Inside the Latin@ Experience. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230106840_1
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