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Accommodation without Assimilation: Sikh Immigrants in an American High School / Edition 1

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Accommodation without Assimilation: Sikh Immigrants in an American High School / Edition 1
Accommodation without Assimilation: Sikh Immigrants in an American High School / Edition 1

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"The micro-ethnographic detail on economic adaptation, home life, and family values is skillfully linked to both larger societal issues (immigration policy, assimilation, minority-majority relations) and to educational theory on school performance. The result is a holistic portrait which reveals why Sikh high school students, despite language barriers, prejudice, and significant cultural differences, often outperform their majority peers and other United States minority groups. "One need not examine only the Japanese approach to education to find models to emulate. There are some immigrant patterns much closer at hand that arc at least as relevant. This study of 'accommodation without assimilation' is a very timely case in point and deserves a wide and critical readership."—

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