Vilma Ortiz and Edward Telles, “Third Generation Disadvantage among Mexican Americans,” Sociology of Race & Ethnicity, 2017 We often assume that the descendants of immigrants will be better off than their predecessors–an idea that sociologists refer to as “assimilation theory.” However, recent social science research contradicts this assumption. In their new work, sociologists Vilma Ortiz and Edward … Continue reading Racism Disadvantages Third-Generation Immigrants