Romanian-Americans

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the factors that substantially contributed to the social inclusion of the Romanian immigrants who came to the US after 1950. The paper explains seven stages of assimilation that were all successfully overcome by the Romanians. The paper asserts that the many associations and societies of Romanians in the US proves that these immigrants have merged their own cultural heritage with that of their adopting country and managed to fit in almost perfectly.

From the Paper:

"The Romanian ethnic group is considered today a fully assimilated group in the US today. According to the Romanian-American Network, Inc, the first wave of Romanians came to the United States between 1895 and 1920. (http://www.ro-am.net/index.php?page=ro-am-communities#Anchor-44685 )
"The second wave of immigrants of Romanian origins happened during the Second World War for fear of the Nazi occupation. After the Second WW and during the communist years up until 1989, the Romanians who came into the US as immigrants were political refugees and exiles. After the change of regime in 1989, there was an increase in the number of Romanians coming to the US to stay because they wanted to be rejoined with their families living here or just willing to have better living conditions than they still had in their homeland."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Malesevic, S. (2004) The Sociology of Ethnicity: the Sociology of (p) Ethnicity. Galway: Sage Books..
• Gordon, M. (1981)America as a Multicultural Society. Philadelphia: American Academy of Political and Social Science.
• Embassy of Romania Washington DC. Retrieved Aug 3,2008 from: http://www.roembus.org/
• Romanian Communities. Romanian-American Network, Inc. Copyright (c) 2004 Ro-Am.net. Retireved: Aug 2, 2008 from:http://www.ro-am.net/index.php?page=ro-am-communities#Anchor-44685
• The Union and League of Romanian Societies. Retrieved Aug , 2008, from: http://romaniansocieties.com/rom_societies/events.php

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