WILL THE REAL AMERICANS PLEASE STAND UP - ANGLE AND MEXICAN-AMERICAN SUPPORT OF CORE AMERICAN POLITICAL VALUES

Theory: Ethnic civic incorporation theory provides three hypotheses in regard to immigrants' adopting American values (i.e., incorporation). Hypotheses: (1) Mexican-Americans will become incorporated as they ac culturate regardless of ethnic consciousness. (2) Mexican-Americans wi ll not incorporate regardless of acculturation or ethnic consciousness . (3) Greater ethnic consciousness will reduce civic incorporation. Me thods: Multiple regression analysis is done on a national survey of Me xican-Americans. Results: At all levels of acculturation, Mexican-Amer icans are no less likely and often more Likely to endorse values of in dividualism and patriotism than are Angles. This finding has implicati ons for the current debates on immigration and efforts to discriminate against immigrants.