Social Attitudes of Recent Russian Immigrants
Social Attitudes of Recent Russian ImmigrantsThis paper is concerned with social attitudes of the recent immigrants from the former Soviet Union in the United States. They come in large numbers from a society, which is very different from American, and the process of "blending into" new system is extremely complicated and even painful for them. Interestingly enough, Russian immigrants in general manage to assimilate very well and it is considered to be "the most successful immigrant group in a nation of immigrants" (Barry V. Johnston, p.72). I am particularly interested in this topic because Russian immigrants are in a transition between two very dissimilar ideological and social systems. At the same time it has a specific significance for me because almost four years ago my family moved to America from Moscow as refugees. I would like to apply the order theory of assimilation processes in this paper since this theory fits perfectly to my personal experiences and the experiences of my family in this country.After a long and scrupulous research I have decided to use two journal articles, which give excellent information on the type of Russian community in Los Angeles and social attitudes of Russian immigrants in the US in
First one, Tatiana, is 49 years old elementary school teacher. " Natasha said that she treats "Blacks as any other race: has no prejudice toward them and had relationships with black men". Natasha said that she does not mind gays at all, because "they are cute and funny". I chose these issues because prevalent Soviet attitudes towards it are markedly different from the current attitudes of Americans. . Although both Tatiana and Natasha showed tolerance toward homosexuals, Tatiana's views are more conservative than Natasha's. Such factors as aging slows attitude change and tends to produce more conservative positions on social problems; education, in contrast is associated with expression of tolerant view. This sentiment is significant for Soviets because of the propaganda that presented American Blacks in unequivocally favorable light. Tatiana's response for the issue of homosexuals was that "I do not really care as long they keep their business to themselves. I would like to add that applying the order theory of assimilation toward recent Russian immigrants was amazing because it totally made sense. Everything can be accomplished in Russian: grocery shopping, dental checkups, banking - even a visit to the mortician. Before her immigration to US she thought of African-Americans as of "totally suppressed by white majority".
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