Eva E. Sandis

Some Sociological Observations on Voluntary Organizations Among Recent Immigrants in New York

One major consequence, as Bryce-Laporte of the Smithsonian Institution has pointed out repeatedly, is the increasing phenotypical and cultural visibility of the new immigrants, and the possible consequences of this visibility for the experiences of the immigrants in the host society. This raises the question of how these immigrants have been received and how the reception is affecting their cultural and organizational patterns in this country. In other words, to what extent have these patterns been shaped, or are they being shaped, by their visilibity? Are there any differences between their experiences and those of earlier immigrants with respect to their reception and their cultural and organizational patterns once in this country? To try and answer some of these questions, it may be useful to take a closer look at the concept of &dquo;visibility&dquo; as it applies to the

Puerto Ricans: Born in the U.S.A.

* The Colonial Relationship: Migration and History * Beyond the Census Data: A Portrait of the Community * The Rainbow People * The Political-Economic Context * Housing and the South Bronx * Educational Dynamics * The Menudo Phenomenon: An Unwritten History