Read Samuel P. Huntington’s “The Hispanic Challenge” published in Foreign Affairs on October 28, 2009

1) Read Samuel P. Huntington’s “The Hispanic Challenge” published in Foreign Affairs on October 28, 2009
2) Read Chapters 6 and 7 of David A. Gerber’s American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction (2e. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021) Pay particular attention to Gerber’s discussion of the debate over ethnicity and assimilation!
3) Write a paper answering the questions below in 750 to 1000 words. Be sure to cite the provided sources throughout your essay!
4) Do proofread. Frequent grammatical and syntactic errors will result in low grades.
Questions:
1) Identify the main arguments of Huntington’s and Gerber’s writing.
2) What is Gerber’s most significant criticism of Huntington’s thesis (Gerber discusses the thesis and themes in Huntington’s book, Who Are We?: The Challenges to America’s National Identify. Huntington presented a similar argument in the article you read, “The Hispanic Challenge”)?
3) Why does Gerber include Joel Perlmann’s research on immigration? What are the key takeaways from Perlmann’s research?
4) How should the United States address the question of ethnicity and assimilation? Which of the two approaches, Huntington’s or Gerber’s, is more appropriate and applicable? Or, is there any alternative? Support your answer using two examples (legal cases or historical events) discussed in Parker’s book.
5) What do you think of Gerber’s policy suggestions? What would be the obstacles to adopt them? Or, do you have a better suggestion to address the future of assimilation in this country?