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19世纪末20世纪初,大量来自东欧和南欧的所谓“新移民”给美国带来巨大的文化冲击,促使美国主流社会中“盎格鲁遵从”论一时间兴盛。这一强制同化理论支配着当时美国公立学校的教育。公立学校采取了一系列策略,对“新移民”子女实施“美国化”,力图将其塑造成地道的美国小公民。这些同化策略确实促进了东、南欧移民子女对美国主流文化的接受和认同,但是也给这些孩子及他们的父母带来一些负面影响,造成了移民家庭代际间的文化隔阂与冲突。
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a large number of so-called “new immigrants” from Eastern and Southern Europe brought tremendous cultural impact on the United States and prompted the “Anglo-Compliant” theory in mainstream American society to flourish for a time. This theory of forced assimilation dominated the then public schools in the United States. Public schools have adopted a series of strategies to “Americanize” the children of “new immigrants,” trying to shape them into authentic American small citizens. These assimilation strategies did promote the acceptance and recognition of the mainstream American culture by immigrant children of East and South Europe. However, they also brought some negative impacts to these children and their parents, resulting in cultural barriers and clashes among immigrant families.