Non-European Immigrant Adjustment to French Society

• In Event: Roundtable Session 59
  In Roundtable Session: Local and Global Flows: Representation, Migration, and Internationalism

Abstract

While immigrants generally feel extreme pressure to assimilate and desire to be accepted by those in the host country, they face a number of challenges including inequitable schooling practices and lack of access to social and cultural capital that could further their entry into higher education and gainful employment outside of the service industry. Narrative analysis was used to discover the experiential perceptions of immigrant citizens in France and how they adjusted to French society and schooling system. The study reveals that all three experienced discrimination based on their color, name, or ethnic origin.

Author

• Lisa Winstead, California State University - Fullerton