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The second generation born in a country (i.e. "third generation" in the above definition) In the United States, among demographers and other social scientists, "second generation" refers to the U.S.-born children of foreign-born parents. [14] The term second-generation immigrant attracts criticism due to it being an oxymoron.
Sansei (三世, "third generation") is a Japanese and North American English term [1] used in parts of the world (mainly in South America and North America) to refer to the children of children born to ethnically Japanese emigrants in a new country of residence, outside of Japan.
Maurice Cranston argued that scarcity means that supposed second-generation and third-generation rights are not really rights at all. [23] If one person has a right, others have a duty to respect that right, but governments lack the resources necessary to fulfill the duties implied by citizens' supposed second- and third-generation rights.
The term third culture kid was first coined by researchers John and Ruth Useem in the 1950s, who used it to describe the children of American citizens working and living abroad. [4] Ruth Useem first used the term after her second year-long visit to India with her fellow sociologist / anthropologist husband and three children.
Yonsei (四世, "fourth generation") is a Japanese diasporic term used in countries, particularly in North America and in Latin America, to specify the great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants . The children of Issei are Nisei (the second generation). Sansei are the third generation, [1] and their offspring are Yonsei. [2]
Nisei (二世, "second generation") is a Japanese-language term used in countries in North America and South America to specify the ethnically Japanese children born in the new country to Japanese-born immigrants, or Issei. The Nisei, or second generation, in turn are the parents of the Sansei, or third generation.
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is an umbrella term for a number of standards organizations which develop protocols for mobile telecommunications. Its best known work is the development and maintenance of: [ 1 ]
3GNY (Third Generation New York) is a non-profit organization composed of grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. [1] The mission of the group is to "educate diverse communities about the perils of intolerance and to provide a supportive forum for the descendants of survivors."