This study examines how members of a majority second-generation Brazilian church in South Florida perceive their English-speaking, “American” congregation compared to the Portuguese-speaking Brazilian congregation from which they originated. Data for this research are drawn from in-depth, open-ended interviews with 32 members from different ethnoracial backgrounds, participant observation, and content analysis of the congregations’ social media. Findings show that the discourse of church differences portrays the two congregations in racialized and classist ways. Combining boundary-making and identity work theories, I argue that the perceptions espoused by members of the American congregation come from a place of pressure to assimilate to U.S. White middle-class culture, consequently reinforcing and legitimizing stereotypes in an effort to distance themselves from Brazilian immigrants.

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谈判归属感：巴西追求“成为美国人”中的种族、阶级和宗教

这项研究考察了南佛罗里达州第二代巴西教会的成员如何看待他们的说英语的“美国”会众，与他们起源的说葡萄牙语的巴西会众相比。这项研究的数据来自对来自不同种族背景的 32 名成员的深入、开放式访谈、参与观察以及对会众社交媒体的内容分析。调查结果表明，关于教会差异的话语以种族化和阶级化的方式描绘了两个会众。结合边界制定和身份工作理论，我认为美国会众所信奉的观念来自于同化美国白人中产阶级文化的压力，