As the new generation came of age in the 1980s, the great majority lived up to their family heritage by receiving a good education and engaging in professional occupations. They entered mainstream American society and represented a new force coming to the fore among native-born Chinese Americans.
一九八○年時這批新一代已長成，絕大多數秉承家風，受良好教育、從事專業工作，也打入美國主流社會，在美出生華人的表現因此異軍突起。