America is made up of every nationality on this planet. There is at least one person of each race and nationality on this continent. Immigrants impact our way of life more than we really know. America is assimilation and a multiculturalism collection of this world’s people.
When the Americas were first discovered, it was just mere occasions where a fisherman had landed in the Americas and was not aware of what he had found. The actual finding that this was a new continent was monumental. New people, ideas and religion soon started to spread.
America would not be what it is today if it wasn’t for all of the emigrants that moved here back in the 1500s up until now. This county was
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Some of the peoples that have migrated here have been treated horribly in the past but with a culture built out of “the people choice”, it leaves no room for separation or segregation of people.
Take for instance the Chinese, Chinese Immigration effects present times in America because of how they now succeed in modern society when in the past we would not even let them become American citizens. The first Chinese immigrated to the United States in the 1600’s. It was thought that in the past that since they were not white and the fact that they were never slaves to us meant that there was no need for them to be naturalized.
The Chinese traveled to the US in the time of the gold rush because they needed to come and make a fortune and return home. Many Chinese wanted to stay in the United States, but the US made it very difficult. One example of that is that in 1879 California passed a constitution that said no one could legally employ Chinese people. They even had a national holiday for anti-Chinese demonstrations. One more act they passed was called the Cable Act. It stated that if any American married a Chinese person (women in particular), they would lose their American citizenship.
This is interesting today because Asian people and White Americans make up the majority of the smartest and most successful people in the United
America is commonly characterized as the greatest country in the world, the glorious “land of the free and the home of the brave”, “indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”. This idealization of the American identity conveniently focuses on what people want to hear and blurs out most everything else. In reality, Americans do not live up to the dreamscape created by our views, and we never really have. America is no longer characterized by its freedom and democracy, nearly every first world country can afford that luxury. Nor are we set apart by the great opportunities given to our people, for those are far from universal. We aren’t equal, we aren’t unified, we aren’t kinder or smarter or richer than any other country across the board. It’s easy to find the shortcomings of American culture, all the things we aren’t, but the things we are have proven to be more elusive. First, let’s examine the nots.
Being an American to me means more than just loving watching baseball and eating apple pie. It's about following the American Dream. The dream of always striving to achieve something better. I once heard a quote from Edward L. Hudgins that reads “An American is anyone who loves life enough to want the best that it has to offer. Americans look to more than the next meal; they look to the future, the long term, a better tomorrow.” To me this quote means that Americans aren't here to settle, they are here to achieve their dream, the American dream.
To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution?
Have you ever heard the statement that all Asian Americans are good at math and science and they excel educationally? This paper defines the model minority myth, provides historical context in perspective of the Chinese Americans and explains how these Chinese American’s experiences do not fit the model minority myth. The model minority stereotype has various negative assumptions towards Asian Americans and one of them is that it assumes all Asian Americans are a homogenous ethnic group. There are several ways how Chinese Americans and other Asian Americans do not fit the model minority myth. Specifically, the historical context of these Chinese Americans contradicts the model minority stereotype.
American is a nation built up of many lands due to immigrants, this is a thought shared by two authors however, they have different reasoning to get those thoughts. Both authors, Quindlen and Kennedy, wrote pieces about America's immigrants and how their cultures changed society into the country we have today. Quindlen shared the idea about many cultures coming together as one country and Kennedy shared his idea about such a big impact the immigrants had on us and how we wouldn’t be here without them. Different people have different ideas even though they share a thought.
In the late 1800’s and still today, America was considered a fairly new and young country. We did not have political experience, crisis management mastered or even organized streets, until Benjamin Franklin’s “checkerboard pattern” for Philadelphia. As compared to Germany or Ireland which consisted of Germans and Irish, respectively, America did not have “Americans” yet. Small towns along the Trans-Continental Railroad, settled by immigrant workers, were usually one ethnic group. To be clearer, at one station, a town may be settled by Irish, but the next towns may be settled by Germans and Chinese. A small part of every culture became known as American Culture. Our cultures “mixed” to form a new culture. Immigrants were an essential part of that. Without immigrants, we would most likely still have English accents and “tea time”. Immigrants were crucial to America’s success because it not only made us one but it created a diverse society that evolved into the great culture we share today. It is also very important to note that these immigrants coming from all different sections of the world brought not only culture, but trade experience they had mastered in their home countries. The ability to plant, grow, maintain and harvest crops was a great upset for America as well as blacksmith
The Chinese came to America in search of wealth. They wanted to make money to send back to their poor families at home and to become very rich (Leo Luo). The Chinese went through the attack of being so poor because of the Qing dynasty the ruler he declined to help during the opium wars. After all the Chinese began to need resources to live off , so they began to look for jobs and hope to become very wealthy and then return back to their homes to help support their families at home (“ Chinese immigrants to America”). On the other hand the Chinese did overcome their needs and became
Throughout American history, the Chinese were never talked about in great detail despite their impact. The first generation of Chinese that came to the U.S after the California Gold faced finding their identity in a new country. They defined themselves in american culture with the establishment of Chinatown and the construction of the continental railroad, but they also faced hardships of discrimination leading to the Chinese exclusion act. America talks about the blacks, the latinos, the Irish being discriminated but hardly ever about the Chinese. Since the moment they arrived, the Chinese adapted to the new land around them and strived to make America their new home despite constant setbacks employed by the United States government.
Then I discovered that immigrants were American history(JFK 23).’” As said in that quote, immigrants are what lead to America being born. Even before the Pilgrims, Native-Americans migrated here from Asia. The Native-Americans are considered immigrants because they are not originally from here. Then the Pilgrims came, which lead to more immigrants. They then colonized the East Coast. Their children and their descendants may think that they are not immigrants, but without their immigrant parents or ancestors immigrating to America, they would not be here. So, every single person in America has immigrant blood in them. In reality, there is no such thing as American blood. Finally, America would not be
During the early stages of the California gold rush many Chinese immigrants migrated to the United States to work in the mines. In the beginning of the rush, people tolerated the Chinese migrants. However, as competition
To begin, the reason why they decided to live in California was because of the Gold Rush that was happening there. Many of them needed money for their families, so they decided to mine for gold. In the article,”The Chinese Experience in 19th Century America,” by the University of Illinois, the authors states,” Chinese immigrants had come to San Francisco as early as 1838, but large numbers of Chinese only began to come in 1850 for the same reason many Americans were flocking to California - the 1849 Gold Rush”(Chinese 4). They were so desperate to work in the mines that they accepted any pay. In the article,” The History of Chinese Immigration to the U.S,” by Yvonne Liang, the author states,” They were forced to work from sun up to sun down and sleep in tents in the middle of winter.
The beginning of Chinese immigration to the United States first started in the 19th century, the political unrest and economic pressures in China and the Gold Rush era in California prompted thousands of Chinese immigrants to migrate to the United States to search for temporary work, and to seek for the dreams of gold in the 1850s. Many of them arrived in America hoping to acquired wealth to send money back to support their families and hoping to return back to their home after a few years with wealth, but some of them entered the United States for freedom.
In many aspects, the motivations for the Chinese to come to the United States were similar to those of most immigrants. Some came to "The Gold Mountain," and others came to the United States to seek better economic opportunity. Yet there were others that were compelled to leave China either as contract laborers or refugees. The Chinese brought with them their language, culture, social institutions, and customs. Over time they made lasting contributions to their adopted country and became a vital part of the United States population (Immigration Station).
During the 1840s to 1850s, Chinese moved to California because of the California gold rush. They were poor but nice, “Chinese were nice and they desperately wanted money, but the had been discriminated against.” (Chinese worksheet). Chinese went to California in search for wealth, food, and protection, but they faced many hardships. Despite the hardships they had, they stayed there and spread their culture.
The student's perceptions of society are it be viewed as equal. He being colored writes a homework assignment for his professor as anyone else. "I like to eat, sleep, drink and be in love", around the world people do these regardless of color or race. The student says, " I guess being colored doesn't make me NOT like". He views being colored signifies that he has the ability to "like". in the world relates to clarifying that despite being colored he is equal. "yet, a part of me, as I am a part of you. That's American", is trying to say that every person, whether black or white, young or old, wealthy or poor, is important for the American identity. To the student, his Professor is a part of him solely because they share the same essentials.