Immigrant, Integration And Diversity: Case Study

Daniels, Roger. Not like Us: Immigrants and Minorities in America, 1890-1924. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1997.

Hello reader, I’m about to tell you a story of some of my life. I am not normally one to volunteer details about myself, which I’ll remain somewhat reserved or completely leave some events out of this autobiography. Nonetheless, I believe I can still make my story interesting for the reader. I was born 1979, in Tampa, Florida; which, is also the same day my biological father decided to leave my mother and I. My mother isn’t a native Floridian, but had moved there with her family when she was still an infant, and had spent most of her life growing up in Florida. Needless to say, my father leaving was not an exciting time for my mother and I. Although she was employed Jimmy Cater was president and had taken the nation into

The best advice I have ever given myself is to never forget where I come from. I am happy to acknowledge my family and my cultural roots. I am first generation born in The United States. My parents migrated from Mexico in hopes to look for better opportunities for my siblings and I. The United States for my parents represented the pathway to success, they wanted to start a family where education is offered to any student and no child is left behind. As well as jobs are easier to find. For that I am extremely grateful and have been positively influenced of living in a place where opportunities are offered.

I came to the United States as an international student on a student visa. Working with various student organizations as the president of Nicholls International Community, I have become more comfortable with working with those of all races. After graduation, I worked professionally for four years where I met people from all walks of life. During this times, I learned advanced techniques of performing whole genome and exome sequencing, trained other employees, coordinated projects and managed meetings. Additionally, I learned to manage work conflicts and become a strong leader through proper communication. These experiences have taught me to never stop working hard. Experiencing being part of the community in Nepal to New Orleans and to New York City has really broadened my view on the world. I will be able to share these experience and skills with the diverse student body of

Every individual, no matter who they are, will all face challenges that result from their backgrounds and cultures. Born in Calcutta, India and later moving to the United States, Amin Ahmad was an individual who discovered this harsh truth first-hand. In his essay, “I Belong Here,” Ahmad reflects on his experience of being treated differently from those around him based off his cultural background. He analyzes the emotional barrier that forms between the journey of immigration and the continuous feeling of inferiority based solely on the desire to belong. The article is written to provide a different point of view; one focused on introducing to the world the challenges and emotions immigrants face after starting the journey towards a new life.

Humanity is ever so much more complicated than one could have ever imagined. Humans can thrive on change, but ultimately look for something to declare as home. In search of this home people travel long distances and risk everything they have. When an American contemplates the word immigrant, one imagines the countless people from Mexico crossing into our country or the refugees that hope to make this country their home. What eludes most of us, however, is the reality that most people were, at one point, immigrants to this country and that our forefathers came here exactly the same as refugees come today. What is brought to mind when I hear the word immigrant is hope and perseverance. I remember the countless people who have traveled here

The passion of education that my parents instilled as well as my cultural values drive me to pursue a Ph.D. I want to be able to give back to my community; I hope to fulfill this by conducting research in underrepresented populations, like the Latino population.

Many immigrants come to the United State for various reasons, whether it is to escape war conflicts, jobs, freedom, or to receive better medical attention. However, the number one reasons immigrants come to the United State are to advance from poverty and oppression from their homeland. The United State is known for freedom of speech and having an open-door policy to welcome other immigrants to the United State. When other immigrants come to the United State some take on the acculturation as the Americans, however while others immigrants stay within their own culture adaptation and adapt bicultural identity.

Despite the sporadic setbacks that Muslim Americans encounter, the United States of America continues to be the preferable place for immigrants to integrate or assimilate. In relation to discrimination, attaining citizenship, and fitting in, “immigrants say they are fairly satisfied with life in the United States of America for themselves and their children” (Bittle, et al.). The United States of America is a country with an enormous number of immigrants who strive to integrate or assimilate into American society. Immigrants are encouraged to celebrate their heritage and religious holidays without fear of being considered less politically or culturally American. For example, the former president of the United States of America, Barack Obama,

Due to the long history of inequality, wealth and economic factors have been contributing to the poverty rate in America. Even though, many issues in discrimination also has been an increasing issue in so many areas of ethnicity that politicians should focus upon in order to reduce discrimination and improve the American economy. Diverse groups should also be at the center of attention as diversity has always been at the forefront of the many issues of inequality in America. There should be justice for many of the unnecessary burdens of inequality, and discrimination as many of the economic issues would start to decrease. Politicians should also be focusing on immigration factors as immigrants have struggled to maintain a healthy lifestyle in America for many years. Human service work is a major safeguard for many of the inequality issues because human services has a caring helping hand in many of the inequalities around the world as these issues do not only exist in America. Although, inequality should be addressed on all levels, politicians should create policies to safeguard against discrimination and inequality because many of the economic issues would be decreased and it would create a better environment for the human service worker to help care for many of the different societies.

Since I've been living in Barcelona, I've been drawing attention and I have carefully observed those spaces where immigrant communities meet each other in different city areas.

The United States is often called a melting pot because of the vast array of cultures that all live in the country. People have come from every corner of the world to settle in the United States. In recent years, the influx of immigration has become a contentious issue. Some people believe that the US is overpopulated and that further immigration poses a danger to the country while others contend that the US was built on immigration and that it is un-American to prohibit people from living here if they so wish. The articles "5 Myths About Immigration" and "The Challenge of Diversity" detail the different issues which are related to the immigration issue, both discuss the amount of immigration that occurs, the fear of immigrants taking jobs from American citizens, and the idea that immigrants are reluctant to assimilate into the American culture.

For the past 11 years, I have lived and worked in Bethel, Alaska, a community that is 68% Yupik with a strong Alaskan native culture. While most of the remaining 32% of the population is from the lower 48 states, significant numbers of Hispanic, Korean, and Albanian immigrants contribute to the cultural diversity. Moreover, my own home is culturally diverse. I brought my wife, Patty, to the United States from Guatemala on a fiancee visa in February 2000. We have two Yupik daughters, who were given to us through tribal adoption at birth.

Diversity, inequality, and immigration or three words that brings mind some of the current political subjects that are currently affecting the United States today. Throughout the country’s history, there is the notable inequality and racial injustice in our society. This can be seen, and our history textbooks, about the Civil War, civil rights movement, and the more recently with the gay-rights movement. That history of this country is established on these types of movements and wars. Many different cultures have come together and creating the diversity in this country that people offer for two as a melting pot. Within this

I find that the concepts of diversity, inclusion and social justice to be important because they build on each other and have the power to change the world. When all of these aspects work together and are acknowledged then we are able to work toward changing social norms and creating aspects in society that are focused on equity, rather than equality. Of course, social justice should be the goal that we as individuals want to achieve in liberating areas of our that have limited and restrained others. I connect diversity and appreciating diversity with being the foundation to this equation of equality because individuals need to understand that there will be differences between people. I enjoy the statement on, “… Who is in the room?” because it starts to explain the variations in personal characteristics within a group of people. This is going to be part of my position as an RA within Resident Life because a floor’s residence are going to have wide range in their own diversities through their age, sexual orientation, journeys to get to college, race and ethnicity, etc. I am proud to have experienced the things I have and lived and go to high school in such a place like Aurora, CO to where I was able to live and embrace a diverse community. I came to define this diversity to be normal, but coming up to CSU and Fort Collins has shown me how much of Colorado does not have the same kind of standards. The next support beam to building this idea that works toward social would be