Racism Vs Immigration

A similarity noticed was the main topic of each story. Each express their view and their experience living in America. Both being girls living in an American society. Both talking about their American identity while being a mix of different ethnicities.

The United States of America is a country with a growing population. The population has always been growing, ever since the welcoming of new comers to the United States. Some people see these immigrants as beneficial to the American people and some see them as a threat to the Americans. Respectively, give good reasons, and some do not.To begin, I will present to you two written pieces. The first one will be by former president Bill Clinton, in how immigration benefits America. This writing piece begins with an introduction to the issue, diversity and immigration. Clinton addresses the American people by claiming, “If both citizens and immigrants do their part[s], [America] will grow even stronger in the new global information economy”. Clinton then gives some major reasons to his claim. The first one is in how the cooperation of citizens is necessary in order to be united with the immigrants and be strong. The second point Clinton wants to show how immigrants are good for America, by suggesting that they energize the American culture and renewing American values. Clinton then gives evidence in how this is true by introducing the Gibson family and counter augmenting the fact that immigrants take more than they give. Clinton then comes to another point by suggesting that union is only possible if the American citizens share the nation. Clinton then continues to show what some responsibilities of the American citizens are by reminding them of the Declaration of independence

Both the essays have some very clear similarities. In the essay written by Anna Quindlen called “The Quilt of a Country”, it states that “America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever changing disparate parts, it is held together by a notion, the notion that all men are created equal,

They have the same overall idea, except up close they are about disparate topics. “Once these disparate parts were held together by a common enemy, by the fault lines of world wars and the electrified fence of communism,” (Quindlen 15). We are all the disparate parts, divergent but we all believe in the same values. The passage A Quilt of a Country is about how we are all individual yet we come together. We make up a quilt of people. The passage The Immigration Contribution is about how America is made up of immigrants, that they are our history, that we were built up of immigrants. “So, too, in the very way we speak, immigration has altered American life. In greatly enriching the American vocabulary, it has been a major force in establishing “the American language,””(Kennedy 26). Consequently, immigration has helped build up our country in so many ways, that is just one out of the thousands, even millions of ways they have helped. Each passage is about various points of views. They are like before when immigration was booming to how after when they blended together. A Quilt of a Country and The Immigration Contribution were about two opposite sides of how America has come together and been

Simply put, America is the land of opportunity. In the past, immigrants have left most of their family, memories, and familiarities with their homeland in search of a better life in America, where jobs were easy to find and the economy was booming. These immigrants formed almost the entire American population, a demographic anomaly in which people from nationalities separated by land and sea; these people come from countries separated by expansive distances can live within the same neighborhood. Both Anna Quindlen with her essay “A Quilt of a Country” and John F. Kennedy with his essay “The Immigrant Contribution” have documented the story of these immigrants and what they have done to contribute to the great country of the United States of America. Both authors have written in their own unique style which has changed the reader’s perspective of their accomplishments, contributions, and sense of community in their new nation. In the essays “A Quilt of a Country” by Anna Quindlen and “The Immigrant Contribution by John F. Kennedy, they show similar writing styles by both using the formal diction in their writing, and contradict in the way that Quindlen takes a more poetic approach in her writing, while Kennedy, being the President of the United States, uses more sophisticated dictions.

In my opinion, both stories are about people who start their journeys on a good note and end up in trouble and have problems. The similarity in styles among different authors allows analysts to compare the two stories allowing them to bring out the styles, themes.

Had I been asked “will non-white immigrants ever be completely accepted in contemporary America” over a year ago, I would have said absolutely yes, without any hesitation. Prior to the current administration, it appeared as if the United States were moving towards a move racially diverse and non-white normative society. However, as of late many people have come out of the woodworks to express their undying opposition of non-white acceptance, and consequently it appears that we are taking many steps backwards in terms of acceptance. I do believe that non-white immigrants will eventually be accepted into contemporary America, however it is not without its obstacles.

In both stories, one can identify how the narrators portray the racial discrimination

Even though both have similar events that happened in the stories but both have their own unique differences, I believe both of these stories are very similar because both have similar ways of how the suspects were chosen based on their skin color without actually using proper techniques to find the actual culprits and were chosen because the police had biased decisions against black people, so they decided to take in custody the first people they saw which lead to the suspects being wrongfully accused and both stories involved the police being biased, as well as a murder of a person, and police giving falsified evidence, statements, and confessions. I believe both of these stories are very similar because both stories involved the police

Some similarities that we have are they both had to immigrant to the U.S.A to get their story. In the story a quilt of a country they make their quilts to tell their story. They would make a lot of quilts because it would tell their story and it helped keep them warm. In the story The Immigration contribution they would use inventions to tell their there story. They would

Immigration is moving to another foreign country permanently. Data for immigration was first started in the 1850’s. 10 percent of the population of the United States was immigration, according to the census it was about 2.2 million immigrants. Many immigrants choose or want to move to another country because of the freedom or to better themselves and their families.

Racism, often used as a trigger word in the media, has come to the forefront of society recently. It is nearly impossible to watch the news without seeing reports of police officers killing unarmed black citizens or hearing a debate about the appropriate choice in regards to allowing refugees into American borders. Though these prejudiced and bigoted ideas have existed since the rise of humanity, many people believe racism to be something found only in the shadowy dregs of modern society. Racial tension is the most strained it has been in decades. With racism regaining the spotlight, people openly express their hateful rhetoric. As a social worker, I would struggle most interacting with communities that spoke and acted openly against other races, such as members of white supremacist populations.

Immigrants have always been a big deal in american culture. There are two types of immigrants those are here legal and illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants are the ones that came to the United States illegally or the ones that came legally but their visas expired and never went back to their countries. Illegal immigration is a big factor in the united states this is because the wages employers pay immigrants, the visas that are given out, and because the U.S is seemed as the country of opportunities. This affects american citizens because they don’t have some jobs available to them because illegal immigrants work them.

Growing up, my family never really talked about race. I assume they did not because they wanted to wait till I got older so I can filly understand what was going on. As I got older, I started to overhear table conversation that my parents would have about race/rasicm, and I actually saw it for myself as well. My parents would always tell me to never let anyone or anybody try to maniplate me or try to fool me especially other races. Still till this day, that has stuck with me and now I am fully aware and awaken with people and things around me. We all have to be smart, and do our research.

Wilmid Joseph Professor Martinez ANT 2410 1 March 2016 Film discussion 2 Although we have a black president and minorities holding positions in the government, race is still an issue. Racism has been seen in society for decades. Even though some may believe this issue is slowly disintegrating, racism will always exists. Racism is the act of being prejudice, discriminating, and/or antagonizing someone of a different race because you believe your race is superior to theirs. Racism is a powerful tool used to fear those of that specific race that is being mistreated. Most of the time, racism presents itself through skin color. People believe that certain skin colors, like those of minorities are unpleasant. For example, in our society today we