Aparna Krishnaswamy has been my good friend for seven years and is an amazing young lady. She has works hard in school and aims to never waste an opportunity. Currently, she is a Junior at the University of Denver and is experiencing her Fall semester in London. Yet, she spent her whole life in Colorado. Unlike her parents who immigrated to the United States in the 1980s from India. Aparna is a first generation can clearly speak of how her multi-cultural life impacts her experiences. Aparna’s parents are both 100% India decided to emigrate to the United States in search of better opportunities. India is a country where opportunities were limited so her parents explained that their primary motive of moving was her dad receiving a good job
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Yet her mom says that the largest disadvantage she had in terms of immigration policies was her inability to find a job without becoming a citizen. Back in India, she had just been offered a high position in a newspaper company,which was already difficult to do for a woman, before she moved to America. Additionally, “As the service sector has expanded,so have chances for women to find employment… women work primarily in service sector in all regions” (Smith,2006,p.13). These restrictions made it exceedingly difficult for her to find a job of the same level here in the States. However, once she became a U.S. citizen, her opportunities immediately increased. They didn’t face too many detrimental challenges with the immigration they did face occasional discrimination. when they arrived, they already knew the language which was extremely helpful but they experienced the comments about how "people like them" were stealing U.S jobs and how there needed to be a limit of those who were able to immigrate. While, some were also very supportive of their move, after all, America contains a mixture of several different cultures and perspectives, and my parents have frequently been encouraged to share their culture and perspectives with
Yet her mom says that the largest disadvantage she had in terms of immigration policies was her inability to find a job without becoming a citizen. Back in India, she had just been offered a high position in a newspaper company,which was already difficult to do for a woman, before she moved to America. Additionally, “As the service sector has expanded,so have chances for women to find employment… women work primarily in service sector in all regions” (Smith,2006,p.13). These restrictions made it exceedingly difficult for her to find a job of the same level here in the States. However, once she became a U.S. citizen, her opportunities immediately increased. They didn’t face too many detrimental challenges with the immigration they did face occasional discrimination. when they arrived, they already knew the language which was extremely helpful but they experienced the comments about how "people like them" were stealing U.S jobs and how there needed to be a limit of those who were able to immigrate. While, some were also very supportive of their move, after all, America contains a mixture of several different cultures and perspectives, and my parents have frequently been encouraged to share their culture and perspectives with