The Primary Identity Group that I had chosen for this assignment was Citizenship/Immigration Status. To be more specific, I want to primarily focus on undocumentedness for this identity group. The reason as to why I chose this group is because it is something I have grown up with my entire life but have always been on the other side of it. I am a U.S. citizen, while my father was undocumented when he first came her to the United States and did not gain citizenship until 1998. My grandparents came to the United States as undocumented and did not go back to Mexico to get my mom and her siblings until they got papers. I want to gain more knowledge on immigration and the struggles that many undocumented people must face today. I grew up with
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There were many moment throughout the interview that had left me speechless in a way. When I had asked John how he would define being undocumented he defined it as something that is bad, unfair and just plain not good. When asking John if he identified the most with other identity groups he had said, “not really.” The one thing that hit me throughout the interview was when I had asked him what were some advantages of being undocumented. His response to this question was simply one word, none. Hearing that was kind of shocking to me and really amazed me by how quick he was to answer the question and ready to move on to the next question. He had nothing else to say for the question because for him there are no advantages, benefits, or strengths in being undocumented. Looking from my point of view I honestly feel like there are many strengths that come with being undocumented. I believe that being undocumented really motivates a person to thrive and it strengthens their ability to seek after their dream and to never give …show more content…
For instance, he had mention how one of the disadvantages he goes through is that it is harder for him to get a house and right now he is currently living in the basement of a friend’s parents’ house. I found his comment very interesting because I never really considered getting a house to be more difficult for someone who is undocumented compared to a U.S. citizen. According to Andrew Hanson and Michael Santast (2014) their article states, “When we portray Hispanics as being recent immigrants, we find net discrimination by 2.9% of landlords. When e-mail quality is low for this group, discrimination doubles to 5.8% of landlords, and when we consider positive response as the outcome of interest, rather than simply response/nonresponse, 6.89% of landlords practice unequal treatment” (Hanson & Santast, 2014). Looking at this quote you can see how many immigrants can be and are being discriminated for being undocumented thus making it more difficult for them to find a house as John had mention. Another thing that my cousin had mention of being challenge is getting a job if you are undocumented. Many undocumented immigrants struggle to find decent jobs and many end up working in fast food restaurants. John in a way has been somewhat lucky in getting a management job at a restaurant, but he told me
There were many moment throughout the interview that had left me speechless in a way. When I had asked John how he would define being undocumented he defined it as something that is bad, unfair and just plain not good. When asking John if he identified the most with other identity groups he had said, “not really.” The one thing that hit me throughout the interview was when I had asked him what were some advantages of being undocumented. His response to this question was simply one word, none. Hearing that was kind of shocking to me and really amazed me by how quick he was to answer the question and ready to move on to the next question. He had nothing else to say for the question because for him there are no advantages, benefits, or strengths in being undocumented. Looking from my point of view I honestly feel like there are many strengths that come with being undocumented. I believe that being undocumented really motivates a person to thrive and it strengthens their ability to seek after their dream and to never give …show more content…
For instance, he had mention how one of the disadvantages he goes through is that it is harder for him to get a house and right now he is currently living in the basement of a friend’s parents’ house. I found his comment very interesting because I never really considered getting a house to be more difficult for someone who is undocumented compared to a U.S. citizen. According to Andrew Hanson and Michael Santast (2014) their article states, “When we portray Hispanics as being recent immigrants, we find net discrimination by 2.9% of landlords. When e-mail quality is low for this group, discrimination doubles to 5.8% of landlords, and when we consider positive response as the outcome of interest, rather than simply response/nonresponse, 6.89% of landlords practice unequal treatment” (Hanson & Santast, 2014). Looking at this quote you can see how many immigrants can be and are being discriminated for being undocumented thus making it more difficult for them to find a house as John had mention. Another thing that my cousin had mention of being challenge is getting a job if you are undocumented. Many undocumented immigrants struggle to find decent jobs and many end up working in fast food restaurants. John in a way has been somewhat lucky in getting a management job at a restaurant, but he told me