Part I. Compare and Contrast the reception of Cubans and Dominicans as they arrived in the United States When one leaves all that they know to venture into a land of supposed opportunity aka the United States, who is know what truly lies waiting for them once they arrive? Time has revealed that upon arrival in the states there is a common encounter that has eluded immigrants in having to experience a sense of division and sorts of hostility derived from those already here. People fear what they do not know and that fear transforms sometimes into unwelcoming behaviors that affect the adaptability and embracing of immigrants. This may be projected throughout migration history.…
This is because as shown on (http://country-facts.findthedata.com/compare/1-18/United-States-vs-Cuba) Cuba has a 3.3 chance of an unemployment rate, while as the United States has a 6.2 chance of an unemployment rate. Another reason Cuba has many differences between America is that the CPI based inflation rate for America is 0.12%, while as Cuba has no CPI based inflation rate, as shown from…
To shed further light onto this topic, the women on the island dress more feminine and colorful by wearing short skirts or tight jeans with a blouse or t-shirt dubbed the “pull-over” in Cuban slang. The men however wear jeans or cotton pants paired with a T-shirt of a Guayabera which is the popular “Latin clothing” in the Caribbean. The school children have a strict uniform in place as well as some public services. Now that I have gone over some of the many traditions of the Cuban people, let me share with you what Cuba is like in the present day…
I really like how organized your discussion board is. It is very easy to read and informative. A few aspects that stand out to me is the major health disparities that both countries face and the structure. The major health disparities have small differences but should be easy to build and find a solution on. In Brazil, it is more of a location issue as well as the wealthier side having easy access to health care.…
Seeing people together, just how it was in CicLAvia where there was no discrimination nor hate. Witnessing that is rare to witness and cherish that moment. In our class, Chicanos Studies, we learn about how people in the past hated and discriminated each other and is still going on today. People in the event were nice and were not judging anyone on what they were wearing while riding a bike. They were many weird things we saw in the event like an almost naked man sing on the bridge, yet people were not yelling at the man.…
Thesis statement would be Over the past years there are numerous encounters of discrimination in the Los Angeles area towards Latinos. Discrimination affects Latinos mentally and physically in several ways. Latinos face racial profiling, verbal and physical discrimination. It's not even their fault that they face this kind of discrimination, but how people in society viewed them as. In California there are laws to limit discrimination against minorities, especially with Latinos in the Los Angeles area, why is it that Anglo-Europeans still discriminate minorities with the laws enforced, not for this to happen.…
Introduction Racism is the thinking that capacities and characteristics can be given to individuals just by their race and that some ethnic groups are better as compared to others. Racism and Prejudice have been applied as powerful weapons empowering judgment of others in times of controversy and war, and notwithstanding between financial downturns (Alvi, 2012). This paper presents a broad picture of research on criminal equity in Canada factored on crime and race. The idea of race in Canada and contextualizes the racial grouping plans used in the nation discussed. There is also the continuous civil argument over the accumulation and dispersal of racial information inside of the Canadian criminal equity framework and gives a diagram of as…
A few degrading words that people use when referring to Mexicans are; Wetback, Spic, and Beaner, whether American or not. They also have many stereotypes against them such as lazy, machismos, drunks and many more. One of the main reasons they are discriminated against is because of their illegal immigration into the United States. Mexicans were left no choice but to cross illegally to seek a better life, because of the cost and many obstacles it made it difficult to become a citizen. Often they were forced to work physically demanding jobs for less pay due to non-citizens or lack of options, or because they wanted badly to be part of the U.S and saw themselves to be best off here even if wages were cheaper than back at home.…
The cycle of the minority group being oppressed is one that is not new to the American culture. In comparassion to the immigrants, african americans are a group heavily known to be oppressed since their arrival to what is now called the Untied States. In the african american community, factors of consumerism and the ideal of the american dream also are used to divide and conquer . The division come by way of material goods such as liquor, food, guns and much more that appeal to the base nature of human beings. This desire for individual pleasure has led to a division amongst the African American community.…
The complex and often bigoted history of the United States earned the nation considerable amounts of respect and success that numerous other countries have been attempting to earn for decades. However, one cannot ignore the many troubling times that America and its inhabitants encountered before earning such a venerated title. As Franklin D. Roosevelt stated, “Remember, remember always that all Of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists” (Roosevelt). This is a concept that Americans often have to be reminded about when they demonstrate acts of discrimination against immigrants. Amongst the most disturbed groups of American occupants are Chicanos and Chicanas, or “…American[s]… of Mexican descent” (“Chicano”).…
Immigrants leave their native country in search for a better life and opportunities for themselves and their children. Many of these immigrants escape from poverty, violence, and war but still continue to face discrimination and difficulties. I learned that the government prevented ethnic minority groups from gaining a proper education and equal opportunity based on racial identity. For example, the Chinese in Canada struggled for over 100 years before the country granted them equal rights such as voting. The early Chinese settlers could have benefitted the Canadian economy and society through higher education and learning the language Chinese Americans, and Chinese Canadians were treated very similar in their host country.…
Perhaps because they came as refugees and soon after became citizens. Fortunately, for Cubans their job opportunities are much better after receiving citizenship, and more so for the future offspring. Since the opportunity of a furthered education or…
After the Immigration Act of 1924 was passed, which limited the annual number of immigrants under the quota system, the number of immigrants was drastically reduced. However, the number of emigrants began to increase again from 1945 and rose sharply after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 was passed, which abolished quota system. Some groups of immigrants had similar circumstances and reasons with the emigrants who came to the U.S. during the period from the late 19th century and the early 20th century, but highly educated and skilled people also immigrated to the U.S. Like this, different context and historical events caused new kinds of immigration and new types of people to emigrate. Many American soldiers married foreign women during World War II, so…
The term racism was coined in the 1930’s as a response to the “cleanse of Jews” done by the German Nazis (Rattansi 2007: 4). Racism is a very large problem in our world and there is much work to be done to ensure equality among people of all cultures, skin colors and ethnicities. This essay argues that out of all the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Cuba has best dealt with the problem of racism in comparison to countries like Brazil. Cuba has a very rich history that fluctuates between total segregation and racial equality throughout the years. In 1959, it was declared that racism was illegal and in 1962 it was stated that racism had been eradicated from the country (Gates 2011: 208).…
Immigrants are protesting the Department of Homeland Security peacefully to express their dissatisfaction with a recent reversal in government policy that will leave many immigrants, who came to the U.S. for jobs, in legal disarray. To show their frustration, they are delivering flowers with notes venting their opinions. In early September, the State Department issued a Visa Bulletin that encouraged visa-holders from China, India, the Philippines and Mexico to proceed with green card filings. But by the end of the month, there was an unexpected reversal in the Visa Bulletin that have left many scratching their heads.…