Migrating to the United States was not an easy task; coming from a country where the economy and quality of life seemed to worsen as the days went by, made the United States the Promised Land in terms of opportunity and better value for one’s future; or at least in our minds that’s what the thought of America symbolized. Despite only being six years old when my parents decided it was time to leave everything behind and come settle to a foreign land, the struggles that we underwent as a family in the United States, have marked not only me, but my loved ones for life. As I think back to the excruciating pain I saw in my parents eyes as they left everything they had ever known behind; it frustrates me how still to this day, many immigrant families
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Though there are phenomenal opportunities in this country, the vast majority of those opportunities are shadowed by a phenomenon that has been part of this nation for many years, and that phenomenon is known as racial segregation. It is possible, that the phrase segregation results in the thought of police discrimination and racial stereotypes, but have you ever wondered how segregation impacts the quality of life of many minorities here in the United States? Housing and welfare go for the most part hand in hand; these housing units, house together dozens of families who in the eyes of many are nothing more than lazy and unproductive individuals; before we accept this definition, however, lets first look at the sociological barriers that are affecting many families, and specially how history to some extent is repeating itself; also how through history, it is possible to see how segregation has not changed a lot. Before we talk about the sociological barriers such as low unemployment, lack of quality education, and lack of opportunities that affect minorities compared to their counterpart white fellow Americans, let’s make a historical comparison worthy of illustrating segregation in the 40s, and segregation today. On page 208 of Racial Domination, Racial Progress the Sociology of Race in
Though there are phenomenal opportunities in this country, the vast majority of those opportunities are shadowed by a phenomenon that has been part of this nation for many years, and that phenomenon is known as racial segregation. It is possible, that the phrase segregation results in the thought of police discrimination and racial stereotypes, but have you ever wondered how segregation impacts the quality of life of many minorities here in the United States? Housing and welfare go for the most part hand in hand; these housing units, house together dozens of families who in the eyes of many are nothing more than lazy and unproductive individuals; before we accept this definition, however, lets first look at the sociological barriers that are affecting many families, and specially how history to some extent is repeating itself; also how through history, it is possible to see how segregation has not changed a lot. Before we talk about the sociological barriers such as low unemployment, lack of quality education, and lack of opportunities that affect minorities compared to their counterpart white fellow Americans, let’s make a historical comparison worthy of illustrating segregation in the 40s, and segregation today. On page 208 of Racial Domination, Racial Progress the Sociology of Race in