Becoming an American
“The interaction of disparate cultures, the vehemence of the ideals that led the immigrants here, the opportunity offered by a new life, all gave America a flavor and a character that make it as unmistakable and as remarkable to people today as it was to Alexis de Tocqueville in the early part of the nineteenth century.” (John F. Kennedy, a Nation of Immigrants) I believe that America is an interesting place with all different kinds of ethnic/racial groups. The problem is how the experience of becoming an American is so different for ethnic/racial groups. I find very troublesome to see how people were treated for just because they were different. Let’s dive right into it on how the Germans and Japanese ethnic/racial groups …show more content…
was an interesting one. I believe that the Germans settle in America the easiest then a lot of Minority groups because of their color and working skills. German immigrants settle nicely into the United States of America. One interesting fact is According to "The Germans in America." The largest German immigration to America was the decades of 1850s and the 1880s. From the German migration there was so much embedded in America from German culture today they were for universal education. There was a lot of good that happened yet there are some down falls to how the Germans were treated. From World war one the German community in America was hit hard with discrimination and hatred there was vandalism and lynching as well. What was hurt the most was there language and education, according to the article “Shadows of War” it states that German language was taken out of schools and German business were shut down or boycotted. What’s even worse is that there were a lot of German immigrants fighting for the United States at the time. I think in the end yes Germans were treated better than most other ethnic/racial groups however they still were treated badly and hated in
“The interaction of disparate cultures, the vehemence of the ideals that led the immigrants here, the opportunity offered by a new life, all gave America a flavor and a character that make it as unmistakable and as remarkable to people today as it was to Alexis de Tocqueville in the early part of the nineteenth century.” (John F. Kennedy, a Nation of Immigrants) I believe that America is an interesting place with all different kinds of ethnic/racial groups. The problem is how the experience of becoming an American is so different for ethnic/racial groups. I find very troublesome to see how people were treated for just because they were different. Let’s dive right into it on how the Germans and Japanese ethnic/racial groups …show more content…
was an interesting one. I believe that the Germans settle in America the easiest then a lot of Minority groups because of their color and working skills. German immigrants settle nicely into the United States of America. One interesting fact is According to "The Germans in America." The largest German immigration to America was the decades of 1850s and the 1880s. From the German migration there was so much embedded in America from German culture today they were for universal education. There was a lot of good that happened yet there are some down falls to how the Germans were treated. From World war one the German community in America was hit hard with discrimination and hatred there was vandalism and lynching as well. What was hurt the most was there language and education, according to the article “Shadows of War” it states that German language was taken out of schools and German business were shut down or boycotted. What’s even worse is that there were a lot of German immigrants fighting for the United States at the time. I think in the end yes Germans were treated better than most other ethnic/racial groups however they still were treated badly and hated in