Immigration And Ethnic Diversity

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Immigration and Ethnic Diversity As a group we will examining how the income of middle and low class has shifted due to immigration and ethnic diversity in the last decade. The different anthropological research methods we will be using to carry out this examination are life-history interviews with key respondents as well as formal and informal conversations. Also, a series of web sources will be used as we proceed with our findings. These methods are the most effective because it will give us a chance to connect with our respondents encouraging them to open up to us more truthfully and with trust, therefore we will be able to get not only personal opinions but concrete evidence from those who know firsthand about the change the has occurred.

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