2. Share why it touched your heart and mind.
This passage touched my heart and mind because as an immigrant it is difficult to hear how they labeled immigrants depending on what ethnicity they were. Their ethnicity depended on who was going to get a job and what job they would do and many of them hated each other because they were competing against each other and it all depended on what race they were. Many immigrants were against each other and talked down to each other using derogatory words instead of uniting because they had so much in common like “labor experiences, hopeful dreams, and, above all, values” (Takaki, 2008). It is sad to hear that if a person was a certain ethnicity, instead of knowing someone as a person, they were said to be lazy or ignorant and all of the people with that ethnicity were considered the same. Most of my family is immigrants and they have gone through the same labeling that many immigrants went through before that is why this passage hurts my …show more content…
Since the bombing that occurred on September 11th this has been an issue and even more with all of the bombings that are occurring. When someone in the airport sees a Muslim they immediately think terrorist and I understand that they are just trying to keep people safe. There is not a nice way of saying you look like a terrorist because you are Muslim so we must treat you like one and that is difficult. They are once again labeling people because of were they come from and because of the actions that other people from the same ethnicity have made. Racism is something that was big when reading this book and there is still racism in American society today after so many years. I have experienced it myself while growing up and still now to this day. It might not be as bad as it used to be, but it still exist and it is hard to see
This passage touched my heart and mind because as an immigrant it is difficult to hear how they labeled immigrants depending on what ethnicity they were. Their ethnicity depended on who was going to get a job and what job they would do and many of them hated each other because they were competing against each other and it all depended on what race they were. Many immigrants were against each other and talked down to each other using derogatory words instead of uniting because they had so much in common like “labor experiences, hopeful dreams, and, above all, values” (Takaki, 2008). It is sad to hear that if a person was a certain ethnicity, instead of knowing someone as a person, they were said to be lazy or ignorant and all of the people with that ethnicity were considered the same. Most of my family is immigrants and they have gone through the same labeling that many immigrants went through before that is why this passage hurts my …show more content…
Since the bombing that occurred on September 11th this has been an issue and even more with all of the bombings that are occurring. When someone in the airport sees a Muslim they immediately think terrorist and I understand that they are just trying to keep people safe. There is not a nice way of saying you look like a terrorist because you are Muslim so we must treat you like one and that is difficult. They are once again labeling people because of were they come from and because of the actions that other people from the same ethnicity have made. Racism is something that was big when reading this book and there is still racism in American society today after so many years. I have experienced it myself while growing up and still now to this day. It might not be as bad as it used to be, but it still exist and it is hard to see