1. Are the emotions expressed in the Lazarus poem still valid today? Is the poem idealistic or hypocritical?
• The emotions in the Lazarus poem are still valid today because based on Takiki’s A Different Mirror, it summarizes the fact that although America started out as a prevalent White community, all of the other races are growing to the point where “White Americans will become a minority group…By 2056, most Americans will trace their descent to ‘Africa, Asia, the Hispanic world, the Pacific Islands, Arabia – almost anywhere but White Europe (Takiki 2).’” It goes on illustrating about the struggles and stereotypes of the spectrum of races such as the Blacks, Chicanos/Hispanics, and Asians. In Lazarus’s poem, it emphasizes that Americans …show more content…
Throughout history, Chinese, Irish, and other countries blocked by oceans had to undergo rigorous tests and prove their worth before being officially accepted and assimilating into America. Illegal immigration is prevalent in Mexico because they wield the privilege of not having an ocean hampering their path to American soil; rather, the majority of illegal Mexican immigrants abuse the loophole for the 14th amendment that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, are citizens of the United States. Therefore, the majority of the Mexicans run illegally across the border and bore a child in American soil, making the child an American citizen due to the 14th Amendment. The border between America and Mexico should be more stringent and all anticipated immigrants, regardless of any situations and factors, should undergo the same tests that everybody else in the past had to go through. It would not be fair to everybody else in other countries that were rejected to immigrate to the United States and that illegal immigrants that abuse the loophole can reside in the United States just because of this. It is perfectly fine for Mexico to immigrate here legally, but coming here illegally is a heinous and vile act, and it should not be …show more content…
Kennedy A Nation of Immigrants. Also, the images and ideas that first pop up is a diverse group of people, White, Black, Asian, Hispanic, and cultures within that, holding hands and smiling with one another. Thus, this illustrates a positive view of “nation of immigrants.” Of course, this would originate back to the Lazarus poem and how my thought is an idealistic view of “a nation of immigrants” living and working together in harmony. Realistically, while some people of different race and ethnicity live their own lives and help each other when in need, others stereotype and partake in bigotry against other certain races. Moreover, A Different Mirror emphasizes the corruption within humans of people stereotyping throughout history such as “Blacks being enslaved, Asians being exotic and unassimilable, Irish viewed as savages, and practically all minority races viewed pejoratively.” Even though America may seem rock-bottom at this point, the article does end with a positive endnote. As time continues forward, “Whites will practically become the minority (Takiki 2),” meaning that all of the other races become prevalent to America. Once all races have approximately become equally dispersed, race does not become a major factor anymore since everybody would eventually wield all races. Based on this fact, when race becomes more difficult to distinguish, racism and bigotry will eventually cease to
• The emotions in the Lazarus poem are still valid today because based on Takiki’s A Different Mirror, it summarizes the fact that although America started out as a prevalent White community, all of the other races are growing to the point where “White Americans will become a minority group…By 2056, most Americans will trace their descent to ‘Africa, Asia, the Hispanic world, the Pacific Islands, Arabia – almost anywhere but White Europe (Takiki 2).’” It goes on illustrating about the struggles and stereotypes of the spectrum of races such as the Blacks, Chicanos/Hispanics, and Asians. In Lazarus’s poem, it emphasizes that Americans …show more content…
Throughout history, Chinese, Irish, and other countries blocked by oceans had to undergo rigorous tests and prove their worth before being officially accepted and assimilating into America. Illegal immigration is prevalent in Mexico because they wield the privilege of not having an ocean hampering their path to American soil; rather, the majority of illegal Mexican immigrants abuse the loophole for the 14th amendment that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, are citizens of the United States. Therefore, the majority of the Mexicans run illegally across the border and bore a child in American soil, making the child an American citizen due to the 14th Amendment. The border between America and Mexico should be more stringent and all anticipated immigrants, regardless of any situations and factors, should undergo the same tests that everybody else in the past had to go through. It would not be fair to everybody else in other countries that were rejected to immigrate to the United States and that illegal immigrants that abuse the loophole can reside in the United States just because of this. It is perfectly fine for Mexico to immigrate here legally, but coming here illegally is a heinous and vile act, and it should not be …show more content…
Kennedy A Nation of Immigrants. Also, the images and ideas that first pop up is a diverse group of people, White, Black, Asian, Hispanic, and cultures within that, holding hands and smiling with one another. Thus, this illustrates a positive view of “nation of immigrants.” Of course, this would originate back to the Lazarus poem and how my thought is an idealistic view of “a nation of immigrants” living and working together in harmony. Realistically, while some people of different race and ethnicity live their own lives and help each other when in need, others stereotype and partake in bigotry against other certain races. Moreover, A Different Mirror emphasizes the corruption within humans of people stereotyping throughout history such as “Blacks being enslaved, Asians being exotic and unassimilable, Irish viewed as savages, and practically all minority races viewed pejoratively.” Even though America may seem rock-bottom at this point, the article does end with a positive endnote. As time continues forward, “Whites will practically become the minority (Takiki 2),” meaning that all of the other races become prevalent to America. Once all races have approximately become equally dispersed, race does not become a major factor anymore since everybody would eventually wield all races. Based on this fact, when race becomes more difficult to distinguish, racism and bigotry will eventually cease to