Outcasts United Essay

“No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.” Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth. The resettlement process is usually hard, but the attraction of smaller cities is not difficult. Clarkston have more available housing and a lower cost of living. According to warren St. John the author of outcasts united, I’m going to write two major changes that the town of Clarkston Georgia experienced. Such as Changes about the diversity of the town and how refugee’s struggle with American life style after they settle. The first reason I said Clarkston Georgia become a diverse city, is because in the late 1980s and early 1990s the agencies choose Clarkston for the refugees. After their settlement most of the refugees open an Asian market, an Eritrean restaurant, an Ethiopian café and a Middle Eastern grocery store. This shows how diverse this small town was. As warren St. John said “Clarkston high school become home to students from more than 50 countries. Fully a third of the local elementary school skip lunch during Ramadan.” In the streets you can also see woman’s wearing hijabs, a lot of shopping centers built. A mosque and a church was built for …show more content…
Most of the refugees don’t speak English. They want to work but they don’t know where to begin. They don’t know how to use the computer or apply for jobs. As Warren St. John said “The refugees were a constant problem, they didn’t understand English. Many were poor drivers. When some pulled over gesticulated and cried out, and even reached out to touch his officers- assign of disrespect if not outright aggression to most American police officers.” Many refugees need to know American life style and try to follow American customs. And as much as refugees miss their home countries, they have to know it’s a new life, and they’re in a new