The United States of America is known to be one of the most welcoming countries when it comes to allow people from other areas to live here. However, when it comes to refugees there is sometimes a lack of that same hospitality. The American government, people, and media need to more inclusive in their discussions about refugees. People that are coming from countries of destruction and war do not leave to go ruin another country. They simply are looking for a better life for themselves and their families. They do not want to allow others to have to feel or deal with the amount of pain and chaos that they had to experience.
Based off of where the refugees come from people tend to make an assumption about what kind of person they will be, how they will act, or if they will be harmless or not. As a nation where people are supposed to be free and treated equally, we shouldn’t treat refugees in the opposite manner. Instead of setting up our minds about a certain group of people based on where they are from we should try …show more content…
One of their beliefs is that most refugees are coming in from areas of war and destruction, so they can be traumatized. And because of this these refugees will most likely need professional psychological help and that will be even harder considering that most do not speak English. People find it to be easier and better for themselves to return the refugees back to a war zone rather than allowing them to live better lives in America. Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is something that is very common with refugees. Emily Holmes, a clinical psychologist who works at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute, was in need of help from refugees to volunteer for her research on PTSD . They would spend a week noting down any flashbacks that they got and when she received the diaries back, they reported an average of two a day. (Abbott, Alison October
Based off of where the refugees come from people tend to make an assumption about what kind of person they will be, how they will act, or if they will be harmless or not. As a nation where people are supposed to be free and treated equally, we shouldn’t treat refugees in the opposite manner. Instead of setting up our minds about a certain group of people based on where they are from we should try …show more content…
One of their beliefs is that most refugees are coming in from areas of war and destruction, so they can be traumatized. And because of this these refugees will most likely need professional psychological help and that will be even harder considering that most do not speak English. People find it to be easier and better for themselves to return the refugees back to a war zone rather than allowing them to live better lives in America. Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is something that is very common with refugees. Emily Holmes, a clinical psychologist who works at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute, was in need of help from refugees to volunteer for her research on PTSD . They would spend a week noting down any flashbacks that they got and when she received the diaries back, they reported an average of two a day. (Abbott, Alison October