This paper will seek to understand and explain the movements of a particular group of people and the journey they had to take to make a new life in the US. It will highlight the importance of these individuals’ movements and seek to explain the impact that these people had on both the host country and the country of origin.
Ethnicity and Race in this paper are of great importance because they are important elements that have been used in society in the US and can either be used to help a particular group or can be used against them and will hurt them in terms of employment, integration and interaction into the various particular societies, and the degree to which they will be acceptance into this new society.
Ethnicity is defined as the cultural …show more content…
However, the usage of the term race has done considerable damage to some social groups and provided considerable benefits for others. As is the case with ethnicity, the boundaries in which many people identify with race, both within the group and externally, changes over time. Race is a social construct that is constantly changing; it is used as a way of either preventing power or taking power from one particular group of people usually based on physical characteristics .
It is worth remembering that both race and ethnicity can be highly subjective because of its fluidity and depending on the individual or particular society one finds themselves in and that the lines between the two concepts is frequently blurred.
Human migration is the movement by people from one place to another with the predetermined intentions of settling temporarily or permanently in the new location. The movement is often over long distances and from one country to another, but internal migration is also possible. Migration may be done by individuals, family units or in large …show more content…
This decision is based on an assessment of the factors which impel people to leave their home country and the factors that draw them to the destination country - the so –called “push and pull” factors. Push factors are defined as the social conditions that influence people to leave or migrate out of their country of origin. Pull factors then, are social conditions that attract migrants to a county of destination. Push-pull factors are used to understand the individual or family’s decision making.
The journey of refugees and other migrants during this particular time period tended to be long and painful but many saw this journey as essential because they knew that it would also be often rewarding. It starts when they leave their country of origin and ends when they become fully participating members of society in the country in which they settle. Sometimes the journey is completed not by themselves but by their
Ethnicity and Race in this paper are of great importance because they are important elements that have been used in society in the US and can either be used to help a particular group or can be used against them and will hurt them in terms of employment, integration and interaction into the various particular societies, and the degree to which they will be acceptance into this new society.
Ethnicity is defined as the cultural …show more content…
However, the usage of the term race has done considerable damage to some social groups and provided considerable benefits for others. As is the case with ethnicity, the boundaries in which many people identify with race, both within the group and externally, changes over time. Race is a social construct that is constantly changing; it is used as a way of either preventing power or taking power from one particular group of people usually based on physical characteristics .
It is worth remembering that both race and ethnicity can be highly subjective because of its fluidity and depending on the individual or particular society one finds themselves in and that the lines between the two concepts is frequently blurred.
Human migration is the movement by people from one place to another with the predetermined intentions of settling temporarily or permanently in the new location. The movement is often over long distances and from one country to another, but internal migration is also possible. Migration may be done by individuals, family units or in large …show more content…
This decision is based on an assessment of the factors which impel people to leave their home country and the factors that draw them to the destination country - the so –called “push and pull” factors. Push factors are defined as the social conditions that influence people to leave or migrate out of their country of origin. Pull factors then, are social conditions that attract migrants to a county of destination. Push-pull factors are used to understand the individual or family’s decision making.
The journey of refugees and other migrants during this particular time period tended to be long and painful but many saw this journey as essential because they knew that it would also be often rewarding. It starts when they leave their country of origin and ends when they become fully participating members of society in the country in which they settle. Sometimes the journey is completed not by themselves but by their