Legitimacy is defined as the lawfulness or authenticity of something. Nowadays in society, Legitimacy is not matter at all whether an individual is legitimate or not because others define us in their own way depending on the way we act towards them. People are identified as legitimate by their language, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, behavior. Two ways people are identified, one is by self and by others. We use various markers of status to create a legitimate identity for ourselves such as journal, article, social media, protesting. Society makes a legal document for us to identify us, such as Identification Card, Social Security Card, Proof of documents, Credit Cards. Even though, defining oneself and others defining us do not give
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Vargas’s “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” shows how an illegal immigrant being stopped at every place because of illegality and can not do anything to deal with it. In this piece of writing, author did not have any problem with the American because he has done everything he could do to hide his identity to the people. He changed his accent, which is the most important tool the American people look into people. Even Though people did not recognize him as an immigrant still, he could not hide it from himself because he was an illegal. He will be kicked out from this country. Vargas had a clear point, why people come to another country. Americans may have the wrong idea not about immigrants coming to their country. When someone cannot bright their future in own country and realize that they need a better life for their children the, then, they make the decision to move to another country. The author got the great opportunity of journalism because he studied in the United States from 6th grade. He did not know life would be that difficult in this country without documents. Vargas stated that “This is fake,” she whispered.” Don 't come back here again(219).” Even Though, he did hide his appearance to the people, however, he could not do anything when it came to the matter of documentation because it is how the officials going to identify him as a legitimate in the United America. He did had an ID card such as social security card which was also fake. He was about to cut off from trip, school and college admission because of his undocumented papers. He has done everything he could do to be good in front of the Americans to not recognize him as an illegal immigrant. He has changed his accent to American Accent which is the main thing American want from an
Vargas’s “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” shows how an illegal immigrant being stopped at every place because of illegality and can not do anything to deal with it. In this piece of writing, author did not have any problem with the American because he has done everything he could do to hide his identity to the people. He changed his accent, which is the most important tool the American people look into people. Even Though people did not recognize him as an immigrant still, he could not hide it from himself because he was an illegal. He will be kicked out from this country. Vargas had a clear point, why people come to another country. Americans may have the wrong idea not about immigrants coming to their country. When someone cannot bright their future in own country and realize that they need a better life for their children the, then, they make the decision to move to another country. The author got the great opportunity of journalism because he studied in the United States from 6th grade. He did not know life would be that difficult in this country without documents. Vargas stated that “This is fake,” she whispered.” Don 't come back here again(219).” Even Though, he did hide his appearance to the people, however, he could not do anything when it came to the matter of documentation because it is how the officials going to identify him as a legitimate in the United America. He did had an ID card such as social security card which was also fake. He was about to cut off from trip, school and college admission because of his undocumented papers. He has done everything he could do to be good in front of the Americans to not recognize him as an illegal immigrant. He has changed his accent to American Accent which is the main thing American want from an