Clark’s point of view is that it is just not the outcome of a high income and a secure job; it is the enduring notion that even those who are poor and have limited skill can succeed. Everyone has a chance, the opportunities are there, and hard work will be rewarded. Clark points out that achieving the American Dream does not work out that so simply: skills and opportunities are not always perfectly matched, constraints and discrimination in the system prevent some achieving their dreams; sometimes skills cannot be transferred from other societies. Even so, the enduring belief that effort will be rewarded is clearly a motivating force for so many of the new immigrants. The American Dream embodies not only aspirations but also the resources by
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The transformations of people and of the locales they inhabit are what is altering the American society. Many immigrants will make it and move up and enrich the neighborhoods into which they move, though some will find difficulty in moving up to better-paying jobs and are likely to remain clustered in inner-city barrios and ghettos. Immigrants are not just arriving and staying in the gateway cities: (California, Texas, New York, and Florida), they are moving to Las Vegas, San Francisco, Dallas, and Phoenix to cities where there are perceived opportunities. The Korean Business Directory in the Washington, DC area lists 560 Korean owned business in Annandale, Fairfax County (Washington Post, May 16, 1999, p. A1). Onetime seasonal workers looking for more permanent work were willing to take low-paying jobs in chicken-packing plants and have moved from being migrant seasonal workers to becoming permanent residents. The growing immigrant population has generated opportunities for small businesses to serve the immigrant community. Clark describe immigrants are being drawn by increasing number of fellow immigrants. They set up groceries to provide familiar foods or services in a familiar
The transformations of people and of the locales they inhabit are what is altering the American society. Many immigrants will make it and move up and enrich the neighborhoods into which they move, though some will find difficulty in moving up to better-paying jobs and are likely to remain clustered in inner-city barrios and ghettos. Immigrants are not just arriving and staying in the gateway cities: (California, Texas, New York, and Florida), they are moving to Las Vegas, San Francisco, Dallas, and Phoenix to cities where there are perceived opportunities. The Korean Business Directory in the Washington, DC area lists 560 Korean owned business in Annandale, Fairfax County (Washington Post, May 16, 1999, p. A1). Onetime seasonal workers looking for more permanent work were willing to take low-paying jobs in chicken-packing plants and have moved from being migrant seasonal workers to becoming permanent residents. The growing immigrant population has generated opportunities for small businesses to serve the immigrant community. Clark describe immigrants are being drawn by increasing number of fellow immigrants. They set up groceries to provide familiar foods or services in a familiar