America worldwide is known to be ‘the melting pot’ because it welcomes people from different countries, regardless of race, culture, religion, creed or orientation with open hearts. These immigrants are all hoping to find freedom, new opportunities, be free of oppression and be allowed to practice their religions free of prosecution. The United States of America globally is referred to as the land of opportunities, dreams, religious freedoms and the home of the free. The belief is that any person can achieve the ‘American Dream’ as long as the person works smart, gets educated and follows our laws. While this sounds appealing, it may not be the case that every immigrant has the chance at the American dream simply due to their race, nationality,
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One can quantitatively argue that may of the immigrants that do get hired prosper, but it is unclear if they can rise to six or seven figure salaries in the ranks of corporate America. The corruption and illegal civil right violation practices of some in corporate America may make some immigrants feel they are against forces they cannot control. Intellectual duty and social justice responsibilities propel’s civilized society to ask” Is there a glass ceiling for minorities in corporate America?” The general perception suggests that there is currently a glass ceiling that is so impenetrable and void of civil rights that it would take significant reforms on multiple fronts to correct the injustices that face immigrants. In looking at immigration, with the number of people who are given legal entry into the United States, our study will focus on two main groups of immigrant peoples: Chinese-Americans from China and Indians Americans from India. First, let us examine the immigrants from the country of India in recent time. “India was the leading country of origin for new immigrants, with 147,500 arriving in 2014, followed by China with 131,800, Mexico with 130,000. (Zong & Batalova, …show more content…
Statistical evidence reveals that 73 percent of India Immigrants are in leadership positions and in comparison the overall foreign-born 30 percent are in management. The native-born representatives 38 percent of the population which are in the management field of business” ((Zong & Batalova, 2015).). The chart below comes from the MPI tabulation of data from the U.S. Census Bureau 2013 ACS for Employed Workers in the Civilian Labor Force (ages 16 and older) by
One can quantitatively argue that may of the immigrants that do get hired prosper, but it is unclear if they can rise to six or seven figure salaries in the ranks of corporate America. The corruption and illegal civil right violation practices of some in corporate America may make some immigrants feel they are against forces they cannot control. Intellectual duty and social justice responsibilities propel’s civilized society to ask” Is there a glass ceiling for minorities in corporate America?” The general perception suggests that there is currently a glass ceiling that is so impenetrable and void of civil rights that it would take significant reforms on multiple fronts to correct the injustices that face immigrants. In looking at immigration, with the number of people who are given legal entry into the United States, our study will focus on two main groups of immigrant peoples: Chinese-Americans from China and Indians Americans from India. First, let us examine the immigrants from the country of India in recent time. “India was the leading country of origin for new immigrants, with 147,500 arriving in 2014, followed by China with 131,800, Mexico with 130,000. (Zong & Batalova, …show more content…
Statistical evidence reveals that 73 percent of India Immigrants are in leadership positions and in comparison the overall foreign-born 30 percent are in management. The native-born representatives 38 percent of the population which are in the management field of business” ((Zong & Batalova, 2015).). The chart below comes from the MPI tabulation of data from the U.S. Census Bureau 2013 ACS for Employed Workers in the Civilian Labor Force (ages 16 and older) by