Bird migration

Despite the stereotypes surrounding immigrants in the United States, most immigrants do not come to the United States with the purpose of “stealing” others’ jobs. In fact, many immigrants come to the United States to escape impoverished and violence-ridden countries, often seeking economic opportunity and asylum. For instance, some Latin American countries such as Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador are among the poorest countries in the world, with 30%, 26% and 17% of the respective populations…

In Pellow and Park’s piece “The Silicon Valley of Dreams (2002),” their main argument entails this idea that the “periphery” of the production work that takes place in Silicon Valley is disproportionally made up of immigrants and women of color. Not only this but they also received less than a living wage, were only hired as temporary workers, and due to the lack of unions, these workers received little to no benefits and were forced to work in hazardous conditions. To support this main idea…

The people of colonized areas, Asia and Africa, were open to an opportunity, to travel away to the imperial center, Europe, during colonial period. Even after the uproot of the colonial period, people still migrated because of economic, political, cultural, or personal reasons. They started settling there. The movement of people to an alien land and then settling there is known as Diaspora. The settlers face great burden in accommodating themselves with the society of the new land, because the…

1. In 1986, I was born in Angeles City Philippines. The City was once called “The City of Angels,” but it never turns out like that during my time, because of crimes happening left and right. 2. In 1991, I entered kindergarten in where my school is just 50 steps away from our house, but even that close I can't go all by myself to my room, I always wanted somebody to come with me and stay for a while. That’s my life for two years, and I can still remember my very first shoes, “Mighty Kid,”…

American politician, Hillary Clinton once said, “We are a country where people of all backgrounds, all religions, can make a home. America was built by immigrants” (Clinton). Afterall, the United States was created by immigrants who came in to form their own way of life, and practiced religions they believed in. But, in America today it seems as if people are making stereotypes once they see a specific religious group. Even though, they came from a group of people who helped shape this country…

The American dream is a fantasy of living in an utopia, where Americans can coexist in peace, harmony, and freedom. Over the years, many citizens of the United States constructed their own definition of this dream, making it unrealistic. The American dream is not obtainable today due to discrimination against race, religion, sex, and social class. In order for citizens to achieve this dream, people will have to overcome their own prejudices and treat everyone fairly, making the dream seem…

“People did change, and a change could be a bloom as well as a withering...” -Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road, page 137 This quote relates very well to the book O Pioneers! for, in the book we read about how the U.S. was for the Bergson family, how they sometimes changed for the better and for the worst, we can also see this in the way that new immigrants were treated. One theme of the book relates most to U.S. history and that is how the book compares how the foreign…

Growing up on a farm and growing up in the city are very different cultures. When one thinks about farm life, some think about the filth and all of the hard work that comes along with it, yet some think of all of the lessons learned and the tight knit community involved. On the other hand, while thinking about city life, some think about the pollution and the lack of community that it has, or thinking of the different cultures and amazing technology in a large city. In the story, “A Wagner…

American quilt, each change brings different challenges and excitement to the beautiful work. One such dynamic alteration to the fabric of America was the Great Migration, in which millions of African Americans moved north, driven by opportunity. Ralph Ellison, an influential African American writer in the mid-1900s, encapsulates this massive migration experience in the journey of the Narrator in his novel, Invisible Man. The Narrator's experiences represent the triumphs and the struggles of…

Following these gruesome events, "as Vietnam's 'runaways', Vietnamese refugees ideologically do more than affirm the U.S. claim of 'being a safe haven for the oppressed'" (Espiritu 175). America is only considered to be a 'safe haven' for immigrants and refugees because of its promise of freedom and opportunities. The idea that Vietnamese refugees were helpless is what makes the United States feel superior to corrupted countries. This feeling of dominance is why Americans force their ideologies…