Forced migration

Sexual harassment is a sexual behavior that is considered “unwelcome,” by the person or individuals the behavior is acted on. Unwelcome behavior does not mean the behavior is involuntary, which means the victim might participate in the behavior even if they do not want to. This sexual behavior may be physical, verbal, or non-verbal. Usually, this type of behavior occurs when there is a power dynamic, where the victim must consent in order to maintain their safety, job, or status. The women who…

Is immigration a controversy? Is it a problem in modern day society? Do we really know over the outcomes of immigration? Immigration is not only a major topic in the United States but all the world. Immigration has its positive and researches also proven negative impacts. Which affect the people already there and the immigrants themselves also family, perhaps for life. In the mid-1800s, Irish immigrants were labeled as indolent drunks, not to mention Roman Catholics. At the turn of the century;…

November 9th 2016 was a mournful day for the majority of the people that I know, including myself. I believe that Michelle Agins analysis may have been accurate only in alignment with the sample that she has chosen. When first listening to this article I was astonished at the fact that those who “persevere” as opposed to the “coddled” were less affected. Her article may have said one thing but the looks of my Facebook account, and the depressing look I watched in my morning commute to work said…

programs, which are heavily populate by student without citizenships nor permanent residency. Due to the current policy in the United States, a large percentage of the talent found in the STEM sectors is forced to leave the country. When this happens, private and taxpayer investment is lost to the countries to which the immigrants migrate or their home countries. Moreover, H-1B visas are currently limited to approximately 85,000 per year, which is not nearly…

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 about the “periphery” of production work in Silicon Valley, Pellow and Park refer to many different stories of workers in which these workers were severely underpaid and were in…

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…

so that I can enroll for next school year. Also, during this time, I met my very first girlfriend. 8. In 2004, finally, I went back to school. During my enrolment, I don’t know, and I can't decide on what course I will take, my girlfriend then forced me to take the accounting course. I still continue my work as a fast-food server during my college days to sustain my financial needs. 9. In 2009, I graduated as Financial Accounting and the summer of 2009 I got my first job. For the whole…

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…