Naturalization

who have spent years undocumented, and later were given the chance to become a citizen, might believe that it was some ploy for them to be deported. Besides all of that, there is also the financial issue. There is a fee to be payed to apply for naturalization, which makes the application harder for those who are not wealthy (Immigration Myths and Facts,…

The involvement the United States had with the Holocaust, and more specifically with the Jewish refugees, has been a very controversial subject throughout the years. This is due to the fact that very few Americans wish to acknowledge and take responsibility for the part the US played in the atrocities that occurred. World War II began in 1939, but the oppression of Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, communists, and other political enemies to the Nazis had begun quite some time before war broke out. In…

Illegal Immigration in Canada and the United States: Sanctions against Illegal Immigration and its Overall Impact Should illegal immigrants be forced to leave? This is a question that has been hotly debated for decades in both Canada and United States. While there are obvious drawbacks to illegal immigration, there are many more compelling reasons that effectively argue why undocumented residents in Canada and the U.S. should be permitted to remain in their adopted countries. This paper will…

An anthropologist professor herself, Doreen Lee, in her research paper, “Anybody Can Do It: Aesthetic Empowerment, Urban Citizenship, and the Naturalization of Indonesian Graffiti and Street Art”, exposes the supremacy of street art and graffiti to the political movement in Indonesia. Lee’s purpose is to depict the recent spread and creation of the street art through media during the post-New Order Indonesia. She has established a very professional tone in order to appeal and provoke the…

The attacks of September 11 left Americans lost, confused, and heartbroken. The worst terrorist attacks in the history of the United States occurred on September 11, 2001 in New York City when a team of terrorists hijacked four airplanes and flew them into the Pentagon, both World Trade Center buildings, and a field in Pennsylvania. In total, the attacks killed approximately three thousand people (Mockatis). In doing this, the terrorists hoped to destroy symbols of American wealth and power.…

Amendment I in the U.S constitution give us all the freedom of religion. However, is that really true if every time we say the pledge of allegiance, we have to say “under God”? The pledge of allegiance was originally created by Colonel George Balch in 1887. Since it was first created, it has been revised several times and different parts and words have been added to the pledge. One of the words that were added during the revision of the pledge are the words “under God”. The words “under God”…

Brief History Immigration has been a huge issue throughout American history. It continues to remain a topic of extreme pro et contra, being fueled by success stories of undocumented/unaccompanied youth who beat the odds, graduated college and have careers, as well as by sensationalizing incendiary commentary such as that of Donald Trump, who stated that Mexicans are nothing more than “drug dealers” and “rapists,” which further demonizes the Latino immigrant. The United States experienced a…

When the first setters came in to the new world in 1607, there were ships carrying the first colonist to the new world who were dependent on what they have brought with them to the new land which was a few supplies and tools to help them build shelters and get feed. Many of the new settlers who couldn’t afford their passage to the new world found themselves becoming indentured servants who had to stay with the employer to pay off their debt for seven years. Settlers dream was to own land to have…

What does it mean to be an American? For many who are seeking citizenship through naturalization, it means that the immigrant can speak english, understands the basic workings of the government, is willing to pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and promises to uphold and defend the Constitution (USCIS). As with most societies, unfortunately, the answer to what makes an American is not that simple, as shown in American Born Chinese. Throughout this graphic novel, Jin,…

In Professor Vasvari’s class, the class is continuously asked the question of what represents masculinity and femininity and what it means to be either female or male. While both of these ideas are similar, they both discuss different issues. The first question identifies the notion of performativity while the second question reveals the concept of gender identification by either oneself or a community. In class we have been able to identify that there are two types of gender which are related…