United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

The American society in the 1920’s went through a great number of changes. The rising prosperity led to a lot of the younger generations in America living different lifestyles, loosing their traditionalist backgrounds. The boom and post war situation had also caused a significant rise in the immigrant population. All of these changes were received differently by most Americans, which lead to conflict, or in some cases extreme intolerance. One of the most influential promoters of racism was the…

and a controversial issue in the United States. During the time on industrial growth in the U.S. corporations and manufacturers relied heavily on cheap labor, so many people from Asia began to immigrate to the country in hopes of finding jobs. But as the number of Asian American immigrants started to increase, so did the discrimination and racism towards them. Actually, they were divided into three identities, first generation Asians who traveled to United States, the second are those who were…

To strengthen her claim, she provided an overview on how Americans obtained this perception through its history, brought in food studies experts’ testimonies from Johanna Mendelson Forman and Prof Krishnendu Ray, who respectively states “Ethnic Cuisine are consider low, and fusion cuisine are consider haute cuisine” (Para. 11) and “The term Ethnic food is used to as a way to signify inferiority.” (Para. 12). Additionally, Ramanathan stated cultural appropriation exists in as modern…

In 1644, The Qing Dynasty were not accepting any Western ambassadors because they did not want to proclaim as supreme above their own heads of state prohibited entry into Chinese territory. Although foreigners — even on trade ships — were banned from entering China, there was one exception to the rule, the exception was the southeastern region of China, Canton. Foreigners were allowed to trade in the Thirteen Factories district with payments made exclusively in silver. The British began to send…

comfortable wage and provide for their families; for others, it could be to start a business or to simply help others. Only some have dreamed of riches or fame. In the 1930s, the American dream was on a smaller scale, due to the terrible and unstable state of the US economy. In modern times, the American dream isn’t a small, tight box anymore, it is a flexible mold of clay, expanding and contracting at your whim, as long as you put in the hard work and effort. These illustrated ideas were…

The Road to Mandalay The Road to Mandalay, which I have watched in ASEAN Love Film Screening Activity, is the film co-produced by Myanmar and Taiwan directors. This film reflects Myanmar labours’ life in the Thai society. Thailand is the popular destination for illegal Chinese-Burmese immigrants who want to get a better life. The majority of the movie is devoted to their intertwined lives in Thailand. Even without the romance, the movie reflects the migrant experience well by touching on many…

much more accessible to relay messages to their family and peers. The Mailing service expanded its power throughout the country, thus creating gateways for humans to connect and reach their peers. The largest mailing company, known as the United States Postal Service, took over the mailing industry and became the largest and most powerful mailing company in America. In recent years, however, the United States Postal Services began to fall economically due to the fact that it was a monopoly.…

1. In the second text, ”Arnold Schwarzenegger Recalls Lessons From 25 Years as a U.S. Citizen—Learn English, Participate in Politics, and Give Back”, written by himself, the American Dream is described in a very positive manner. Arnold’s view is very much based on the success of immigrants, but he also voices his opinion on the responsibility of the immigrants. He believes that immigrants must try to fit in by learning the Native language (which is English in America of course) and also try to…

Commission (1948) According to Angelo, the U.S Supreme Court struck a California law that denied immigrants ineligible for US citizenship the right to fish in waters along the California Coast. Created in 1943, a California statute prohibited Japanese immigrants from acquiring fishing business licenses. The law was amended in 1945 to prohibit all aliens ineligible for citizenship from fishing. Takao Takahashi had a commercial fishing license from 1915 to 1942, and therefore, was affected by the…

2.1. Singaporean Tourists’ (ST) Overseas Conduct ST were stated to be lacking in courteousness, and criticized for being uncaring. (Tamara, 2010) Such behaviour includes the tendency to complain excessively (K. Shanmugam, 2013) and stealing items from hotels. (Holly Matthews, 2015) Singaporeans made 8.05 million trips in 2012, by air and sea, (NATAS, 2013) showing the high frequency of their travelling. From a survey we conducted, we found that approximately 54.4% of the people contributed to…