ENG 122: 5-2 First Draft of the Critical Analysis Essay In the article “Eat Turkey, Become American,” Marie Myung-Ok Lee uses her family memories of Thanksgiving to share with her readers, with personal details and historical data, her family's migratory trajectory to the United States, and their experience living in a small town in Minnesota. The author also discusses the country's immigration system and how their Korean background affected her parents' process of obtaining citizenship. And how, despite a part of the city's population being racist and xenophobic, a group of people from the community where they lived joined forces to save a doctor from being deported. The article's main claim to illustrate the difficulties of immigration in a family is persuasive because it explores how children perceive a foreign culture, highlights the problems with the immigration system and xenophobia in the nation, and suggests ways the community can work together to help other immigrants who are experiencing a similar situation.
Introduction Informative, contemplative, and different are three words to describe “How Immigrants Become ‘Other’” by Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco and Carola Suárez-Orozco from Rereading America. “How Immigrants Become ‘Other’” talks about unauthorized immigration. More specifically, this source talks about the other side of the issue of unauthorized immigrants; the human face of it all. “How Immigrants Become ‘Other’” depicts the monster from one of Jeffrey Jerome Cohen’s thesis in the article, “Monster Culture (7 Theses).” The monster seen in the source “How Immigrants Become ‘Other’” is the one that Cohen talks about in his fourth thesis, “The Monster Dwells at the Gates of Difference.”
Both during and after moving to a new country, immigrants face many hardships. The process of obtaining citizenships is difficult in itself, but even when citizenship is earned there are still challenges. One major difficulty some immigrants may face is dealing with xenophobia. Immigrants who experience xenophobic prejudice can find adjustment to a new life very difficult. In contrast, those who are treated with kindness and as equal citizens find assimilating to a new culture easier.
Quindlen and Kennedy expressed musings that were somewhat similar. “... there is a grudging fairness among the citizens of the United States that eventually leads most to admit that…the new immigrants are not so different from our own parents or grandparents.” Here Quindlen states that though reluctantly for some, most
The courage that immigrants have. A courage that all of them have.” and, “Immigrants have been making an impact on this country for a long, long time. We have worked. We have gone to school.
The United States is known as the nation of immigrants. It is a place where different cultures meet and diverge. However, despite being known as the nation of immigrants, the Americans have been also known for their sentiments against the immigrants. Anti-immigrant sentiment has long been a part of the culture in the United States.
Immigration is a controversial issue, as it is meticulously associated with such topics as economic well-being, international competitiveness, homeland security, and as well as human tolerance. An immigration policy is a policy that a state deals with the travel of people across its borders into the country, but particularly those that aim to work and stay in the country. Immigration policies can range from permitting no migration at all to permitting most types of migration, such as free immigration. “Many politicians and workers argue that immigrants-legal and illegal-undercut wages and take jobs from native-born workers” (Immigrants and the Economy, 169).
As time moved on the meaning of race continued evolve and still to this day. The focus of race changed from the focus of biology to focusing on culture and ethnicity. Also was race was beginning to be spoken about more indirectly. Western nations, like Britain, were somewhat fearful about immigration and that their culture would be diluted by theirs. As Rattansi states, regarding to Margaret Thatcher’s statement on the New Commonwealth, “The emphasis is on cultural differences and the genuine fears of ordinary citizens that their national character and, by implication, way of life may be in danger of being overwhelmed and marginalized.”
For a nine-year-old who wants nothing more than to make her mother proud this was exciting. In the beginning, we can see her excitement and desire, “in the beginning I was just as excited as my mother, maybe even more so.” (Tan). However, as we follow the story we see her excitement quickly fade to sorrow and anger. The high expectations immigrant families place on their children is still a very relevant social issue and can be witnessed throughout the United States.
America is only for Americans! This sentiment has been heard many times especially in this past election cycle. In the south, people often express their discontent with illegal immigrants. In fact, people all over the country debate whether the country should accept “aliens”. This debate over the years has caused several different laws to decrease the flow of illegal immigrants into the country.
One of the toughest adjustments, having been born to Mexican parents, is migrating to an unknown country where traditions and languages differ from one 's own. Though many pursue an education and strive for a better life, the purpose behind an immigrant, like myself, differs from the typical American. Immigrants strive for a life that was once impossible, going to school is not only to attain an education, but to better prove that we can also become successful regardless of our traditions and skin color. I lived in a country for over fifteen years, fearing deportation, not only losing a home, but potentially saying goodbye to a bright future. Although many feel empathy for Mexican-Americans, it is undeniably difficult to truly comprehend the immense trauma children and even adults undergo upon experiencing racism and prejudice.
During the late 19th century and early 20th century, about one million immigrants from 90 countries were detained at Angel Island when they arrived in the United States of America. Among the immigrants, many of them were Asian. According to the article, those immigrants were likely to had a terrible experience during the time they were captured. At the time, American mostly had negative attitudes toward Asian immigrants. The Angel Island Immigration Station, the place where the immigrants were detained, was built to help enforcing a law about controlling immigration.
Going into this interview project I was curious to learn more about the experiences that immigrants had to go through. My interviewee, Mario, is an 18 year old immigrant that migrated to America from Bolivia at the age of 10. I have known Mario since middle school and we’ve been friends since then. We have grown up around the same area too and now we both attend the University of Maryland.
The Immigrant Crisis in Europe There have been many dreadful wars going on in the world. We have had problems with warfare, Paragraph 3: As many more refugees come towards Europe, they face many of problems. With cold weather coming in Europe, children have been caught with sicknesses and they need more doctors to help. Yahoo news stated that one Afghani refugee said, "We have dreams of a peaceful life, without any war, or without any other distractions.". Another problem is that people wait for a long time to get into European countries in order to be citizens.
However, Immigration does and does not have its effects and opinions from the native British citizens. It is found that the native British citizens either have nothing good to say about immigration, or nothing
