Analysis Of Avon, Indian A Melting Pot Of Immiglia

Avon, Indiana: A Melting Pot of Immigrants
The United States is often referred to as a “melting pot” or the “land of opportunity.” These are names that demonstrate the U.S. as a country that consists of a wide variety of people from different parts of the world. In many ways, these words symbolize the United States as a chance of a “new beginning” for immigrants fleeing from their native countries. The same way the United States citizen witnessed a massive wave of immigrants in the county, my own community had a similar experience. In the beginning, Avon wasn’t a place many minorities knew existed. As the community evolved, Avon was a melting pot of a wide variety of immigrants fleeing to the community.
Most of my life I have lived in Avon.
Many felt that their community was being invaded. Many white people in the community had concerns that Avon was going to turn into the “ghetto or hood”. Residents in Avon where threaten by the increase of minorities in the community. With me and my family being the minority for a few years in the community, we were excited to see Avon becoming more diverse with people. More diverse people in the community meant more diverse products and businesses came along. For example, when my family and I first moved to Avon, no store sold Black hair products in the stores to be found. It would frustrate my mother and I because we had to travel thirty minutes to Indianapolis to buy hair products. With more minorities migrating into the community, many businesses felt like they needed to catch up and bring new
Many times, other minorities would tell us that it was comforting to see individuals that looked like them. Then they would proceed by asking us multiple questions about Avon such as “What’s the best place to eat here? Where do you buy black hair products? Are there any places hiring near here?” My parents loved to help answer any of their questions because my parents remember being in their same situation. Many people who migrated to Avon, came because of Avon’s school system, so many of their children started to get involved in all the different sports and clubs that Avon community schools offered. Before I knew it, I went from being the only black student in my classes, to having six other minority students in my classes as well. I really enjoyed having more minorities people in my classes because I did not feel so pressured anymore to speak for the whole minority population when the teachers asked questions regarding race. I now had people in my class who could understand and relate to how it feels being an outcast in