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1. Why, according to Abram, are conversations about immigration important in the context of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum?
Abram says conversations about immigration are important due the lack of knowledge Americans have today about how their ancestors immigrating to the U.S. is very similar to why immigrants come to America today. Not only why immigrants came to America but what was life like. It looks like Abram wanted to fix the social norm of fear and hatred to immigrants today but found it difficult to convey people of today’s immigrants. Lena Richards said that “that in the hour devoted to the dialogue, it’s hard to get opinions to shift” (p. 74).
2. What are the goals of the conversations?
The author, Ruth J. Abram made Lena Richards seem like she has many goals for her museum. Lena main goal was to help stop immigration stereotypes. She had a small goal of
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What do you like best and least about the Lower East Side Tenement Museum website?
I could not find the virtual tour online but I did look at pictures. The best part about this museum is all the antiques and replicas of how immigrants lived and how much living space they had. Some people don’t realize how much living space immigrants had to live in especially with huge families to raise.
It is hard to find a least favorite part about the Lower East Side Tenement Museum due to how realistic they made the museum. Though, this museum only tells some immigrants stories and not all. I got a good aspect of what kind of people moved in, but this museum should show how immigrant’s lives were not only in New York/ 103 Orchard St. but also all over the country. It should show how other parts of the country treat immigrants, what laws/ their effects on immigrants in America and how the rest of the world treat immigrants immigrating to their countries. I believe this would create a more realistic approach to tourist seeing how lucky their lives are and how hard their ancestors lives were to

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