enter illegally and we have yet to systematically answer in practical ways the existing 12 million that are claimed as undocumented‚ it would be reasonable to deal with the problem conservatively. Considering the data related by the reading‚ “Which American Dream Do You Mean?” by David Stoll‚ the author relates how “In 2007‚ 38 million or 12% of the U.S. population was foreign-born” and further adds that to project what this will lead to in more than a decade from now is that they will make up a majority
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should be treated equal in every aspect. Every race has a right to the best educational opportunity available. Admittance in to a University should not be based on race; it should be based on the highest academic grade averages. Blacks‚ whites‚ Hispanics‚ and any other race should have the same opportunities. In my opinion if some‚ one of a certain race should not take priority over academic standings. However‚ on the other hand many black are very lazy and want to sit back and wait for the white
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the dollar” now two cents may not seem like a lot to lack but at the end of the day some Latina mothers may see those two cents as necessary when trying to feed their families. These wage gaps may be attributed to the fact that “lower shares of Hispanics are college educated.”(pewresearch) With just a little push from Latinitas it is possible that girls who did not see a cap and gown in their future could one day be turning the tassel to the left and closing the wage gap one Latina at a
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to another view on the topic of immigration in the United States. My beliefs had always been that if anyone is not an American citizen who were paying their taxes here‚ then you should not be allowed in our country. After reading this article and seeing the immigrant’s perspective‚ I learned that America is full of immigrants and that we are all here for the same reason‚ The American Dream. I loved the lines in paragraph seven‚ “We are gathered together-but as individuals‚ with separate pasts‚ distinct
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winning novelist base all of her short stories on the two cultures which she has grown up in and now call her heritage‚ American and Mexican. The merge of these two cultures play a significant role in the plot and setting of her stories. My Lucy friend who smells like corn‚ Eleven‚ Mexican Movies‚ Barbie Q and Mericans are just of few of Sandra stories in which she merges both the American and Mexican culture. In “My Lucy friend who smells like cheese‚” Cisneros describe Lucy as the “Texas girl who
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"missing people" to whom Madrid refers? The missing people that Madrid is referring to are the “Hispanos”. It also refers to minorities and women of the American society. Madrid redefined the term after he moved from home and began teaching. 2.) According to Madrid‚ what role does language play in determining an individual’s acceptance as an American? Is assimilation possible given language barriers? According to Madrid‚ language really does not play a role in in an individual acceptance. He states
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Mexican-American for multiple reasons. These reasons were strictly because of hygiene problems‚ district boundary problems and non-fluent in English students. These reasons were told to the majority of the parents (who despised segregation that was going on amongst the school districts and wanted the same equal education for their children) by the various schools and school boards in California. 4. The word (race) could not be used in the case of Mendez. Mainly because Mexican- American ethnicity
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Ebb and Flow: Cuban-American Reality “Lucy‚ honey‚ if I wanted things Cuban I`d stayed in Havana. That`s the reason I married you‚ ‘cause you`re so different from everyone I`d known before.” -Ricky in I Love Lucy. This quote is from the iconic show from the 50`s‚ I Love Lucy‚ but also is used in Sustavo Perez-Firmat`s piece called Life on the Hyphen. In Perez-Firmat`s piece‚ Perez-Firmat relates the Cuban-American experience and how it is made up of several different generations who all have to
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were only two groups: whites and Mexicans. Having his name butchered was something he unfortunately got used to‚ and many of his peers decided to go by names more “American” for convenience to non-Spanish speakers. Even his stepfather‚ Antonio‚ reluctantly changed his name to Tony because it was easier to say‚ and having an “American” name helped him find work. As Muñoz puts it‚ “English was a world of power and decisions‚ of smooth‚ uninterrupted negotiation.
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Michael Thompson SXS 667 – Reading Response Paper #3 ID# 909067827 July 3‚ 2013 In her essay La Frontera‚ Gloria Anzaldua provides a detailed history of the persecution of the Chicano settlers of the U.S. Southwest at the hands of their Anglo oppressors. Anzaldua refers to the Aztlan‚ the borderlands between the United States and Mexico encompassing parts of Texas‚ New Mexico‚ Arizona‚ and California‚ as a “vague and undetermined place created by the
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