that immigration is more beneficial than some Americans believe it to be. In Cole’s essay titled‚ “Five Myths about Immigration‚” he debunks the common stereotypes about immigrants and embraces the facts. These common stereotypes about immigrants are often fueled by ignorance and misinformation and can cause real-world harm to immigrants. According to Cole’s essay‚ “Passion‚ misinformation‚ and shortsighted fear often substitute for reason‚ fairness‚ and human dignity in today’s immigration debates”
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Author David Cole explains in "Five Myths about Immigration" that people are misinformed about immigrants in America and blame them for all the problems in the American society. Cole comments that the "Native Americans"‚ which have nothing to do with what we call Native Americans today‚ were labeled as "Know-Nothings" because they simply did not know anything about immigrants and prejudged immigrants who came into the country. The author quotes one "Know-Nothing" for saying that "more than half the
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out America Five myths about America ’s homeless By Dennis Culhane Sunday‚ July 11‚ 2010 Last month‚ the Obama administration released a plan designed to end homelessness in 10 years. The goal reflects new optimism among academics and advocates that homelessness is not an intractable feature of urban life‚ as it has sometimes seemed‚ but a problem that can be solved. This belief is fueled by recent research debunking a number of long-standing myths about homelessness in America -- and showing
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century‚ it is plain out wrong and unfair. Immigrants come to America to make a better life for themselves and pursue happiness‚ which is so blantaly explained in The Constitution. There is a myth about immigrants stealing jobs from Americans‚ that is nothing more than a myth. Immigration actually provides a benefit to the national economy‚ whether the immigrants crossed the border illegally or not. It all comes down to “specialization of labor”.Which is a powerful force in an economy‚ benefiting
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Jason Professor English 1020-52 14 October 2004 Questionable Immigration Myths David Cole’s "Five Myths about Immigration‚" while not a persuasive argument‚ is obviously a personal issue for the author who believes Americans treat immigrants poorly. He introduces the reader to "Know Nothings‚" or "Native Americans‚" who blame every problem in America on the immigrants (Cole 189-90). In the introductory paragraph‚ Cole attempts to obtain the reader’s sympathetic feelings as he writes
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surrounding incoming immigrants‚ recent immigrants‚ and immigration in general. These attitudes were made more prevalent when the newly elected president‚ Donald Trump‚ instituted an executive order to temporarily ban entrance to the United States to seven Muslim-majority countries (Trump). This ban was eventually lifted by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (Liptak). Although in the United States there continues to be negative stigmas around immigration and allowing immigrants into the U.S.‚ immigrants
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1: Five Myths About Charter Schools by Emma Brown Although this source explained the arguments to both for and against charter schools‚ the position was mainly against charter schools. Therefore‚ it claims charter schools are negatively impacting education. This source is convincing because it states different statistics and summarizes different studies. Thus‚ it demonstrates the author is educated to make an educated opinion. What might make this piece not as convincing as the other sources is
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Five Myths of Aging There are several myths associated with aging‚ especially in our western society. Myth #1: When I get old‚ I’ll become senile. Many people in our society view older adults as senile and weak. Some even treat them like children‚ and insist on making decisions for them as if their decision making abilities are totally lost. We tend to put a “caution” label on our elderly. In reality‚ senility only affects five percent of the population. According to Aesoph‚ some age related
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Myths About Africa Africa continues to suffer from a long tradition of neglect. Being seen as the “dark continent”‚ many people begin to assume that all of Africa is poor. There are many myths about Africa today that seem inevitable to forget. Novels‚ movies‚ television and all modern media play a very important role in how Western society views Africa. Savage Africans are the lowest of the lowest in Western film. As this is the only aspect of what Westerners see about African culture‚ it is
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Myths About Elevators: Common Elevator Myths and Truths: There are many myths and misconceptions about elevators. This is because the majority of all elevator equipment is hidden from public view‚ which thus leaves much to the imagination of a passenger. The following are some of the most common myths and their corresponding truths: MYTH - Many people believe elevators are held up by only one rope that can break‚ leaving passengers in a free falling car. TRUTH - Elevators are
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