Canada is the poster child of immigration. In my experience a large number of Canadians are ignorant and uninformed about immigration and therefore immigrants. In my first months in Canada was not prepared to deal with the plights of nuanced racism‚ materialism and eventual assimilation often experienced by immigrant youth. With adequate institutions and support this concerning issue could be mended but seems to go largely ignored and unnoticed by the general public. I remember when my family
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from a rural agricultural society into an urban industrial nation attracted immigrants worldwide. As free land and free labor disappeared and as capitalists dominated the economy‚ dramatic social‚ political‚ and economic tensions were created. Religion‚ labor‚ and race relations were questioned; populist and progressive thoughts were developed; social Darwinism and nativism movements were launched. The influx of immigrants created availability for cheap labor‚ which in turn led to corrupt business
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family. Moreover‚ the basic rights of vote were removed from the Government of British Columbia. Chinese immigrants became an identified target of prejudice and discrimination‚ especially in British
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May 14‚ 2012 His 125 University of phoenix My Immigrant Experience * I am 28 year old male from Italy that came to America for a new life. My experience in America is totally different from my native country of Italy. Italy government has a parliamentary government based on a proportional voting system. The Parliament of Italy is perfectly bicameral: the two houses‚ the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic have the same powers. The Prime Minister‚ officially President of
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with dusty chalk lines surrounded by hundreds of cheering fans. Two local Haitian teams battled it out on the soccer field that night as I sat and soaked it all in. I was in Gonaives‚ Haiti volunteering as a sports leader for a summer program through Zion’s Children of Haiti - a charity aimed at improving educational opportunities for children in need. Watching the game play out in front of me‚ I realized even though my Haitian Creole language skills were lacking‚ there was a language we had in common:
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father openly and put his soul at ease by empathizing with the political turmoil in Haiti. I then understood what it takes to be an effective doctor; it takes trust‚ friendship‚ understanding and communication. Recently I shadowed Dr. Eugene‚ a Haitian-American Internist‚ in a disadvantaged part of Florida. There‚
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often‚ people do not know what a refugee is‚ and what they have to go through‚ and once they do get informed about whom they are and their characteristics‚ they compare them to immigrants. What they don’t know is that these two peoples are very common but only come to a new country because of different reasons. Immigrants‚ legal ones‚ come to more developed countries like Canada or the United States mainly for two reasons. One of them is to be reunited with some family members who already live in
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biggest challenges of being an immigrant is knowing the language of the country that you are in‚ trying to communicate with people and getting bullied. It is really hard for an immigrant coming to america to learn english and especially speak english. Like in many languages from Asia there are seriant ways to pronounce a word and if you pronounce that word in a different way it could have a whole different meaning. Another reason why it is very challenging for an immigrant speaking and learning english
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Another event where I felt like my identity was challenged is when I was in a situation where I felt uneasy about. Immigrants. I am a child of an immigrant. This affects me because I was born in El Salvador and come in the States as a baby. I never know how people will react to it. My parents made the sacrifice of leaving El Salvador‚ their hometown and move to the States. My parents came here to ensure us a better education‚ and in general‚ a better life. Learning a new culture and my hispanic
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and thousands of illegal immigrants have come from many different places. All of them have different desires. America is supposed to be the land of the free so why is illegal immigration such a big issue in America? For the past hundreds of years immigrants have flooded the shores of the United States‚ looking for a new life‚ a second chance. Many of these immigrants came poor‚ with little or no money‚ their only belongings being the clothes on their backs. These immigrants‚ with very little education
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