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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The Farmingville documentary examines the clash between long time residents of a Long Island‚ NY suburban community and Mexican day laborers who move into their neighborhood. The illegal immigrant population has grown to ten percent of the town’s population because of the area’s successful restaurant‚ landscaping‚ and construction industries. Many in Farmington are not happy with the arrival of the immigrants in their community‚ and yet they accept that the day laborers perform the jobs that the
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“The man that put your father in prison‚ he knew he was sending an innocent man. But you know‚ he was just protecting his own”. Furthermore‚ in Freedom Writers‚ Caucasians are give special treatment by being placed in honors classes while African Americans‚ Latinos and other minorities are denied that right. “Being black made me an automatic outsider” The objective for the class of room 203 demanded by the school was just to keep the students for as long as they will show up to class. Mrs
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the feeling of being left out is present. If the words were translated the stance would then change. If the translations are just handed out to the readers then her point would not be proven. 5. Being from Austin and born as the first Mexican American generation my accent is very selective. When I speak English‚ I speak in a normal non-differentiating accent. My English words are fine and clear‚ but at
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Diversity shelly Lares University of Phoenix MGT230 Steve Mitchell April 19‚ 2010 Diversity at Qualcomm Inc. Developing strong diversity at Qualcomm Inc. is beneficial for the company as well as the people. Diversity is being composed with different elements‚ and people with different backgrounds and cultures (Merriam-Webster‚ 2012). Having members from different
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I. Chapter 17: The diversity of American colonial societies 1530-1770 18th century Choctow leader red shoes befriended French in Mississippi valley(traded deerskins for guns)became rich but English cut off French shipping so he made an alliance with the English so was murdered by French resulted in 1747 civil war of the Choctow and killed colonist and Chocktows 1.Wars‚epidemics‚and territorial loss but also adapted technology and politics but in the end were dominated 2.political and economic
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America today as we know it is the land of opportunity and freedom. Yet racism is a big issue in America‚ as we know the whites are more privileged than the rest‚ that suffer from stereotypes‚ prejudice‚ and discrimination. As a Latino who lives in America‚ I have many experiences where I have been the target of racism. There is this one experience that I will never forget. My father is a hardworking busy person‚ he usually puts in from about 50-65 hours a week of work‚ which leaves him with no time
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Strayer University English 115‚ English Composition Lance Anthony Coley Professor Dorothy Valentine January 21‚ 2013 Week 3 Assignment 1.1 A summary of “Se Habla Español” By Tanya Barrientos Coley 1 Tanya Barrientos main point is that her parents spoke Spanish to each other on a regular basis‚ but insisted she and her siblings speak‚ read and write only in English. As a young woman growing she didn’t understand why her parents wanted this‚ but she did know the reason. So as she
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“There is no way that you can be black and Puerto Rican at the same time”‚ was a statement that Roberto Santiago heard throughout the years. In his story “Black and Latino” he identified himself as both. Even though‚ Spanish was his first language‚ he now speaks both Spanish and English fluently. Growing up as a dark skinned boy he felt as if he had to choose sides from Latino or black. He believed that “acting black‚ looking black and being a real black” was a parody debate among us. Roberto Santiago
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In Migrant Imaginaries Schmidt-Camacho provides a view on the transnational movements of Mexican migrants toward United States from the 1920s onwards. The relationship between the Mexican culture and the social movements created by the migration is analyzed through the focus on some important historical moments (the 1930s‚ the Chicano Movement‚ contemporary globalization and neoliberalism). Borderlands/la Frontera is a text that deals with the concept of ‘border’ not only in the physical but
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