In conclusion‚ I strongly feel that Americans could greatly benefit from adopting some of the immigrant customs discussed in The Immigrant Advantage. Kolker herself could be used as a role model or example for how a family could benefit from some of these traditions‚ from the money saving habits of the Money Club to the ease of dinner preparation using the Com Thang. I wholeheartedly plan on attempting to make use of available family members whenever it comes time to introducing my child to the world
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Vietnam Immigrants and Refugees Immigration has been around for years. It is when someone or even a culture comes to live permanently in a foreign country that is of their own. It is important for us now to realize how this was more relevant in earlier years than it is now. Most of it was related to leaving a country due to war whereas now it may be just to live in America or a better place. Vietnamese people settlement in the United States was a direct result from World War II and the failure
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Noor Abdullah ESL 119 Victoria Freedman Oct 6‚ 2015 Immigrants What is the first thing that comes to mind when we think of immigrations? Immigrating technically means the act of non- native people moving to a new place to settle there‚ so they begin to flee their own country which is their homeland and search for a country which is easier for them to live in. Nowadays‚ many people decide to immigrate to have a better life for themselves and their families because they want to have a job‚ to run
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years during that time period‚ the flow of immigrants was at its peak during the bursts of economic depressions (Document A). These weakened economic periods in the United States did not exactly ease the common immigrants transition into American life. With no yellow brick road to lead them to happiness and prosperity‚ many immigrants began searching for quick ways to make cash. In 1870‚ twenty percent of the New England population was made up of immigrants; an astounding seventy five percent of the
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Bau Nguyen Mrs. Renee Richards ESOL 0351 April 12 The reasons of American immigrants According the website www.cnn.com: In 2010‚ about 1.04 million people received legal permanent resident status. What make the United State of America so attraction? and why people immigrate to this country? In reality‚ people immigrate to the United State of America to pursuit of the American Dream. There are many reasons for the immigration‚ searching of better employment opportunities and being interesting
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The large number of Chinese immigrants that migrated to California throughout the 19th century to find work and escape political and economic issues in their own country. They came in hope to achieve the "American Dream"‚ especially during the gold rush. Chinese men and women were faced with many obstacles in America including racism‚ unjust convictions‚ and dehumanization. The Chinese were often viewed as exotic and even sinister in the view of a white American due to there many cultural differences
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conflict between the Irish immigrants and the native Scots. The source says "New chapels have arisen peaceably everywhere; and except their stronger taste for a fight now and then‚ the Irish have in many places behaved fully as well as our own people". This source helps show that Catholicism was gradually building and gaining support if chapels were able to be built without aggression and opposition. In addition most employers had positive comments to say about Irish immigrants work ethic compared to
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“Schmatta” is a gateway to success in immigrants’ new land: The apparel industry provided an entree for scores of central European immigrants‚ whose children and grandchildren went on to achieve the American dream. The “Schmatta” business was once New York City’s biggest employer: At its peak in 1973‚ there were 400‚000 apparel production jobs in New York. Last year (2007)‚ there were just 84‚000. Made in USA: Former president John F. Kennedy put outsourcing in motion by allowing 5 percent
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American’s have been on the receiving end of unequal treatment. Whether it was loss of lands‚ forced assimilation‚ or unequal rights the Native American people have a long history of oppression and discrimination. One of the most detrimental aspects of this unequal treatment was the assimilation that Native Americans faced in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. This essay will focus on the assimilation of Native American’s during the Progressive Era. Specifically‚
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More citizens are leaving than are entering. Many of these Latin American immigrants settle in the United States and send home remittances every month to their families who stayed behind. This money amount peaked in 2008‚ just before the financial crisis‚ with seventy billion dollars being sent from new immigrants back home. Five years later‚ the remittance number was around sixty billion dollars‚ still a considerable sum. Latin Americans are
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