In The Land of the Free In the story "In the Land of the Free"‚ Sui Sin Far describes the sadness and melancholy of a young mother‚ Lea Choo‚ when she had to be separated from her son when they entered the U.S because her son did not have a necessary certificate entitling him to admission to this country. This story traced back to the time after 1870 when a huge number of immigrants from China arrived in the U.S. The U.S government‚ terrified by an allegedly economic depression and misperception
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The free land is not free The author of “In the Land of Free”‚ Edith Maud Eaton‚ with pen name Sui Sin Far‚ was not a direct immigrant from Asia to the United States‚ but she portrayed the harsh treatment Asian immigrants faced upon entering in the U.S. in the late 1800s. Sui Sin Far‚ working as a journalist for Fly Lea‚ had exposed the extreme injustice done to Asian Americans in U.S. while she was living on the west coast of the United States. In addition‚ Sui Sin Far’s narration throughout “The
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In the Land of the Free Since the first wave of Chinese immigration to the United States in 1850s‚ the Chinese experienced discrimination and often overt racism. According to Holland‚ during 1870s‚ a large number of Chinese laborers flooded into American job market after the completion of transcontinental railroads. Since the Chinese laborers were willing to work for lower wages‚ they took jobs away from white workers which caused negative feeling toward Chinese. At the same time‚ the economic
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United States‚ after they themselves already have‚ should be looked down upon and excluded. These concepts are reflected upon more deeply in Sui Sin Far’s Mrs. Spring Fragrance. In this short story a tale is told of a Chinese couple assimilating into the Pacific coast of America with a focus on the wife‚ Mrs. Spring Fragrance. This assimilation to the land of opportunity and freedom does not go without trouble. In a letter to her husband Mrs. Spring Fragrance mentions to her husband how the barber
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The article In the ‘land of the free‚’ are you free to sit out the national anthem? Jaweed Kaleen points out the controversy of athletes not a participating in the National Anthem. Kaleen focuses mainly on Colin Kaepernick‚ who is the quarterback for the 49ers‚ quoting him numerous times. Kaleen also refers to the Black Lives Matter movement and the Blue Lives Matter. Kaleen speaks of the mental connection of sports and patriotism‚ and how it has been used psychologically on the American people
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you may think because we are the land of the free that we have freedom to choose whether to stand or not during the national anthem. Colin Kaepernick proved that to be controversial when he sat during the star spangled banner. By sitting out for the national anthem‚ Kaepernick couldn’t have expected the uproar that broke out. In the passage “In the ‘land of the free’ are you really free to sit out the national anthem?” 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick “set the national debate about race on a collision
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In the article "In the ‘land of the free‚’ are you free to sit out the national anthem?” author Jaweed Kaleen describes the history of patriotism in sports‚ and the people who have used these events to take a stand against the issues of our country. Specifically‚ Kaleem focuses on San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Recently‚ Or Nick decided to remain seated during the national anthem of this year’s preseason games. The quarterback has received a lot of backlash for his actions‚ all
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How Free is our Liberty? In “The Land of the Free”‚ there are many questions upon the government. Citizens often find themselves lost in politics. One day after another‚ people rant on social media about “fake news”‚ and they whine because they were offended by someone else’s statement. Political leaders are often said to be too political‚ the wealthy are portrayed as greedy hotheads‚ the minorities are represented as irresponsible and effortless‚ and the people who are not engaged are labeled as
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Land of the Free: A reflection on what defines a 21st century American Americans- it seems the world has a love/hate relationship with them. Why could this be? It is the land of the free‚ the home of the brave- what could be the problem? Is it the American economy? The culture? The government? An educated guess as to why this fickle relationship exists between the U.S. and the rest of the world is the debate on the one factor that sets America apart from them: Freedom. The freedom to choose
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mao sui November 20‚ 2013 Jurisprudence & Judicial Proc By: Gardner Marilyn‚ Christian Science Monitor‚ 08827729‚ 7/16/97‚ Vol. 89‚ Issue 161 WHEN US‚ NEWCOMERS’ VALUES CLASH Jurisprudential Problem: Cultural Defense Cultural Explanation/Defense This article began with the arrest of Wilfredo Cordero who had been arrested for allegedly beating his wife Ana Mora. Cordero’s first wife‚ Mora‚ offered a cultural explanation. After defining the meaning of cultural explanation‚ which
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