Minorities Among Immigrants
Different ethnicities came to the United States at a time when the industry section was growing rapidly. The study for ethnic success was for the immigrants who came to the United States after 1880 and the Jews were singled out for special attention compare to the rest of the ethnicities. Due to their enormous success, they have been a topic for success for different sociologist and novelist with the same theoretical explanations, that is, the Jews were successful because of their ambition, unity and middle class values which was part of their culture. As Steinberg points out from the theory of one of the novelist which is, “….whatever the obstacles, the individual cam triumph by living an exemplary life and piously observing……concerning
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Yes, it is of no doubt that one must have the ambition, skills and unity in order to achieve the stable financial level, but to declare a culture that has all those aspects as a tool for success is contradictive. It basically declares that a group which has not been successful is somehow deficient due to their culture, to which Steinberg points out, “it implies that groups that are less successful in the competition are somehow deficient in character or in their cultural values” (87). Another reason for Jewish popularity is the number of times they have been compared with other ethnicities who have not succeeded by various social scientist and other writers. Furthermore, an aspect to refer to is the middle class values that has been brought upon by many writers as the factor for success. It is basically a tale for everyone to follow the Jews because of their high mobility due to their exemplary culture and at one point, their religion too. As Steinberg states, “Thus it is in Jewish religion and culture, reaching back through the millennia, that these theorists locate the source of the values that account for the unusually high rate of Jewish mobility” (93). Middle class basically means, someone who is in between upper and working class and that their financial level is stable. The middle class values is in contrast towards: desire for education, aversion to violence, family unity and having financial
Yes, it is of no doubt that one must have the ambition, skills and unity in order to achieve the stable financial level, but to declare a culture that has all those aspects as a tool for success is contradictive. It basically declares that a group which has not been successful is somehow deficient due to their culture, to which Steinberg points out, “it implies that groups that are less successful in the competition are somehow deficient in character or in their cultural values” (87). Another reason for Jewish popularity is the number of times they have been compared with other ethnicities who have not succeeded by various social scientist and other writers. Furthermore, an aspect to refer to is the middle class values that has been brought upon by many writers as the factor for success. It is basically a tale for everyone to follow the Jews because of their high mobility due to their exemplary culture and at one point, their religion too. As Steinberg states, “Thus it is in Jewish religion and culture, reaching back through the millennia, that these theorists locate the source of the values that account for the unusually high rate of Jewish mobility” (93). Middle class basically means, someone who is in between upper and working class and that their financial level is stable. The middle class values is in contrast towards: desire for education, aversion to violence, family unity and having financial