Story Of A Black Immigrant From A Shithole Country By Karla Thomas Analysis

Every year, a million new immigrants come to the United States. They bring their cultures and their dreams to come here to make them come true. This country is known as the land of hope and freedom. But right now, immigrants’ dreams are affected by discrimination, especially black immigrants. This is the twenty-first century, but people still treat other people based on people’s color. In the article " Story of a Black Immigrant from a Shithole Country," Karla Thomas presents her own story to give a different look towards immigrants of color. First, Thomas explains the discrimination she faced because of her immigration status. Moreover, Thomas discusses the limited job opportunities for a visa worker, which impacted her and her family
The article demonstrates the problem of discrimination against immigrants of color, which has been happening in the United States for a long time. It is hard for the immigrants of color to become employees and find a job. Thomas found the job in her field and improved her education at Northwestern University to achieve the MBA degree. Thomas had a good start before some problems came to her visa. H1B in other words is the visa for high skill people to come to the United States to work. If the government allows immigrants of color to stay in some positions and live here, they can transform society. Immigrants of color and international students who graduated in the United States can find a job to continue living in the country. In the article “Immigrants Who Thrive in the United States,” Noah Smith explains that African immigrants is the group has more achievement in education than other immigrants’ groups, even the US-born. “Nigerian-Americans, for instance, have a median household income well above the American average, and above the average of many white and Asian groups, such as those of Dutch or Korean descent” (Smith 2). The statistic shows that the African immigrants are more likely to have better education and higher
Giving the immigrants of color point based on their education and their gifts to pick the brain of over the world; as a result, an immigrant of color who has many points can open the door go into this country. “Still, switching to a Canada-style points system would allow the US to take even bigger gulps from the rivers of talent flowing around the globe” (Smith 3). The immigrants with aptitude are more likely to come to the country where their idea can be accepted and improved by the government and they could have a good environment working. Some of the immigrants’ ideas was not useful in that country it comes from, but nobody knows if it is a worthy idea which can save and change the rest of the world. In addition, the new merit-system can be the way for businesses and corporations have more choice to hire their employees in low skills position. The rate of American unemployment is high, but there are not too many of them do the job like nails, working in the factories, in the kitchens or some jobs have low income. Smith says, “Low-skilled immigrants compete with native-born Americans who do jobs like fixing houses, landscaping yards, cleaning buildings and staffing cash registers” (4). Immigrants of color who have low skill cannot take away the job of Americans, but immigrants of color do the hard job which Americans do not want to. Accepting low-skill immigrants of