The Pros And Cons Of Immigrants Migrating To America
Multiculturism
The grass is not always greener on the other side, which is the case for many immigrants migrating to America. Coming to America by Gibbs and Bankhead, A Hyphenated Identity by Harry Kitano, and as well as the essay Wandering Between Two Worlds, One Dead, the Other Powerless to be Born by Ramon S. Torrecilha are all detailed works of writing about the hardships immigrants had to overcome becoming a citizen or already being a citizen of the United States. I believe that many people have an overwhelming expectation about America and take the notion of it being a free state to literally. Countless of immigrants minds assume that once they move to America they will have the opportunity, the success, the romance, and when it is all said and done several immigrants just think of America as an utter disappointment. The United States in known for stereotyping individuals based on status and the way they look. During the Depression many African Americans lost their jobs just because of their skin color and because they made less money than the white man. Even in times of economic distress it did not matter if you were born and raised in America you were …show more content…
Whenever the economy is in a down fall and wages are being depressed, land prices start rising, and consumer products become inflated politicians all too quickly blame the ethnic minorities for the community’s problems (87). According to Gibbs and Bankhead in order to be considered an American and superior to others, they had to have bleach blonde hair, resemble models, tanned lifeguards, and look like they had just stepped out of a magazine or off a billboard. If they were not considered to be a “real” American they were going to be discriminated
The grass is not always greener on the other side, which is the case for many immigrants migrating to America. Coming to America by Gibbs and Bankhead, A Hyphenated Identity by Harry Kitano, and as well as the essay Wandering Between Two Worlds, One Dead, the Other Powerless to be Born by Ramon S. Torrecilha are all detailed works of writing about the hardships immigrants had to overcome becoming a citizen or already being a citizen of the United States. I believe that many people have an overwhelming expectation about America and take the notion of it being a free state to literally. Countless of immigrants minds assume that once they move to America they will have the opportunity, the success, the romance, and when it is all said and done several immigrants just think of America as an utter disappointment. The United States in known for stereotyping individuals based on status and the way they look. During the Depression many African Americans lost their jobs just because of their skin color and because they made less money than the white man. Even in times of economic distress it did not matter if you were born and raised in America you were …show more content…
Whenever the economy is in a down fall and wages are being depressed, land prices start rising, and consumer products become inflated politicians all too quickly blame the ethnic minorities for the community’s problems (87). According to Gibbs and Bankhead in order to be considered an American and superior to others, they had to have bleach blonde hair, resemble models, tanned lifeguards, and look like they had just stepped out of a magazine or off a billboard. If they were not considered to be a “real” American they were going to be discriminated