...Living in an immigrant family has its perks. I have the ability to learn traditions and custom that are not part of the American society and be able to share these traditions to others. However, living in an immigrant family also has its disadvantages. One main disadvantage that has affected me was my language barrier. Even though I was born in the United States of America, English was not my first language; instead, I spoke Gujarati, an Indian language. My family communicated with me in Gujarati and I did not grow up learning English. As I started school, my parents realized the necessity of English and attempted to teach me English with all of their time and effort. I recall my mother taking me to the Oak Forest Public Library to check out books to improve my English reading and writing skills. I was even placed in Sylvan Learning for English and Reading help. My language barrier is...
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...Zhou in “Conflict, Coping, and Reconciliation: Intergenerational Relations in Chinese Immigrant Families” discusses the notion of a "generation gap"(2011). Generation gap can be defined as a difference in the outlook and beliefs between Chinese immigrant parents and their US born children, which results in a conflict between the two generations. The gap is mainly caused by the cultural and social dissonance of values between the family and a larger society(Zhou 2011:475). The second generation children often get caught up in-between the world of two different values; they assimilate through school and peers into an American culture, whereas at home they are exposed to very different values. For example, respect for elders and obedience,also referred to as a "filial piety", are central values in the chinese culture(Zhou 2011:477). American culture emphasizes freedom and independence, which chinese parents portray as threatening to their parental authority(Zhou 2011). Another discrepancy between is around education. Chinese parents view education as the only mean to yield upward social mobility. As they say, their goal in life is “to live in your own house, to be your own boss, and to send your children to the Ivy League”(Zhou 2011:476).In this process, they use practices such as choosing career pathway for their children that align with their specific...
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...child maltreatment among Asian Americans. Chang et al. (2006) examined the characteristics and patterns of child abuse in immigrant Korean families and correlates of placement decisions. They collected data from the Los Angeles County, California. The study found that immigrant Korean families are more likely to be changed with physical abuse (49.4%) and less likely to be charged with neglect (20.6%). The emotional abuse is kind of witnessing domestic violence. Also they found that Korean parents tend to discipline their children by corporal punishment. In addition, they also found that report status, referral source, living arrangement, victim’s relationship to perpetrator, and chronicity of abuse...
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...Business, Government and Society | Singapore, A Nation of Immigrants | | | CONTENTS Introduction 3 - 5 1.1 Background 3 - 4 1.2 Identification of Issues 4 - 5 1.3 Current Situation 5 Stakeholder Analysis 6 - 7 Why are Foreigners Needed in Singapore? 8 - 10 3.1 Government Perspective 8 - 9 3.1.1An Ethical Perspective 9 - 10 3.2 Businesses’ Perspective 10 The Need to Address the Issue 10 Existing Government Actions 11 - 13 * 5.1 Implementations 11 5.2 Approach in Issue Management Through Implementations 12 - 13 5.3 Analysis of Government Policies 13 Recommendations 14 - 17 * 6.1 Government’s Perspective 14 - 15 6.2 Businesses’ Perspective15 - 16 6.3 Society’s Perspective 17 Conclusion 18 References 19 - 20 Appendices Appendix A: Compiled comments from citizens regarding their concerns on foreigners 1. INTRODUCTION 2.1 Background Singapore’s long history of immigration started from the 2nd century AD when the first settlers arrived on the island. Since then, the country has grown and is now a melting pot of approximately 5 million people made up of Chinese, Malays, Indians, Asians of various descents, and Caucasians. As shown in Figure 1, the number of foreigners working and studying in Singapore makes up roughly 37% of the entire population in 2010. (Singapore Department of Statistics, 2010) In August 2001, then PM Goh Chock Tong urged Singaporeans to accept the increasing number of foreigners in the city...
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...lazy, and uneducated by some members of the community. This may cause people who are viewed as poor to be avoided and discriminated against. Intergroup contact would help a lot with this segregation and help us see each other as individuals. Hypothesis The researchers guessed that immigrant students that had difficulty adapting would form friendships with mostly, if not only,...
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...Author Les Brown once said, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you’ll land among the stars.” But what happens when the stars are tied down to a red, white, and blue flag that stamps “alien” on your forehead, and tosses you over a fence? Growing up I never felt different than the other kids. My family was just another family in the suburbs of Baltimore living in a regular home. My sisters and I woke up early in the morning to go to school, and my parents rushed off to work. We had an ordinary routine, just like everyone else I knew. Yet, I was oblivious to the fact that my parents were immigrants struggling to fit into American Society. From birth I was wrapped in the blanket of American law and stamped with the birthright of being a U.S. citizen. My parents dragged...
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...the U.S. it is imperative that the differences between the Eastern and Western cultures are implicated since most Vietnamese parents are immigrants whose Asian cultural background may have affected their cultural integration particularly in terms of the adoption of their parenting styles (Nguyen & Cheung, 2009). Because the traditional Vietnamese culture is communal in nature family interests often take precedence over personal concerns and where one’s primary duty is to the family linage (Nguyen, Messe, & Stollak, 1999). This traditional family linage is “characterized by a strong patrilineal structure and a certain order in family life” (Dinh & Nguyen, 2006, p.409). The...
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...Journal 2: What barriers do immigrants face when they come to Canada? When immigrants come to Canada it’s a hard choice for some families leaving their home land and starting a new life in a different county with a different society, language, culture and believes. For some families they leave their home land to come to Canada for a better place to live, building a better future for their kids and a safe place. Immigrants that come to Canada face lots of barriers that are learning a new language, getting to know a new country, finding a home, job and new friends. My dad faced lots of barriers in life coming to Canada he make that choice for his kids to have a better life. My dad was a surgeon in Germany , he studied about 7 years not including the studies he did in his home land. Coming to Canada he had to start all his studies all over again since he had a German medical license not a Canadian medical license. These stories below are written by the authors what they had to face coming to Canada. The first story was by Isabel Vincent “ finding a nationality that fits” Isabel write a story about how their Portuguese family who tried to become “Canadianize” in order to be accepted in society. We often are left on our own to find ourselves in Canada. After a period of time living in Canada, may lose his/her family traditions, beliefs and values and it changes a person. Now, I see more young teens that came here with such innocence being involved in things that they shouldn't...
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...constant state of conflict has far reaching implications on the culture of Israel. Another aspect of Israel that contributes to its culture, is the large immigrant population that it contains. Many Israelis are Jewish immigrants who returned to their homeland to avoid persecution or to strive for a better life. Israel's history of conflict along with its high immigrant population both contribute greatly to how parents raise their children in the country. This paper will present and discuss several studies which help to demonstrate how Israel's unique culture, specifically considering its ongoing state of conflict and high immigrant population, contribute to the parenting practices and beliefs that are found in the country. Israeli values play a large role in the thought process behind how children are raised in the country. Miri Scharf (Seline, 2014) discusses how Israeli parenting practices are a combination of both collectivistic and western individualistic approaches. Traditional collectivist values include having sensitivity to others, obedience, and feeling of obligation. Individualistic values stress the importance of self-reliance, exploration, and independence. Scharf goes on to describe how this leads many Israelis to have very strong communal and familial values and as a result Israel has much more stable families when compared to other industrialized countries. An example of this being the fact that 75% of marriages in Israel stay together, the act of divorce is seen...
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...detail, life of Jewish immigrants in America around 1920 and the development of their community. This book helps me understand the culture, religion, beliefs, the Jewish immigrants’ relations with other immigrants and Americans, their family structure, their way of life in the city. It also talks about the poverty and despair of immigrants to America. The writing style is not difficult and I enjoyed reading this book and I learnt a lot about the life in American city at the turn of the century. In addition, knowledge of American history at that time and development of society in city helped me to better understand the material I learned in class. The story and events of Bread Givers gives me a clear understanding of the lives of new, Jewish immigrant families and their quest to achieving success in an unfamiliar and unaccepting new country. This book is a good reading material. The novel Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska is a moving story about the lives of the Smolinsky family and their integrations into life in America. With a father deeply rooted in Torah and allegiance to God, the four Smolinsky daughters are put to work to support their family, and are burdened with the tasks of finding husbands or just being married off without choice. Many issues such as those involving the differences of gender and lives in the public and domestic spheres are touched upon in the Smolinsky family's quest to gain a livelihood, just as many other Eastern European families did in coming to America...
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...Zander”, her death date, and the word “Mother” on the top. The stone shape is rectangular die on base. Die on base is a popular stone shape around the beginning of the 1900s and the period from 1907-1911. During my trip to the cemetery, I recorded six die on base tombstone out of ten with three different designs for the top: segmental arch, pointed arch, and rectangular. Rectangular top is the only one out of the three forms that has engraved writing on it. For Sarah, her family carves the word “Mother” on the top to show Sarah’s role and contribution to the family and the world. In addition to the inscription on the top, the family added the phrase “Wife of L.T. Zander” to show the identity Sarah carried throughout the majority of her...
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...Su writes (The strong smell of fresh corn tortillas and roasted Serrano peppers flows from the floors housing Mexicans, Puerto Rican, and El Salvadorans. A thick and savory aroma of heavy butter, fried chicken, and corn bread comes from black families’ homes, and, of course, the intensely familiar scents of fried fish, garlic, and, jasmine rice waft from the units housing the Vietnamese, Laotian, and Thai families on our floor. (Su 22-23) He describes and follows it with, “hunger does not discriminate” as being poor and eating the same can sardines everyday becomes tiring. The way Su embraces his new environment is with the attitude of adventure and curiosity. He wants the reader to feel what he's feeling, “I long to join my neighbors to share in their meals and taste their delicacies (Su 23)” he describes as his sense of smell adapts towards his new environment and leaves him admiring the scents that fill him with hunger. Su describes such details because he wants the reader to know the amazement in his discovery of new flavors and scents which can be an exciting and learning aspect of the immigrant...
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...Hao zhan james Esl D.E Elizabeth Raptis 05/16/2015 The identity of immigrants People all over the world have different identities and citizenship. However, identities not right equal to citizenship. America is a deserve country, which have immigrants from all over the world. Some of immigrants consider themselves as American and others still identity themselves as before. The article “ note of a native speaker” and “ American dreamer” described two immigrants who have moved to America. From “ Notes of a native speaker”, Eric liu was born in America, he was the second generation as an “ ABC”, which means American born Chinese. His parents wanted him to be an American. He tried to be like that, but he found that the only way to be an American was to be white. From “ American dreamer”, Bharati Mukherjee, a woman born in India,she thought her identity was fixed when she was born, she immigrated to America for a better life and tried to disobey her family in India, she wanted to change her own identity and came to U.s because the society was more diversity. The identity of belonging based on and influence by culture , family and language. Eric Liu’s was the second generation of immigrates, so his parents were Chinese before they became to U.S citizens. However, his family did not teach him to be as a Chinese, he was totally to be taught as an American. He considered that he has became an American before he was born. “ My own assimilation began...
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...Cesar Chavez For many years immigrants were invisible. They had no rights , were mistreated and abused. No one would dare step up and put a stop put a stop to these farm owners. Now imagine being a non-english speaking immigrant working in unsanitary conditions. Cesar Chavez out of many immigrants was tired of being minority and being racially harassed. Cesar Chavez birth name was Cesar Estrada Chavez. He was named after his grandfather. Born March 21, 1927 in Yuma, Arizona. His Parents were Librado And Juana Chavez. (Thompson). Cesar’s family was in a good economic place. Cesar’s family owned a pool hall, grocery store, a garage, and a farm. Unfortunately the family lost the majority of everything during the Great Depression (Christopher...
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...In the late eighteenth century, the industrialization of the United States led to an influx of immigrants like never before. These immigrants, predominantly from southern and eastern Europe, were promised streets paved with gold, and wages higher than they can imagine. However the immigrants were not welcomed by streets paved with gold, rather they were welcomed by streets paved with trash and the air filled with smoke and pungent odors, as presented in the book The Jungle. The Jungle is a novel written by Upton Sinclair that displayed the severe working and living conditions that immigrants were forced to deal with. Upton Sinclair portrays the economic tensions and historical processes in hand in the late 19th, early 20th century showing us factory conditions, housing conditions, and political corruption through the eyes of an immigrant family. Writing the novel through the eyes of the family allows readers to feel sympathetic towards the family, and is why this book was so effective in bringing attention to the circumstances that the lower class was put in. The Jungle is about an immigrant family from Lithuania who came to the United States being promised a better life, however as soon as...
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