Immigration has always been apart of the American landscape and it always will be. People from all over the world will always come to this country for what they think is a better life. A life without hardship, difficulty, and faults. The problem is, they learn the ugly truth once their here. Race, nationality, and creed are major components of immigration. Culture and diversity are major components of immigration. Immigration is what makes this country of ours great and without, the United States could potentially suffer. In the first article, there is much debate over immigration, immigration laws and who should be allowed to immigrate and who shouldn't. Immigration plays a major role in the educational system because it helps to shape and mold the educational system. Due to a huge surge of immigration from the Hispanice community, ELL has been formed to help those who do not speak English or speak English well enough to propoerly and fully understand it.
The second article was disturbing on so many levels. Maybe this is the reason why it was so short. I was truly appauled by the authors mention of not celebrating cultures and their heritage. Please refer back to Article 1. It's important to understand one's own history and culture before you can understand and embrace another's culture and history. It's important to have a Black History Month to recognize the accomplishments of Blacks. It's important to have a Women's Month or Breast Cance Awareness Month in order to recognize those that have done great things for women and women's health. In my opinion, it's not separate but taking the time to recognize and acknowledge those that have made great strides for those who are like them. I completely disagreed with the author of this article but he is entitled to his opinion and beliefs.
The third article was a better read and spoke of diversity and multiculturalism. There has to be diversity within every aspect of life and an understanding of other cultures and how things are done in their culture can be fun to learn and eye-opening. It gives a different perspective of individuals and also helps to understand the reason why that individual may be the way they are. One of my good friends from high school and college married a man from the country of Liberia which is in Africa. In this particular country, they have a dish that everyone eats called "Gili." From how it was told to me, this dish is comprised of vegetables, meat, fish, chicken, rice, and anything else that you want to put in. This dish came about during the slave trade because some of the captured Africans were able to escape and the way that they were abe to survive was by eating and putting whatever type of food was available into one big pot, cooking and eating. So, basically, there is your meat, vegetable and possibly dairy all rolled into one meal. I found this interesting because these are not the type of things that are taught in school about this culture, it has to be sought out. They also celebrate Independence Day in August, it's when the country became free in the late 1800's. Multiculuralism and Diversity are extremely important and should be embraced.
I understand what you're saying about the various months for celebrating but what happens when that month is over? We forget about it until the month rolls around again. Sad but true.
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