He argued that social development studies showed changes in their social behaviors and their interactions once in their new environment. Thus, he concluded that the new society was uniquely America. He has a very valid argument, but I believe he could have maintained the strength of his argument while also including the fact that the American people coming from British roots, the Puritans, the Royalist elites, the North Midlanders of England and the North British and Irish were still unique as a sub-culture melded together by the choice for religious and economic freedom. The pursuit to own land and accumulate wealth, and not be under the rule of the crown was first and foremost in the early colonists minds. Fisher rests his entire point of view based on the roots of the four British folkways that separated the settlers in America.
In the essay, Aria, he was forced to study English and Richard Rodriguez resented the loss of intimacy in the family. However, he, later, discovered his love in books. Richard Rodriguez switched from hating English to fall in love with books. Education has changed his mind; therefore, changed him. He confesses: “What I am about to say to you has taken me more than twenty years to admit: A primary reason for my success in the classroom was that I couldn’t forget that schooling was changing me and separating me from the life I enjoyed before becoming a student” (598).
. . attempts to displace the normativity of the white position by seeing it as a strategy of authority rather than an authentic or essential ‘identity’ “(Bhabha 1998:21). A cadre of scholars (as noted above), some of whom identify themselves as white, are raising and responding to critical questions about the social and political significance of whiteness in American society. The goal of whiteness studies is to reveal and to share new knowledge about a seemingly under-investigated social phenomenon; namely, the social construction of whiteness.
Americans today have much concern about the concept of outsourcing. Ron Hira and Anil Hira in there book Outsourcing America, pose the question “Who is right and why is there difference in opinion whether this is good for America?” Critics continue to argue that outsourcing has a negative impact on American jobs, the economy, national security and pose that should this be allowed to continue, a prosperous future for all Americans is dim. However, it is also profitable for all to view their complaints as objectively as possible because they would never mention the vast benefits that come with outsourcing, especially here in America. Yes, the subject does bring a lot of insecurity and confrontation, but there are those who see it differently. While outsourcing has negative and positive implications, in the long run the future for American will lean towards the positive side of the scale.
The United States has had a proud history of accepting all people with the desire to better themselves and fulfill the American Dream. The most often used argument against illegal immigration is that it is detrimental to the overall economic feasibility of the United States. Although many illegal immigrants pay taxes and improve local economies, it is much better in the long term for US immigrants to be of legal status, as this would eliminate many problems currently faced by them. For example, if the current system legalized all immigrants, it may be even better for the economy as well as for their human rights, because there would be no more black-market smuggling economy. This move would also allow, “immigrants to have higher productivity
America is a country of workers. Our success would simply not be possible without the immigrants, who have come from all over the world. They have played a huge part in the economic growth in the United States. Many believe that immigration have had a negative effect on the American people. However what they do not understand is that the American economy would have never been to this stage without Immigrants.
17 Oct. 2012 SUMMARY- Kevin McGuire Use this article to explain why America has some benefits to have people working illegally in this country. APPLICATION TO THE THESIS- Americans generally believe the immigrant work ethic is strong, so strong born take jobs that should belong to native-born Americans it mean the dull, dirty and dangerous work that many Americans would prefer not to do
It is true that corporations and consumers receive the benefits of cheap labor, but to facilitate stability, taxpayers must cover the infrastructural cost. Notwithstanding all the negative ramifications, illegal aliens do raise the general effectiveness of the U.S. economy by adding profitable contributions via taxes and hence diminishes marginal cost for total product production. Though this topic is important, there are more significant topics (i.e. automation in manufacturing or the growth in global trade) that will have more impact on the U.S.
Immigrants are what help make America be America by being a multicultural society standing united. It has been said, "immigration is a threat to our economy." This statement is so absurd. Immigration increases purchasing thereby, increases demand for labor. Immigration not only takes jobs, but also creates them.
Lily McConnell English 1102 Clayn Lambert September 29, 2013 Immigrants a New Nation America is sometimes referred to as a nation of immigrants because of our largely open door policy toward accepting foreighners pursuing their vision of the “American dream”. Recently there has been some discussion by some politicians and citizens toward creating a closed door policy on immigration. Arguing that immigrants threaten American life by taking jobs from American workers, and just taking over what they used to be accustomed to. While these arguments may seem valid to many, they are almost overwhelmingly false, and more than likely confused with the word immigration. In fact immigrants actually enhance the American way of life.