America is one of the most diverse countries in the world because so many people immigrated to the United States in the past in search of new opportunities. Immigration is the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. People from all over the world travel to the United States for a better life. Without diversity, the United States would not have the culture it does to this day. America needs immigration because immigrants help to develop new ideas, a diversity of culture, and they founded and helped to create the United States.
Aashish Gautam Professor Dr. James Wright English 1302 10 August 2015 Necessity of Public Engagement with Multiculturalism in America The United States is a land of immigrants. This country has people of different backgrounds from all around the globe. Because of the people of different race, ethnicity, and nationality, America is one of the diverse nations in the context of cultures. Sharing different cultures and tradition among the people of different backgrounds can certainly incorporate uniformity among people. The practice of multiculturalism gives uniqueness and an essential component to benefit the country such as good public relationship.
This monumental movement of people and cultures is the result of rapid industrialization, political and cultural developments, and extended environmental changes. The complex story of migration is not solely about the immigrants who have shifted their original geography, but also about the lands and societies they have disrupted or changed in the process. In order to explain migration, researchers, intellectuals and social scientists have developed three important sets of hypotheses; economic theories, cultural theories, and political theories. These theories are all supported by statistical data, sound arguments, and the support of well respected advocates. In many cases, these migration theories can be combined and should be incorporated for a more complete understanding.
His target audience may give consideration to his arguments precisely because he is a member of groups they would wish to protect. Prejudice today can be held in many forms, an unlikely example of this can be marriage and or divorce in our culture. Marriage in today’s society no longer means “Till death do us part.” Divorce today is an ever-present situation that seems to be growing day by day. The American culture has changed and with that its values. It is now a part of America’s day to day lifestyle.
(Champagne & Harpham, 21) Texas seems to be urbanizing more and more. This shift brings about economic growth and diversification which means new roads will have to be built, more construction, and expanded water and sewer systems (window.tx.state.us, Susan Combs, Texas in Focus: A Statewide View of Opportunities) thus creating many more jobs as well. A state that was once majority Anglo’s has become a state of all races, which has also driven the growth in population. Texas is now a state where different ethnicities have a larger number that the Anglo’s. People are coming from all over to work in the oil field particularly.
The massive number of European immigrants that entered into America’s east coast from the late 1800’s and on forever influenced the growth and development of the country. Fleeing crop failure, famine, rising taxes, and land/job shortages, many immigrants journeyed to the United States because it was perceived as the land of economic opportunity. With hope for a brighter future, nearly 27 million immigrants arrived in the United States between 1880 and 1920. The majority of the immigrants entered through Ellis Island, leading it to become the gateway to America and become recognized as a national symbol. Many of the immigrants, not knowing the way America worked, didn’t stray too far from the East Coast and moved into areas filled with people of similar languages, traditions, and beliefs.
Evan Cole March 6, 2012 English 101 Mr. Raines American Opportunities Dinesh D’Souza’s essay “Becoming American” notes three reasons why the American life style is sought after, better standard of living, social freedoms, and an egalitarian society. I agree, America is a land where people create their own destinies, a land where people make their own choices and have near limitless possibilities. D’Souza’s gives his views on how the Americans society is seen by other countries. D’Souza states that most American critics have an easy explanation for why the American idea of living is so captivating. It is simply the ability to make money.
Vicente Garcia English 100- Elder 2/27/12 Assimilation: They key to success for immigrants The history of the world can be described as a history of immigration, in which people move to different areas and are forced to cohabitate, or not in some cases, and adapt to their new surroundings. The conflicts or compromises that arise from the intermixing of people from different backgrounds play a large role in shaping the host country, and the world in general. Think about the events in American history that have been caused by its diverse population, and how profoundly the country has been divided due to them. The civil rights movement, and the ever ongoing issues of illegal immigration have left deep marks and folded pages in America’s
This was the beginning of a new future for America. The Industrial Revolution had begun, the slave trade was coming to an end, and America was pushing Westward. Word of the Gold Rush began spreading around the world drawing more and more immigrants from both Asia and Europe. Besides from Irish and German immigrants, Chinese immigrants had also begun coming to America in the 1850s arriving through San Francisco. While the economy was strong immigrants were welcomed into America with open arms even more so since during the Civil War, both the Union and Confederate armies relied on their strengths.
According to Borjas, high skilled immigrants tend to adapt more rapidly to conditions at the destination country. On the other hand, if immigrants are lacking these skills they will confront difficulties in adaption process and consequently increasing the costs the government/immigrant invests. Immigrants most important capital focuses on the acquisition of the host country's" language capital", Borjas outlined this, when he argued that immigrants with proficiency in English were having higher earnings than immigrants without "language capital" in the U.S.A. Moreover, Borjas presented the Chiswick's regression model, to demonstrate how high skilled migrants develop and improve their skills after arriving at the destination country, in this model the human capital investment hypothesis can be interpreted by a selection argument, which corroborate that immigrants are substantially more motivated than natives and additionally immigrants are ready to take risks working harder and longer than natives, having with this a better economic integration in the host country (Borjas, George, 1994: 1667-1717). Moreover Chiswick's study goes more dipper on the selectivity and the human capital migration model, in which he studies how choices and opportunities people have, and how these