Analysis On Bilingual Ballots George Wills’ “Bilingual Ballots Mock Our System” first appeared in a news article from The Washington Post. In this essay, Wills’ aims to state his opinion as to why bilingual ballots should be prohibited and done away with. He intends to persuade the reader that the United States rules of law and that our countries national identity is becoming “attenuated” by illegal immigration. That these bilingual ballots are bypassing our federal laws and in a way, these ballots are influencing illegal immigration. Wills’ claims that the federal government's chief law enforcement official might need a refresher course on federal law pertaining to legal immigrants.
I was brought up being told stories of my “ancestors” and their struggles in the new world. I have always been very interested in Irish history even as a child because of that. While I have had my own struggles to deal with in life none of them have been because of the ethnic groups I belong to. That being said I can also relate to the United States mainstream culture because that is what is familiar to me. A person’s ethnic background never mattered much to me, however living in Massachusetts; certain areas are still very segregated by ethnic groups.
The Destruction of the American Freedom An instruction memo, discarded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) states, “under certain circumstances, the FBI has the ability to bend or suspend the law and impinge upon the freedom of others”. Federal counter-terrorism agencies like FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) protect citizens and the constitution of the United States of America.. However, what happens when these agencies stop believing in the laws they are to enforce? In the novel, Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, the DHS, turns San Francisco into a police state and break the law they are to preserve. The DHS is so determined to protect society from terrorism that ultimately they destroy the freedom that they are striving to protect.
After reading the Texas Declaration of Independence and the rebuttal to it, I feel that Texas has presented the more convincing arguments. Texas provides a variety of supportive arguments on why they want to become independent from Mexico. Texas gives many examples of different ways Mexico is trying to take over their land. Texas refers to themselves as “an instrument in the hands of evil rulers.” (117) Texas and Mexico both sworn to support the federal republican constitution of their country, but it no longer had a important existence, due to the Mexican nation forcibly changing the whole nature of their government without giving Texas any consent. Texas argues that the Mexican General Santa Anna made late changes in the government and overturned the constitution that both states originally had agreed upon.
People across the world come here in hopes of the “American Dream” and for some, it does happen, but at what cost? How many come in hopes of finding a better life but just realize that to find a better life they must leave behind culture and previous ways of life. They realize that although they come here to be accepted, they’re isolated and in some cases looked down upon by the natives, in this case Americans. Immigration has always been an issue to some natives, viewing immigrants as people who take and ruin their turf, rather than just trying to share it. In “The House on Mango Street” the author, Sandra Cisneros, really shows us all the troubles an immigrant faces like isolation and the struggle of assimilation.
Is American Culture “American” by Richard Pells is an article that describes how American culture is actually adopted from other cultures all over the world. During this essay Richard Pells argues that American culture is actually adopted from other cultures and made our own rather than Americans creating their own culture. Richard Pells elaborates during the essay on how European culture influences Hollywood. Pure American Culture does exist and its being exported all over the world. The typical thought of the average American is that America is a melting pot and culture is only imported into America when in reality American Culture is an Export and companies like Coke, McDonalds, and Walmart are proving this fact.
President Franklin Roosevelt also said in one of his speeches that, you dont have to be rich to be happy in life, happiness in life comes from accomplishment. I think that’s excatly correct what President pointed out in his speech, because you can be rich and depressed or not as wealthy and happy. Money is not what brings happinessand succes into your life, some poor people can be happier and more thankful for what they already have than rich people being unhappy and unthankful. Also, we might fear of not being as successful and wealthy as others in life. You might whatch as other finish high school and get their diploma and are already in the most rich universitie in your town and you are just afraid to pick up your dream of being in their place too.
The USA had tried to limit immigrants before 1900. In the 1880s convicts, lunatics and the very, very poor were not allowed to enter the USA. Also in 1911 an investigation called the Dillingham commission wanted to make sure that adult immigrants were literate. Immigrants had to show they could read and write a short passage in English or some other language. The Immigration Act of 1917 banned almost all Asian immigrants and introduced a literacy test.
Ted Lewis "The United States Should End the War on Drugs and Strictly Control Gun Sales “Mexico. David Haugen and Susan Musser, Eds. Opposing Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press, 2012. Ted Lewis, "U.S. Should Help Mexico by Ending 'War on Drugs' and Easy Weapons Supply," Seattle Times, September 16, 2010.
Another audience can be to people who prejudge people like Anzaldua to make them feel guilty and keep them from prejudging others. “If you want to be American, speak ‘American’. If you don’t like it, go back to Mexico where you belong.”(374) this quote caught my attention the way she was being prejudged. This was said to Anzaldua by one of her teachers. That teacher of hers basically wanted her to talk English and no Spanish at all.