...Illegal immigration has turned into one of the most disputed topics in the United States. Over the years, there has been a marked increase in bias and hate crimes regionally and nationwide against illegal immigrants. Our country’s population is made up of approximately 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants. Over the past and current years, evidence has overwhelmingly shown that immigrants play a vital role in our country’s economic, social, and cultural prosperity. Therefore, responsible social, political, and church groups should try to change Americans’ hearts and minds about immigration and about persistent bias against people who are already members of our society. Illegal immigration is not an issue that can be simply solved through mass...
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...and adjustments to new social environment and it’s etiquette thereby becomes a challenging task for some of them” (Canada & Australia Immigration Consultant). It is very difficult for foreigners to adjust to the lifestyle of where they are residing. Trying to adjust to a new lifestyle and getting settled into a job it is very challenging. Getting a job in general can be challenging, and to add changing everything about your lifestyle at the same time can be onerous. This is why the world should not be so hard on immigrants who are just getting adjusted. To put it another way, “They land in a country with a completely different culture, society and often find themselves in a religious minority” (Canada & Australia Immigration consultant). When immigrants come to a new country, they most likely become the minority. This is a struggle that they face because everything is new to them; it would take them a while to adjust. They may feel pressured to look and act a particular of way. This is just one of the challenges they face. Immigrants take a huge risk leaving their home and making a new one where everything is different, and they have to get used to this. The people who immigrate to these new places have a obstacle to overcome. This is a huge deterrent and they have to work hard to overcome it. That is why it should be taken into consideration. They are not just adjusting to a new job, but also a new life. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has made negative comments...
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...regarding their social practices, most people seem to form their opinions over stereotypes than facts. Xenophobia is rampant and manifest itself in various ways, be it immigration status discrimination, or discrimination in educational or other institutions settings, or as severe as hate crimes against immigrants. Although facts and information is more available now than ever, it has not stopped a strong sense of nationalism and a strong sense of hatred from developing towards immigrants. A recurring theme of the media is the sense that the nation is not in control of its fate, its economy and its borders, and that immigrant and refugees are the major reason why. This treatment of immigrants and refugees creates a crisis mentality, and results in extreme negative reactions toward them, including their dehumanization- the ultimate form of intolerance of otherness. Patrisia Gonzales and Roberto Rodriguez elucidates on the topic of dehumanization of immigrants in their article, “$4,000: The Price of a Mexican”. Gonzales and Rodriguez share the incident of a South Texas rancher shooting a Mexican immigrant. Even when found guilty, the man was charged with an absurdly minimal amount of four thousand dollars. This article provides the perfect example of how even though the hate crimes committed against immigrants are on a disquietly rise, they are still degraded and dehumanized even by the law. Unfortunately, immigration policy is frequently shaped more by fear and stereotype than by empirical...
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...actions taken by extremist Muslims. Because of the actions of terrorist groups such as the Taliban and Isis, Muslims around the world, especially in the United States, are viewed in a negative light. Due to this, the rising backlash towards Muslims has raised the question if during the past fifteen years, the resulting prejudice has affected the young/old/new Muslim immigrants in terms of work, daily life, and even their own sense of belonging or identity within the United States. Recently, minorities in the United States have had struggles with civil liberties, such as African-Americans being killed by the police, as well as Muslims being labeled as terrorists with no reason except where they come from and the religion they follow. Donald Trump, the leading republican presidential has proposed to close the borders to Muslim immigrants, which brings up the previous stated question of how accepted Muslim immigrants feel in the United States. It is important for people to know how people under a religion, which can be practiced by people of all race and ethnicity, can be persecuted no matter where they come from. I. Methodology Since first coming up with the idea for my research topic, I’ve been attentive to any current events that may relate to my overall research question. Also, through Lehman’s online databases, which is where I did most of research, I used different keywords relating to the research question stated above to find academic journals, since there were...
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...18th, 2018, created by Matt Groening, asserts that its portrayal of Indian characters as caricatures and stereotypes is not harmful. The specific character that will be discussed is Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a stereotypically Indian character whose seemingly racist creation has been publicly called out. Hari Kondabolu, an Indian-American comedian and actor who has turned his focus to social justice within media representation, created a counter commentary to the show entitled “The Problem with Apu” which was released in November of 2017. The episode “No Good Read Goes Unpunished” was created in response to Kondabolu’s movie. Producers of “The Simpsons” have tried to convince viewers that “political incorrect” commentary is not harmful rhetoric, rather it is just a humorous observation of the clichés of reality. This point is also argued by Dana Gould, a writer and producer for “The Simpsons”, defending the shows representation of Apu by saying “Many white people in...
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...With the changing demographics and social climate in Texas many politicians are beginning to ask if our state is on the brink of another switch in party dominance. In my opinion, It is highly unlikely that Democrats could have a majority control over Texas anytime soon. I am not saying it couldn’t happen or would be surprised if in 2028 our electoral votes went to the Democratic nominee. Even during this years election there were whispers that our state could be considered a swing state. 2 years ago I would have bet the house that Donald Trump wouldn’t be our current President-elect, so at this point nothing seems to be shocking. But talk about a bad year for democrats. After losing the house, the senate, and the white house last month it seems like a lot of different things...
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...Drew’s crush and how he should approach her. “You should definitely take her to the pizza parlor and you will win her” Josh said. After all fun and games, Mike took out a joint and offered to his buddies. “Hey let lit this bad boy up” Mike said. Drew and Josh felt uncomfortable and reluctant to take a smoke. Soon as Josh took in the smoke, Mike said “Come on Drew do not be a wuss and join us!”. Eventually, Drew took a few puff as he did not want to disappoint his friends. He felt the lightness on his feet and the euphoria by the beauty of trees around him. The United States is a nation full of different cultures. People across the globe may think of Americans as gun lover, bacon lover, pickup truck lover, etc. Beside the typical American stereotypes that other countries label us, one of the main well known Americans’ trait is our love of freedom and free-will. The choice of able to do almost whatever we want to do and...
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...Presidential candidates, the very people vying to be leader of one of the most powerful countries in the world, have been party to this racism. Donald Trump has been recorded mocking Asians in broken English at political rally this past August, and Jeb Bush has accused both Asians and Hispanics for committing the act of immigration fraud known as “anchor babies”, which involves immigrant parents travelling to the United States with the purpose of winning citizenship for their unborn child. For further evidence, we can look to this year’s 2016 Oscar awards when the host, Chris Rock chose to make crass jokes at the expense of Asians while passionately advocating for improving race relations in America- the irony of the situation could not be less jarring. Even later that night, Sacha Baron Cohen, otherwise known as Ali G, attempted to make the same overture. Lowen Liu observes in her article that “Asian jokes are the last frontier in cheap racial humor” and we see clearly that these instances of blatant racism is not committed by “individuals, loners, or extremists”, but Whitlock and Bronski argue hate is never only a personal or isolated incident, “it is always supported by social and political ideologies that shape and reinforce it”...
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...In chapter 5 of Political Emotions Nussbaum is talking about how every human within a society should have equality, as equality is a building block of a nation, inherent to everyone based on the fact that they are human. Nussbaum began to discuss all of the different aspects of equality that all are guaranteed by a society. She goes on to state, “Our societies will protect entitlements for all not only in the political and civil realm and not only in the realm of violence and fraud, but also in the areas of life usually called social and economic: health, education, a decent level of welfare, shelter and housing” (Nussbaum, 122). The way in which this equality will be accomplished within a society is through governmental implementation of legislation,...
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...area’” (Google Form). These ideas stem from a misunderstanding of the many different religions within Blue Valley West. The Muslim Student Association is sponsored by Mrs. Garcia, a social studies teacher at Blue Valley West. In a recent interview, Mrs. Garcia said, “the Muslim faith is not understood by others, which is why we have this club to educate others about the Muslim faith” (Garcia). The disrespect that occurs within our school about religion diversity is not acceptable, which is why something must be done to stop the religious discrimination. One of the survey responses also reported that students overheard jokes about several religions, such as sweeping Jew’s ashes from the Holocaust and all Catholics being homophobic (Google Form). The religious stereotypes placed on students of faith at Blue Valley West is not only insensitive, but includes a lack of respect for religious...
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..."You who are so-called illegal aliens must know that no human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat and skinny, and they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human be illegal?" (Wiesel). So called immigrants leave everything behind in search for a better future. Working on low wage jobs with no social security needed to stay away from taxes and getting caught while being scared to get sick because of the jaw dropping bills. They are stuck on the division of leadership between its own people with no voice. Ever since the American Revolution came to an end, a verbal war broke out to see what political party would own America's power. Even though there may...
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...The problem with dismissing gender struggles with the phrase” gender is subjective” is that it avoids facing the fact that genders that aren’t heterosexual male are disproportionately discriminated against. In the workplace, women don’t get paid as much as men do, and there is an underlying perception of what is a “man’s job” and what a “woman’s job” is. Our President-elect, Donald J. Trump was quoted saying that pregnancy is “a wonderful thing for the woman… [but] it’s certainly an inconvenience for a business.” This shows a deeply rooted stereotype that women are not as capable as men to do the exact same jobs simply because of the ability to bear...
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...interest groups and other agencies there is a push to bringing diversity into the mainstream media business. Thesis Analysis of the mainstream media reflects inequalities for minorities and women. Of grave concern is the mass media’s negative approach to educating our society through what we perceive is open knowledge in the media, and poor media oversight. The media is undoubtedly important and there is extensive evidence that it both reflects and shapes society and individuals in both positive and negative ways. The issue of control and ownership of the media, and the extent to which this affects society, remain problematic and predominately white male media ownership. According to the article (Media Stereotyping, 2010) “media stereotypes are inevitable, especially in the advertising, entertainment and news industries, which need as wide an audience as possible to quickly understand information.” The passage of the Telecommunications Act is to let anyone enter into any communications business and let any communications businesses compete in any market against any other (Commission, 2008). The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) needs to be governed and amendments to the Telecommunications Act need to be revised to incorporate new standards. Employment opportunities are down for both...
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...an outcast from the town's society due to his intense passion for art, specifically for the artist Van Gogh's work. This leads to him being judged by the rest of the townspeople and dismissed as some crazy old man just because his passion is not a widely-accepted one, like horse-racing or politics. Ultimately this leads to the destruction and dismissal of his creativity, shown by the townspeople destroying his house and the glass artworks inside that Mr Van Gogh had spent many years perfecting without really appreciating it or even trying to protect it. The townspeople's attitudes against him is important due to the fact that it is a prominent theme in this work (and others of Marshall's such as The Fat Boy) as Marshall writes about the social tendency to align with the larger group, even if it is immoral or unjustified, and create an 'us' (the larger group who think they are superior) and 'them' (the smaller group who are seen as lesser by the other group) type of mentality. The position Marshall puts us in this text, however, helped me to understand the position of those who were being discriminated against by another group due to the fact it was told in the view of an innocent young child who did not judge Mr Van Gogh like the adult townspeople did. This also helped me to understand further how unfair and unjustified the hate against Mr Van Gogh and other people and groups similar to him was. Within this small town, there is also another conflict of opinions and actions between...
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...Mathew McConaughy, Donald Trump, Eli Manning, Brad Pitt, Erin Andrews, Alicia Keyes, and Jennifer Garner. This group of people are all successful but being successful is not the only thing they have in common. Each one of them were a brother or sister of a Greek Organization at the college they attended. A Greek organization is more formally known as fraternity and sorority groups. These groups are an organized society of men and women connected together in an environment of friendship and brotherhood or sisterhood. They are dedicated to the academic and social growth of its members. For many years people have tried to ban Greek groups from college universities. These people say that fraternities and sororities do nothing to help the university. These people are wrong. I believe that fraternities and sororities are positive organizations that help the college and the students do well and should not be banned. Fraternities and sororities make the college experience more enjoyable for students, members are active in the community and the university, and after they graduate they will have multiple connections because of the many brothers and sisters they have. Greek organizations have a long history and it is taking serious by members. Grades are also an important factor to the brothers and sisters; they will not take their education lightly because they will be punished. Ryans 2 Greek Life, as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary is "a chiefly social organization of male...
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