...collecting, and analyzing information on African immigration to the United States, it is evident that our society needs more help in adjusting immigrants to American life and making them feel accepted. The research that I did and the piece of information that I have found has helped build my knowledge in becoming socially aware of society around me. It has opened my eyes to the lack of knowledge most of the world has on immigration and it shows me that something needs to change. The items that I have collected have helped me understand more about African immigration specifically compared to other ethnicities that are coming to America. The first week I looked at the difference between Africans and African-Americans. The article I found was very interesting because it talks about the stereotypes African people are forced onto because of their skin color, and how they are treated by Americans in a very unfair and unequal way. African immigrants feel as though they are looked down upon and automatically thought to be of a lower class because of their skin color. This article helped me understand the difference between the two types of immigrants, because often times they are looked at as being the same. The second week I looked at the reasons why African immigrants are coming to the United States, because I think the history behind the transition is important to this topic. I looked at sources from the Library of Congress, and African immigration stems from escaping brutal...
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...cultivate due to a multitude of reasons including the rapid change in the racial demographic of the northern economy, which up until that point had been principally white. African Americans who had fought in World War I had additionally began to express their want for civil rights due to their contributions in Europe in the war. The previous actions caused the eruption of violence from white mobs in several areas. One of the first cities to see the eruption of violence was Tulsa, Oklahoma which had contained the wealthiest African American business community in the Southwest. The violence commenced after a 19-year-old African American man was accused of assaulting a white female elevator operator which would give rise to a substantial amount of violence in which the number of killed and injured is not completely known with an approximate by the state of Oklahoma stating that 26 African Americans killed, 10 Caucasian killed, and 317 injured. Following the events in Tulsa on New Year’s Day 1923 the small African American settlement in Rosewood, Florida was attacked by a white mob believed to be from Georgia. The death toll from the incident has varying accounts with some newspapers reporting seven deaths and others 21.Hence, the early 1920s began the years of intense violence between Caucasians and African Americans over civil rights. The 1920s showed the scale of immigration to the U.S. and brought up concerns about the influx of foreigners. From the years of 1890 to 1920 more than...
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...use of excessive force against citizens. Many excessive force cases involve police officers using excessive force against African Americans. African Americans are three times more likely than any other race to experience police brutality. Police brutality goes back many decades, such as the case of Rodney King. Police brutality has been a historic problem in...
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...Immigration was a huge factor during 1865-1898. More than 2,812,191 immigrants arrived in the U.S., mainly from Europe. About 70% of all immigrants came through New York, in which became known as the “Golden Door.” Many of them were fleeing crop failure, shortages in land and jobs, raising taxes, personal freedom, economic opportunity, or escape from political or religious persecution. The rise of big business in the United States encouraged massive migrations and urbanization, sparked government and popular efforts to reshape the U.S. economy and environment. The most important factors that impact of both late 19th-century international migration to the United States and internal migration within the United States were immigrants living in...
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...factors influencing the formation of the Black Panther Party (BPP). Murch challenged the prevailing notion of the BPP as representative of the "northern" response to the Civil Rights Movement, and the common narrative that southern African Americans faced less oppression and racism after relocating to the north or west regions of the United States. The BPP arose amid a generation of Oakland's African Americans coming of age "between the lynching of Emmitt Till and the assassination of Malcolm X." influenced by southern African American culture in tandem with their reactions to "new" experiences with racism, deindustrialization, disillusionment, and educational opportunity. Even further understanding of the significance of the BPP's role in history rested in that the "most disenfranchised sectors of the African American community-the young, poor, and migrant-challenged the legitimacy of the authorities and the established black leadership."...
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...Irish Settlers in America The Irish immigrants faced prejudice, segregation, and discrimination. The Irish settlers are part of my heritage and the Ethnic group I chose for this essay. I had a very difficult time finding enough information for this assignment and I did not expect there to be so little information on this topic. I am not sure about the rest of my background but I have always been proud to be an Irish American descendent. That was until I read some of the ways they treated other immigrants in the new nation. Irish immigrants had a rough start in the United States, stuck in urban poverty and taunted by some of their neighbors. They and their descendants overcame the obstacles and prevailed (Kenny, 2008). Irish immigrants were not treated as bad as the African Americans were treated but were treated pretty closely. They did get a few extra benefits like being able to sell themselves as slaves instead of someone else selling you. As they arrived in American cities, they were crowded into districts that became centers of crime, vice, and disease and they commonly found themselves thrown together with free Negroes. Irish and African Americans fought each other and the police, socialized (and occasionally intermarried), and developed a common culture of the lowly (Barnett, Valla, and Williams). They also stated that ‘‘It is a curious fact,’’ wrote John Finch, an English Owenite who traveled the United States in 1843, ‘‘that the democratic party, and particularly...
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...During the period of 1865 to 1910, America experienced changes economically, politically, and socially. Economically, industrialization such as the railroad made the American economy prosper. Politically, the Republicans were in charge of the American campaigns. Many of the candidates were wealthy and political chaos often occurred (Pettengill, 7-12-2016). Socially, America was divided based upon minority groups. These groups were limited to not only Blacks and Hispanics but also the Irish, Germans and Asians. Working class Americans were not free based upon racial discriminations, hazardous working conditions and economical division between social classes. Over 25 million immigrants migrated from countries such as Ireland, Germany and Asia for a new American opportunity. According to the American Society in the Industrial Age, the transition to America was very difficult...
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... African American and Hispanics are two immigrant groups that have become assimilated into American society. Assimilation, as referred to in the text, is changing or adopting new customs and beliefs to fit in or become apart of a major or dominant culture. The United States, unlike any other country, has many races, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, and opportunities. Other ethnic groups believe that the only way to advance in life is by adopting new cultures and becoming apart of the norm. A vast majority of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans arrived in America to flee hardship and to find a way to make a living. California and Texas combine for more than half of the Hispanic residents in America (Guisepi, n.d). There are about two thirds of Puerto Ricans that reside in the U.S. who are currently in the New York City area, including nearby New Jersey. Most Cuban Hispanics live in the state of Florida, with the greatest population in Miami (Guisepi, n.d.). Second-generation Puerto Ricans generally have a distinct orientation than first-generation immigrants, which is the inland culture instead of the island culture and as an outcome many conceal their Spanish-language ability in an effort to assimilate socially in a Eurocentric environment (Alpert, n.d.)....
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...measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity “.Double consciousness not only in the history of African-American,it still relevant to contemporary society . In The Soul of Black Folk Dubois announced his preoccupation with the “strange meaning of being black”and defined the “double consciousness”..Dubois’s preoccupation with the “strange meaning of being black”was no doubt affected by the facts that his father was a Haitian of French and American descent and his mother was an American of Dutch and African descent.As a black, as a educator and writer,i think Dubois exactly how double consciousness tastes like.So he spent his life to study the society of America and Africa1 intended to solve the racial problems. Paris Is Burning chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay, and transgender communities involved in it.At the film ,the people think the transgender are crazy and sick ,but they think they are the most gorgeous things in the world .As a gay transgender man,they sometimes feel like they have to “choose” between the two, and they often live their life not through their perspective. Recently i watched a TV drama named The Knick.It looks at The Knickerbocker Hospital in New York during the early part of the twentieth century.There is a African-American doctor named Algernon Edwards,graduated at Harvard Medical School. People are very unfriendly to him, even the patients .The other doctors...
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...in 150 to 350 words each: * Throughout most of U.S. history in most locations, what race has been the majority? What is the common ancestral background of most members of this group? The Caucasian race has been the majority. Before the “Great Immigration”, the majority of immigrants were from Western and Northern European nations. They were mostly English but also included Germans, Irish, Swedish, Swiss, Italian, Polish, Scottish, Scandinavian, and Russian. The Irish and Germans came in second and third as the most populated immigrants during the Great Immigration due to famine in their crops. Chinese migrated as well but were categorized as a lower class or race of people. Most of the immigrants from Europe were either Protestant or Roman Catholic. The common religions brought them together to build communities and local governing bodies as they began growing in towns and cities. I believe these European immigrants assimilated into what is called the “white” race. They brought over Africans as slaves but made them less than ‘human’ because of the way they were treated. This treatment created prejudice to new immigrants after the civil war such as the Irish and Chinese and these immigrants were categorized as...
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...America advancing laws were being created and discrimination was being a problem. Laws that were being created violated American civil rights, these laws made people break rules and it also increased discrimination. As technology increased so did the consumption of alcohol increased during the 1920’s. Alcohol was consumed by almost everyone, and it was bringing bad effects to America. The 18th amendment was passed, which was known for prohibition, banning every drink that contained alcohol, except medicine that contained alcohol. The law of prohibition violated people’s civil rights, it was forcing people to stop drinking when they have the freedom to do as they please. This led to Americans to breaking more laws which increased organized crime. For example, Americans opened speakeasies, gang members were still producing and transporting alcohol. By passing prohibition people were breaking more laws than when Americans were allowed to consume...
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...Drugs and Their Association with Hated Minorities Opium dens and the Chinese Opium first appeared in El Paso, Texas. The Chinese immigrated to El Paso and began selling Opium to Caucasians. Although the Chinese have been smoking Opium for years, it finally became popular with the Caucasians. The business boomed because the Chinese were selling their Opium along the railroad. Almost every stop along the railroad across New Mexico and Texas had one Opium shop. The Chinese were becoming wealthy that led to a racial divide. El Paso said the Chinese were taking advantage of “fine folks”. This problem led to an ordinance in March of 1882 prohibiting excessive use of Opium. Then in July of 1882, Caucasians were prohibited of even entering an Opium establishment. I found this interesting because the government allowed the Chinese to smoke Opium way before these laws were established. They didn’t start cracking down on the issue until Opium became a problem with Caucasian railroad workers. The government showed no concern for the Chinese and yet they passed laws to target the Chinese and not punish the Caucasian males who were originally the problem. San Francisco, California was one of the first places Opium became immersed in America culture along with the Chinese people. The Chinese were isolated from Caucasians during this time, which allowed them to create Chinatown. Since the Chinese were so isolated and frowned upon, this led to opium dens. Almost every store, laundry, grocery...
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...Definition Essay: Final Draft Kristopher Kirkpatrick September 19, 2011 English 002 Kris Kirkpatrick Definition Essay Where would the African-American community be today if they were all still living in the south? America would not be the country that it is today if people did not immigrate here from their respective countries, or migrate here from their respective areas. Due to immigration and migration, the culture in heavily populated cities, such as Harlem, Cleveland, Chicago, and Philadelphia, has given African-Americans, and European-Americans an identity and sense of belonging in the United States. Immigration is defined as the action to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residency. Migration is defined as the action to move from a country, place, or locality to another. Why do Economist and Politicians seem to define blacks moving from the south to the north immigration? Certain groups of people still called the action of blacks moving from one part of the country to another immigration, instead of migration, because they didn’t see African-Americans as United States citizens. Economist believes migration has turned out to be a great strategy for the poor to make their lives a little better. African-Americans have migrated to the North for better opportunities, and the economy has boomed because of them. Economist can view the Great Migration and say that it resembles immigration in many ways. When foreigners immigrated...
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...devices. Coming from an immigrant background, those who had not obtained citizenship yet were always looked down upon by those in my family with citizenship. Prior to this course I felt compelled to go right along with that notion. I have learned the most about immigrants and their experiences from the two video assignments, VIDEO 1, and VIDEO 2. The videos brought real human examples of our broken system and gives us the element of humanity to it. It is incredibly easy to learn concepts and memorize definitions, but in a course about humans, I believe a connection is truly formed when we can associate faces with the concepts. While each immigrant group sparked some kind of emotional response from me, the group that affected me the most was children born to immigrant parents. As the module...
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... Black Mecca Thesis: West African Muslims immigrants fit into the fabric of Harlem, New York, and how they have challenged established notions of Islam, race, and cultural difference in one of the centers of black culture, thought, and politics. Alain LeRoy Locke, The New Negro, 1925. This book provides a great look at the history of West African Muslims in Harlem. Also it talks about how those African were treated and referred as the new Negros among other black. This book supports my research by mainly talking about challenges that West African Muslims face in the U.S in general and in Harlem in particular. It also explains the culture difference between the new black arrivals and the African American who have already assimilated to the American culture. It also gives my thesis a clear sense of the prejudice and racism that was against those Western African Muslims. Zain abduallah, Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem. This book talks about how West African immigrants were adapting to the new American culture and trying to reach the American dream. It also goes on talking about how many Americans ignored those West African Muslims’s identity because they were black, because they have always viewed Islam as an Arab religion. This books helps my thesis by providing information about the West African Muslims immigrants’s background and how they came to America...
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