Based on my background and personal knowledge, as the daughter of immigrants I began this project thinking this was going to be easy. What I have learned throughout the process was that there were many things I didn't know. I knew I had selected a pretty broad topic and I did that with the intention to learn more. I didn’t want to select a certain time period if I knew nothing about the history of immigration. I have heard my family tell their stories which was a great tool in helping me understand what it was like to immigrate. I can’t, in all honesty, imagine being forced to move to a different country in order to survive. Or, being brave enough to go into the unknown many times alone to chase a dream, or being faced with many barriers. I think the most important thing that I have learned is that immigration has been a hot topic, being bounced back and forth. Unfortunately, it will remain like that for a very long time. It also doesn't help that negatives are being sold on social media and news to people as the "truth". The real truth is that as human beings we shouldn’t judge anyone until we know their story. These immigrants all come from different places, the setting in known to impact a character a lot, but the place you come from won’t change the moral values you grow up with, the same ones that represent you. This is a topic I can personally relate to and was excited to learn more about. I have looked at the perspectives from both sides. I still come to the same conclusion: People shouldn’t view immigrants in the derogatory way in which they are often portrayed, before meeting them as they are.
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"Once I thought to write s history of the Immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history" "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," |
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