Calif. teen takes $100K national science prize
http://news.yahoo.com/calif-teen-takes-100k-national-science-prize-174522896.html?bouchon=807,ca
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
In our very on CUPERTINO!
http://news.yahoo.com/calif-teen-takes-100k-national-science-prize-174522896.html?bouchon=807,ca
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Made in the "USA"
HEY GUYS I FOUND THIS SHORT CLIP ABOUT USA MADE PRODUCTS AND CREATING MORE JOBS FOR CITIZENS. INTERESTING stufff THIS MORNING!! THOUGHT MOST OF YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED, SO FEEL FREE TO CHECK OUT THE LINK BELOW !
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
11-28-11 Articles
I very much enjoyed reading the articles that were posted on our blog this week. The most interesting one to me was bout the Hispanics and the drop out rate. Its quite remarkable to see how much some students work their butt's of for the better for themselves and how it will pay of later in life. But then again there are some slackers out there. I didn't know that Hispanics have a huge number when it comes to the drop out rate in NY! I didn't even think there is over 20 percent of drop out rate in the city of the students. Kind of sad to hear, but there are issues that come up with people now days and sometimes not all can be done to prevent it. There isn't the right kind of help and assistance to some individuals out there either when they need it... In the same way it's very inspirational to see the students that are doing good, going to school, pursuing a higher education and a degree, and looking for the better of their future!
I also checked out the last website and looked at the family tree from Heather Greenwood's family. I found it so interesting how much of a crayon box her family is. From Asians, whites, Blacks, and a mixture of all the race individuals in her family are! Both her parents are white of course she was of adopted, but so cool to see the other races that are so closely associated with her come in so many different colors!
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Turkey is a MUST, but Butter Chicken is always on the menu!
Each year for Thanksgiving my family always has a traditional sit down turkey lunch and dinner this is one of the three holidays that we celebrate together and take time to cook up some of the most yummiest meals. Each year I have a tradition of making all the appetizers and desserts. Spinach dip, potato salad, and the sweets are always up to me. Not to mention I love to cook and bake! We also have a tradition of having butter chicken, since it is more on the heavier side eating this dish once a year does not hurt :D . Below I have shared with you all my families "secret" recipe for butter chicken. Happy Thanksgiving ALL!
My Families SECRET Recipe to
Butter Chicken!
Ingredients
-1 tablespoon of chili powder
- 1/4 shallots of onion (finely cut up)
- 1 squeeze of lemon (for tangy taste)
-1 teaspoon of garlic paste
-1 tablespoon of olive oil
-1 packet of chicken breasts (cut up breasts into fine small pieces)
-1 teaspoon of garam masala
-1 teaspoon of ground cumin
-1/4 teaspoons of cayenne pepper
-2 pinches of salt and pepper
-1 packet of Indian butter (Makni)
-1 one packet of yogurt
-1 tablespoon of cornstarch
- 1 cup tomato sause
Preparation
When preparing the butter chicken. First, take a pot and put 2 tablespoons of olive oil and the whole stick of the Indian butter. Along goes the lemon juice, ginger paste, garam masala, chili powder, and cumin. Then she gets the onions and mixes it until it gets golden brown, get the fine cut chicken and mixes all the ingredients together. Wait for about ten minutes to put in the yogurt. When it begins to get thick, she puts in the cornstarch, so the consistency can get a little more gravy like. Cook for about 15 mins and your butter chicken should look like a nice gravy, beautiful orange like color.
Preferably eat with Nan, roti, or Jasmine rice.
ENJOY!!!!!!
Google images-similar to our very own!
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Alabama Article
http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/
Opinion L.A.
OBSERVATIONS AND PROVOCATIONS
FROM THE TIMES' OPINION STAFF
Immigration, the Justice Dept. and Alabama's schools
Alabama schools had until Monday to comply with a federal request for information about its Latino students. And so far, it appears as if local officials are working to meet the deadline despite threats to the contrary by some state officials.The U.S. Department of Justice said Monday that it is working with 39 local school districts to obtain data on student absences and other information. The Obama administration says it needs the information to determine whether a new state law is discouraging Latino students, including U.S. citizen children, from attending school.
Alabama enacted a controversial anti-immigration measure earlier this year. A key provision requires school districts to check the immigration status of all students. That has led to legal challenges, including one brought by the Obama administration. A federal appeals court has put the measure on hold pending a trial.
Alabama Atty. Gen. Luther Strange, however, isn't happy about the government's intervention. He has repeatedly questioned the Justice Department's authority. And this month he wrote the Justice Department demanding that officials provide his office with the legal justification for requesting the student data. That prompted DOJ's top civil rights attorney, Thomas Perez, to write back that he has authority under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Now, it turns out that it's the attorney general who may not have legal standing to intervene. Strange's office said it represents Alabama's schools superintendent, not the individual school districts.
The federal government has repeatedly warned school officials around the country that they must comply with Plyler vs. Doe, the 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established that students cannot be denied an education because of their immigration status.
In the end, it may not matter who has legal standing if the only thing that is achieved is turning Alabama's schools into a battleground.
THE CHANGE THAT IS BEING REQUIRED BY SCHOOL OFFICIALS NOW TO BE A CHALLENGE. SO MANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT KIDS ARE BEING DEPORTED BACK TO THERE HOMELANDS. ". A key provision requires school districts to check the immigration status of all students. That has led to legal challenges, including one brought by the Obama administration. A federal appeals court has put the measure on hold pending a trial" (LA TIMES). SINCE THE STATE DOES HAVE MANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HOW ARE THEY SUBJECTED TO CHECK EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL? I DO FEEL BAD FOR THE KIDS, THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THERE PARENTS HAD DONE TO GET HERE WAS FOR THE BEST OF THERE FAMILIES.
FEELS LIKE THE SCHOOLS ARE IN A RACE WITH ALL THESE CHECKINGS OF STUDENTS. ALABAMA IS NOT THE ONLY STATE DOING THE CHECKINGS, BUT A FEW MONTHS AGO WE HAD TOP UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BACKGROUNDS BEING CHECKED. I FEEL LIKE IF THE STUDENT IS NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG, THEY ARE ACHIEVING A HIGHER EDUCATION TO BETTER THERE LIVES, THEN WHY NOT LET THEM LIVE IN A COUNTRY WITH OPPERTUNITIES?
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Chapter 16 & 17
Reading through chapter sixteen showed many of the old information being brought up in to much more better understanding and perspectives. There were few sentences that I liked very much and wanted to bring them up in my blog.
"The United States is a nation without meaningful control of its borders. So many Mexicans are crossing U.S borders illegally that Mexicans are reclaiming Texas, California, and other territories that they have long claimed the Gringos stole from them".
"The argument was an old one: Germans, Irish, Chinese, Japanese, French Canadians, Italians, Jews, and almost every conceivable immigrant group have been, at one time or the other, accused of lowering the American standard of living, and the question of the impact of immigration on the standard of living is a debate without one".
"After five years of debate congress finally passed the immigration act in 1986 following same last compromises".
"Amnesty was the carrot of the 1986 act (eligibility requirements and sanctions against employers who persisted in hiring illegal aliens contrary to law)".
"Law specified three different kinds of documents, A,B, and C. A was established eligibility and identity was the best, Americans possessed them. B and C were lists that established employment eligivility and identity respectively. Chinese can be B and C there restaurant fashion, they use a list then a document from list C be4 they can be hired illegaly. List B also consisted of Social security card. List C consisted of DL".
"Unlike Haitians the Irish were well educated".
"Since most of the Irish illegals came here after Jan 1, 1982, cutoff date in 1986 amnesty law- only few hundred were granted amnesty". (Irish Immigration Reform Movement).
"There is one further reason to believe that immigration will retain its central position on the American agenda".
(Daniels)
Chapter 17 talks more in detail about immigration.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Chapter 15
Chapter five teen has a lot of interesting information regarding the Caribbean's, Central Americans, and the Soviet Jews. The section of the chapter that drew interest to me was reading about the Dominican and Haitian people. I found out that Dominicans people had entered in the US by tourist visas and many of them had came. The Dominican American population were high in the East coast areas mainly in Long Island and New York area. Most of them came here in by migration and most of them worked in garment factories. The book also stated that most women worked as maids. In our community, we do not really see many Dominican people, but in the East Coast is where most of them are. I remember watching MTV and some of the episodes of the TV shows are consisted of much more Italian people along with Puerto Ricans and Dominicans.
The Haitian people are in contrast with the Dominicans. Haiti is known as one of the most poorest countries in our world today. It is described as one of the "desperate" countries. There is not very many Haitian people in the US, but the areas that there is the most are communities in Miami which is known as "Little Haiti". The Haitian community has grown much more than the 1980's in various parts of the US. The biggest natural disaster that had struck Haiti a few years ago was a very sad and traumatic event that had disrupted and damaged so many people in the country. Think about living in a country that is poor as it is and they don't have much resources, just got struck by a natural disaster. Thankfully, many countries including the USA at the largest helped the community with food, clothing, water, construction ,and rebuilding the country for the people to living in and be happy is the biggest change someone (s) can contribute.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Chapter 13 & 14
Changing the Rules: Immigration Law 1948-1980
The immigration acts of 1924 had brought the national origins system into role until 1965. Most of the people such as Chinese, Filipino's, and Indians were all eligible to naturalization at the time. Asian Indians were residents in the United states. There were many changes that came after the Cold War, due to its high influence in immigration laws.
The Displaced Person's Act was an act that had helped the indivuiduals that were persecuted by Nazi government who were fleeing persecution, and someone who could not back to their country because of persecution based on race, religion, or political opinions. The interesting thing that I found was the growth of Asian Immigration were more starling from 3 percent of all immigrants in 1940's rose to 6 percent and in the 1950's it rose 13 percent. Dramatic rises of Asian immigrants at the time. Another important aspect I had found interesting was when individuals come to a country, stay here, then sponsor there families. For example, an immigrant from Vietnam can come, receive there citizenship, then begin to call over there children if they have any back home, wives, and then eventually there parents within a period of five to eight years.
New Asian Immigrants Chapter 14
Asian American immigrants population had been a huge growth by the 1980's. The chapter had many interesting facts about Asian American's (Japanese and Chinese), Filipino's, Asian Indians, Koreans, and Vietnamese. I found reading about Asian Indians to be the most fascinating part of the chapter =] . Short story about my fathers story, which some of the information from the chapter shows similarities with his life. My fathers family had came from India to the United States mostly during the late nineteenth century and some of early twentieth century. My fathers father and his father had came to the US by a plane from Jalendar, India in 1968. Most of them when they came to United States had came to California, since my dad was sponsored by his elder brother and sister-in law. He had came here in 1982 and resided in San Mateo, CA. Their was not many Indians mainly Punjabi's living in the area of San Mateo at the time. Most of them stayed up in Sacramento Valley (Central) and South Bay.
My father is of Sikh origin and when many Sikh's had came to California they went straight to Yuba City or San Jose. Yuba City reminds them of how back home looks, due to the fields in India and resemblance's of back home. They bought fields and houses and started their own community where they brought most of the land. Many people had bought land to build Sikh Temples (Gurdwara's) to have a sense of religion and togetherness in the community. The ones that came to San Jose had invested into more businesses,hotels, gas stations, and cab companies.
Chapter 14 had many interesting information about each of the different Asian groups we have today. I better understand most of its history and the dramatic growth in our day today. What we had 51 years ago is quite different than what many will call a "change" today.
Chapter 11
Chapter eleven was filled with a lot of information. The class was divided up into reading three different sections. My group and I had read about the Asian American's which was the last section. Some interesting facts I found while reading are listed below.
-Depression of 1920's
-Five million immigrants ignored
-South "blacks" used GREAT MIGRATION places such as Chicago, which had alot of Mexican immigrants.
- "Emergency quota act"-1921
"1924 extended acts"
-Labor shortages during WW II
-Bracero Program
-Women roles in US at the time
-Japanese immigrants roles
-Canada and Mexico- so manu of the individuals did not have the quota act because they knew labor from Mexico.
-New American's had got visa's
-Some people left because they wanted to go back to their own country and be the status they were than being in a country that is rich
-Jews were discriminated
-Anyone with Jewish blood was tainted
-Canada and Mexico- so manu of the individuals did not have the quota act because they knew labor from Mexico.
-New American's had got visa's
-Some people left because they wanted to go back to their own country and be the status they were than being in a country that is rich
-Jews were discriminated
-Anyone with Jewish blood was tainted
-Chinese Exclusion Act
-Chinese in allels in 1882.
-Chinese were more in the agricultural work and Mexicans in labor work
-During WWI German's were very mistreated.
-American immigration law was discriminatory toward Chinese.
-105 Chinese quota slots
-War years had a labor shortage after the glut of unemployment in 1930's.
-When Chinese emigrated to US, 10,000 were women that to nonquota wives.
-Chinese in allels in 1882.
-Chinese were more in the agricultural work and Mexicans in labor work
-During WWI German's were very mistreated.
-American immigration law was discriminatory toward Chinese.
-105 Chinese quota slots
-War years had a labor shortage after the glut of unemployment in 1930's.
-When Chinese emigrated to US, 10,000 were women that to nonquota wives.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Chapter 12
When I would think about immigrants from the past I would think about Hispanic people right away. I did not know until just a few years ago that each minority group that first comes to the America is known as an immigrant. I found chapter 12 really interesting because it mentioned a lot about Mexican American community as the chapter goes on. What I thought was interesting was whether the Mexican American community was old or new, since the Census Bureau have been counting them as Caucasians. Most of the groups that are associated with this are Cubans, Puerto Ricans and groups that come on the same association of them. I would think they would have there own section in the census. At least have a column for Hispanics and Latino's of course this did not come into play until later on in the years.
Just like the other groups that we have studied in the earlier chapters such as the Japanese, Chinese, and Philippine's the Mexican's had came to California for agriculture. Most of what happened in the valley's in California and the reading also mentioned they had sugar beet fields in Colorado. Living in California all my life I have been to many cities and I have noticed what city has the most highly dominated group that resides in the city. I have noticed Latino's are more in the ranches, farms, and cities where more of there people live in that is where most of them like to go to. Places that symbolize there hometowns from back home. For example, there are a lot of Hispanics that live in Redwood City more towards Middlefield Rd. The area reminds me of a mini Mexico at times. Everyone is in there own little worlds and when you go on this side of RWC you feel the atmosphere of mini Mexico at times. This is where most of the Mexicans have there hair salons, delicious Mexican food restaurants, schools are more dominated my latino children, markets, the men that sell snacks on bikes, more ice cream sellers in this area, 7 eleven that is owned by Hispanics, and many more resources that would remind a person of there own roots.
The chapter talked about interesting information and I really enjoyed the information it brought to my attention. We can't forget all the important and famous people: Rodolfo Gonzales, Rahul Castro, Caesar Chavez, Victoriano Huerta, Eva Longoria, Victor Ochoa, and Selena Gomez. Of course the list goes on...
Interesting Fact's!
Oakland – California's third largest Mexican-American city by percentage (over 25%) after Long Beach (about 30%).San Francisco Bay Area – also with over one million Hispanics, many of whom are Mexican Americans, both U.S. born and foreign-born (see also Oakland about 10–20% Hispanic and San Francisco – the Mission District section- the city is 10–20% Latino).
San Jose, California – Nearly one-third of the city's population is Mexican-American or of Hispanic origin; San Jose has the largest Mexican-American population within the Bay Area.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Chapter 10
I enjoyed reading about Ellis Island. For most immigrants Ellis island was an "island of hope". In the same way for some it was the "island of tears". Two different way immigrants would interpret the island. The passengers were brought to the island by ferry's and ships. Interesting to see it was similar process to the other immigrant groups that had came by boat. It was interesting how they also had railroad tickets purchases, and they were prepaid, most of the people that had came were familiar with America, so they knew how to get there way around. I found it interesting how some of the people had came to America previously in their lives. There were negativities that came along with the arrival of most immigrants such as illness, medical problems, diseases, and there wasn't facilities offered to all immigrants at the time.
I found it interesting what the literacy test was. the book states "a nativist goal for more than two decades did little to restrict immigration, although or cause it may deterred some from attempting to come" (Daniels 278). What was so special about the literacy test and how immigration had delta with it. The literacy rate in Europe was very high it was rising in fact. The literacy test was an important victory for the forces for immigration restriction.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Chapter 9- Chinese, Japanese, and French Canadians
Secondly, The book states the first group of Japanese to come were the "political refugees in 1869" (Daniels 250). Japanese immigrants were very successful in the long run. The Japanese American community developed generational lines. Most Japanese were urbanized. There cultural organizations were unique. The Japanese government courage the Japanese to adopt to Western dress, educate their children was there top priority. "In the 1880's and 1890's many and perhaps a majority of Japanese worked at urban occupations, but by 1900 their economic focus was agriculture where it remained" (Daniels 253). The Japanese Americans were very diveresed. Most of them began to practice Buddhism which I thought was very interesting, they brought their culture here and began to practice in the churches in America. Most of the Japanese's religion was Christian. Religion had showed a sense of difference and devotion for them.
Lastly, the chapter talks about the French Canadians. Most of the goals for the Canadians were to make money and go back for farmland which I noticed shows a similarity with other groups that came to the America's made money, either sent remittances or send back money back home. I found it interesting how important religion was to the French Canadians and how many different ways they had called their people of worship. French and Irish were seen as "papist interlopers by nativists" (Daniels 262). The French Canadians had some similarities to the Germans and most from the Irish.
I very much enjoy how the French incorporated there identity to Canada. I remember when I went to Ontario most things are written in French if you go to certain restaurants and the street names are very unique. They also have many French like buildings in the cities. There is a feel as if you are in France =] .
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Amish Beard Cutting Article!
Hey Guys just thought you guys would be interested in reading this article I found interesting, since Dr. Andrews talked about the Amish people earlier in the semester, but this is a bit of a controversial issue. Check out the article link below.
Readings for October 10
Why is it that every time someone wants to bring peace or a movement to our world, something always has to interfere and voices are not heard? If they are heard, they usually are not respected and most people lose there lives for saying something that could make a change to our world. As reading through the articles posted for the week of 10/10-10-10/14 the women that speak on there behalf about slavery (anti slavery society), activist, the civil rights movement, and lynching is mentioned.
Our American ethnic history goes through changes and transformations within time. How were peoples identities shaped by the events that took place in there life. Lets look at a few abolitionist and the anti- slavery society. The first article is about Angelina Grimke, she and her sister were in the stage of disliking slavery and wrote letters and had cases for ending slavery. Due to the letters that they wrote, officials in South Carolina had burned them. They were threatened and said if they ever returned home they would be arrested. I got out of the reading that slavery is a sinful act. The both sisters were sticking up to there voices and wanted officials to hear them. I enjoyed reading the appeals from the women. They use some strong and religious terms when trying to prove there points.
Second article was about an abolitionist by the name of Ida B. Wells. She came from a educated family at the time, her family were political activist. Her parents died, when her and her siblings were young, therefore she had raised her siblings by becoming a teacher to support and bring some money and food to the table. Reminds me of Hung who I had interviewed, he also took care of his siblings because he was to oldest and had to bring the food to the table to support them. She brought letters stating how blacks were treated at the time along with the many crucial events most experiences. Talking about white men and lynchings and what the one color meant to the other.
In the situation of Ida, she sat where ever she wanted in the train when riding. She was experienced with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad because they forbade her from siting int he ladies coach. This is when she sued the company, and began writing about her experiences. She brought awareness of fighting against racism and sexist in America and brought it in a legacy of her courage and pride.
The short articles about lynching brought a sense of scarce to me. I am familiar with the term because in high school I had gone on the Sojourn to the Past trip with fellow class mates. We visitied the East coast most of the areas where the slavery, civil rights movements took place, and the destinations of some of the influential people were killed. Lynching existed during slavery period and in some parts of the country today. The article regarding
Activists demand hate crime probe into Black man’s horrific dragging death brought horrific scenes to my eyes I can only imagine what the man had gone through. If he was tied to a truck and dragged until his body parts were removed can only bring horrific scenes to your mind. This had happened in Paris, Texas to a young 24 year old, black man. Who knew lynching would still be popular today. They call it the "Jasper-style" lynching. The interview was conducted from the mom of the young man that was killed. Shows racism also exists in many parts of our world today and people can go under and circumstances to be hateful and brutal to individuals. Most of the people that commit these crimes are your own friends. How does that make sense?
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Chapter 8- Eastern Europeans-Poles, Jews, and Hungarians
Eastern Europeans-Poles, Jews, and Hungarians.
Daniels states “It’s seems to me, many of them came to understand the real nature of America much better than did most of who despised them” (Daniels 214). Most immigrants that came to America had intensions, in my perspective most of the immigrants that come and be the most illiterate of them all, but coming here shows them a sense of learning the languages, customs, standards of living, and most of all adapting to the way individuals are living in this country different than how they were living when they were back home. The Polish that had come to America shared a sense of speaking Polish as their mother tongue and religion wise they were Roman Catholics. This had showed in the census that most groups were associated with the mother tongues they spoke. Most Poles worked in industries, they didn’t work in hostile unions, but they were enthusiastic about the trade unionist. The two main reasons Eastern Europeans migrated was because they wanted to improve their standard of living along with religious reasons. Most of the European Jewish immigrants settled in New York City. Most of these individuals were working in poor and dusty conditions. Later in 1911, there was a huge industrial tragedy which was the Triangle Waist Fire of 1911, where more than 140 most women workers were burned to death, where horrified crowds were in scene, this had happened in Jewish shops. Eastern European Jews were religious and secular during the time. The Jewish community was relatively high. They had a sense of pride and leadership. The section has a lot of dates along with importance of Pols and Eastern European Jews.
The Hungarian-Magyar Americans was also a group that emigrated from Eastern Europe. Small, but important presence of them had come as early as the American Revolution. There were many Hungarians that had served in the Union Army which took place in the Civil war. My best friend is from Hungary, she tells me when her parents first came to the US, they lived in California, Fremont- there is a relatively higher population of Hungarian families that live there compared to any other part of CA. I found this very surprising, because I didn’t really know that Hungarians were a separate group of people, I thought they were of either Armenia or the Middle- East, but she told me what exactly their identity is. Hungarians were more involved in during the civil rights, WWI, and US Army during WWII.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Chapter 7-American Italian Immigrants
ITALiAN AMERiCAN iMMiGRANtS
Reading the section about Italian immigrants had tons of interesting facts and a lot information regarding Italians that I did not know about before. I had enjoyed reading the parts about Italian contributions and what they brought to the plate. "During the years of 1880 and 1920 there were more than 4.1 million Italians entering just the US" (Daniels 188). If you ask me that is a huge significant number. Not only did they enter the US, they brought many contributions to the plate. During the late 18th and early 19th century there were attempts to establish the Italian agriculture. Some of what the agriculture contained were the silk culture, wine grapes, and olives. Thanks to the Italians, we also love Olive oil and Wine so much =] thanks for your contribution! Most of the Italian agriculture of course happened where? In the far west, which is our very own homeland CALIFORNIA! California was known to be a major place for wine contributions. This is where most of there crops and techniques were introduced. Later Plastic arts were also an important contribution as well.
The other important fact I came across was the controversial aspect of Italian American experience that has to do with crime. The Irish and German indentured servants along with them there was Vietnamese street gangs along with Chinese Triad Societies, and colombian drug dealers. This had involved many stereotypes as well. Reading about Italian American immigrants has ton's of exciting and interesting information. I wish to learn more about them as I read the chapter.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Finishing Chapter 6
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Tenement Museum
I checked out the website of the Tenement Museum (New York) website that Dr. Fitzgerald was talking about it class today and all I have to say is very significant to see what really the immigrants that had came several years ago! I clicked on the History tab and it directed me to artifacts, pictures, some oral histories, and even a report card from the 1860's! From years 1800's-some of 1900's what was there and what was not.
The pictures of the museum seem so real it looks like something that is still in existence. We are fortunate to see such displays of what America's Immigrants lifestyle was thousands of years ago and compare and contrast a little to our decade today. Wish to visit this famous building one time in my lifetime.
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The pictures of the museum seem so real it looks like something that is still in existence. We are fortunate to see such displays of what America's Immigrants lifestyle was thousands of years ago and compare and contrast a little to our decade today. Wish to visit this famous building one time in my lifetime.
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Chapter 6
Chapter six has a lot of interesting information about Irish immigrants. What I found very interesting was the population of Irish American immigrants and how much the cities were growing rapidly. I found Working Irish American Women workers the most interesting part of the chapter. "Irish American women workers were overwhelmingly concentrated in domestic service, laundry work and in the least well paying jobs in New England's textile industry" (Daniels 143). The chapter also talks about Germans. On page 150 there was an argument that had upraised about women immigrants. "Women were housewives or otherwise employed at home, they were less likely to learn English and become acculturated as quickly as immigrant men" (Daniels 150). This obviously demonstrates this is a myth it is not true that women can not learn English, obviously if you keep a women in the house with children and household duties and abandon them from going out what else do you get, right?! but in the same way there were some women that broke out of the shell and became successful! it takes a matter of time for women to adjust, learn a language, dress appropriately, and adopt to the attitude.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Sex Slave Documentary
Hey Guys! I was taking a break from studying and I found this short clip documentary
"Red-light" about sex slaves eye opening. Just thought of this since the other day in class we were talking about sex slaves, servitude, and victims of trafficking.
"Red-light" about sex slaves eye opening. Just thought of this since the other day in class we were talking about sex slaves, servitude, and victims of trafficking.
-Click on the short clip
-There are also links on the bottom you guys can check out and one of the links directs you to the "Red-light" homepage where you can stay informed and find out more info about this Organization.
-There are also links on the bottom you guys can check out and one of the links directs you to the "Red-light" homepage where you can stay informed and find out more info about this Organization.
http://stephanietyrna.theworldrace.org/?filename=redlight-a-child-sex-slave-documentary
Monday, September 19, 2011
Coming to America- Chapters 4&5
Chapter 4 starts of introducing about the immigration to America's colonies and of non-English European that people came in during the late seventeenth or eighteenth century. The chapter of Germans included immigrants of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish. The German migration had experienced a lot more better working and living conditions. Later the Scottish had came into role. The Scottish lowlands settled during the seventieth century. They concentrated more on the economic conditions of the Ulster emigration. Just like the Germans the Scottish people were immigrants and the servants were skilled craftsmen. The chapter also talks about the Scots, Irish, and Welsh colonies. The Welsh didn't have as much people that came to America during the colonial period. They did have languages tho such as Celtic language, Cymraeg and Welth. This could have been a benefit for the different dialects that people speak to better understand what is being said. The Welsh Quaker settlement was short lived. During this time most English and german people were settling around the same area in Pennsylvania. James Lemon had estimated "there were perhaps ten thousand persons of Welsh birth or ancestry living in Southeastern Pennsylvania" (Daniels 87).
Later the Dutch, French, and Spanish had come into the colonial powers the seventeenth century was known to be the "Dutch Golden Age" the dignity of dutch people was more found in this time. The Dutch had self confidence, prosperity, and overseas expansions. Most of the dutch that had came during this period either spoke Dutch or a low form of German linguistic form. The two smaller groups that were here during the period were the "Flemings" they were Belgians who spoke Dutch.
The French were smaller than one hundred thousand people that had came to the US. in 1790 they had came from sources with different histories. French groups were not as large> They had brought there religion to the states. The reading states "The crucial migration to Louisiana, in cultural terms was the migration there of French-speaking refugees which is now called Novia Scotia which they had called Acadia" (Daniels 91). I found this to be an interesting point, Each group called themselves something different, what they thought themselves to be. The reading also states the Acadians were not sent to Louisiana until 1762. The "Cajuns" had a remarkable love for reading and writing, not only did they learn it, but also had a influence for education.
Spanish immigration is associated with the first Europeans and where they were first founded was in Florida in 1565. Most of the Spaniards had came to America during the sixteenth and seventeenth century they were the soldiers, and priests that had came through the expedition. "Tejano's were the minority group that had called the country "theres" I found it interesting how the US census actually showed Spanish Mexican origin and took into case that there are people of this distinctive group. The chapter also goes into talking about the Sweds and Jews and what there role was in the colonies. Jews had been a surviving country along with a thriving one. It takes into account that they had synagogues in five cities including: New York, Newport, Savannah, Philadelphia and Charleston. The Jewish community was local and the merchants of the communicated did there business together. I found this chapter interesting because it takes into account of the different colonies that had came to America during the different time periods. The graphs make us better understand the linguistic in US during 1790.
Chapter 5 The important question that chapter 5 asks us is "what is an American?". When I hear or see this question I automatically think to myself that an American is either someone who was born in the U.S. or is a citizen of the U.S. shows a sense of pride and dedication to there country in a positive manner. The British North Americans were of English descent. I found it interesting how the English culture took into account of the English law of the predominance of English and later the British economic society. The British had tries to overrule there powers within many different countries. Sometimes if they didn't get there ways it lead to death and murder scary if you ask me. The main part of the chapter that I enjoyed reading was the "Race Relations" it mostly talked about the agricultural techniques and how Indians survived during the time. Most of the indians during this time were enslaved. There were diseases that had came into play as well, such as smallpox and epidemics. Chapter five also mentions the Nationalism of Americans, standards, and immigrants and the constitution.
Chapter 4 Questions
While reading chapter 4 Other Europeans in Colonial America I came up with a few questions that would make our minds ponder.
1. By the end of the American Revolution, what percent of Catholics were represented?
2. What were the three different sources of French that had came to the Unites States in 1790?
3. During the years of Spanish migration, what did Fray Junipero Serra find?
4. What did the Jewish contribute to there community during the colonial period?
1. By the end of the American Revolution, what percent of Catholics were represented?
2. What were the three different sources of French that had came to the Unites States in 1790?
3. During the years of Spanish migration, what did Fray Junipero Serra find?
4. What did the Jewish contribute to there community during the colonial period?
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Chapter 2/3 Coming to America.
Chapter two goes into the English Immigrants in our country America including Virginia, Maryland, and New England. There was a lot of interesting information in relation to the demographics, different immigrants coming from one state to another, economic and social historians, migration, and some history of dates and people that were involved. The section that grasped my attention was the "Indentured Immigrants".
"Some people had came to America with $8.00 in there pockets" (said by a fellow class mate in our class) made a strong point. My parents always sit with both my sister and I and tell us how poor they were when both of them had came to the U.S from India. Both were married at a very young age, my mother had me when she was eighteen, and barely had a stable job. Lived in an apartment and had enough to buy a really old fashion Nissan Sentra that too which had a broken roof, so when it had rained my papa would have to put a big black garbage bag, so the water wouldn't come inside the water and damage the interior.
The reading implied that coming to America was expensive and how most immigrants were forced to come here for economic circumstances or labor. As we all know coming to one country from another country is a difficult thing. You are not familiar with the language, what certain things mean, and most importantly no money, so how do you survive? The reading goes more in o detain about explaining about the servants that came to Virginia. The differences and struggles that each of the different immigrant groups had gone through during the time was different, but then again makes me think about the struggles that most people go through when they first come new to a country.
Chapter three goes more into detail with African Slave trade we have to think about how the whites and blacks were treated and how there class showed what they knew and what they didn't know. Slave trade is known to be a business that gained profit over time. Slaves existed everywhere throughout North America and Canada. "Slave trade was one of the major means when bringing immigrants to the New World" (Daniels 54). I was very surprised to see the amount of slaves that had came over centuries. It was also sad to read about the difficulties they had encountered such as kidnapping and how they were sold. The reading also states "87% of all slaves brought to the US had came in the years 1701 to 1810 and 13% had came after the slave trade"(Daniels 63) huge number when thinking about how much had came between those years and how many more came when slave trade was coming to an end. I really liked alot of information in chapter 3 because it bought more emphasis on explaining about African Americans during the slave trade. There was a quote that I noted in my reading.
"As was and would be true with other immigrant groups, the emergence of native born Afro-American majority created a new kind of person. By the time of American Revolution most blacks were more America, then African"... (Daniels 64). Shows a sense of pride, but then again the color of skin separates you from most of what people perceive us today.
Chapter three goes more into detail with African Slave trade we have to think about how the whites and blacks were treated and how there class showed what they knew and what they didn't know. Slave trade is known to be a business that gained profit over time. Slaves existed everywhere throughout North America and Canada. "Slave trade was one of the major means when bringing immigrants to the New World" (Daniels 54). I was very surprised to see the amount of slaves that had came over centuries. It was also sad to read about the difficulties they had encountered such as kidnapping and how they were sold. The reading also states "87% of all slaves brought to the US had came in the years 1701 to 1810 and 13% had came after the slave trade"(Daniels 63) huge number when thinking about how much had came between those years and how many more came when slave trade was coming to an end. I really liked alot of information in chapter 3 because it bought more emphasis on explaining about African Americans during the slave trade. There was a quote that I noted in my reading.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Chapter 1- Coming to America.
Chapter one had a lot of interesting information a lot of which I have learned a lot in other history classes, but this chapter gives more emphasis on European Migration, talks about pre era of Christopher Columbus,religions, Vikings, Portuguese, and certain laws of migration. There were some new information that I want to remember for the future and think about its relevance to our lives today and how we percieve things. Through out the reading I had bared the questions in mind that Professor Andrews and Fitzgerald had told us to pay attention to.
There were many important views of colonziation and history that the Maritime Europeans started to take on their own and in the west to the Atlantic. Each country was in the process of becoming colonized and Vikings which means "men of viks" wanted to colonize "our" very known North America. The chapter goes into talking about the European navigation in the west during the yeas of 1419... they had found a new group known as the "Maderia, which was off the coast of North Africa. There is a graph on page 16 where it talks about the European population from 1600-2000 it shows a large amount of population that drastically increased from the nine years and how there was a percentage increase then the declining which had fell below the average.
The part of the reading that I enjoyed the most was The Laws of Migration. It's the questions that we ask ourselves and the author also points out. "The first holds that most immigrants? I mean we have many myths and who knows what the truth is. In my perspective I honestly think most people that came to the US or any state in general were seeking some type of advantage and liberty for themselves and there families.
Migration has its own economic causes and its conditions like the reading saws and we can easily draw, right?! What can we call a form of migration? why did people go back during the drastic 1930's Great depression? This is where a notion by Ravenstien draws some straight conclusions. The reading had stated that there was a notion about "progress" that affects different volumes of migration. In my own opinion I believe migrating from one country to the other is a positive thing. Many people migrate to a certain country make their lives better, call there families, start buying business, large lands, and work for there money to support themselves. Like I mentioned above. It's a positive way to make your life better and migrating from one country to the other has its advantages.
The immigrants that the chapter mentions most about were the Europeans and how they had immigrated. Some stats: "In 1860 at least 84% of the foreign born were British. In 1920 two national groups were a little over a quarter 15.6 were British and 12.1 percent German" (Daniels 25). WOW! if you ask me these are huge numbers, some of what I didn't list on here, but the reading does a good job in showing us how many Europeans had been around for the years.
BELOW I found a very informative youtube video that has to do with the US and European perspectives on Immigration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhN_nqhk9iU
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