Category Archives: Week 4

Suarez-Orozco’s article makes an important distinction between the old and new waves of immigration, ande challenges many of the ideas about immigration and assimilation that he claims are no longer relevant, such as the “clean break” and homogeneity assumptions. Ellick’s … Continue reading →

After reading Gabaccia’s Food Fights and American Values, I felt like it is completely ridiculous that Americans in the nineteenth and twentieth century tried to create a science to justify the fact that foods of other nationalities are incompetent and … Continue reading →

I don’t really understand this need to swiftly transform the immigrant diet to an “American” one that was supposedly healthy (granted this article was based on reactions and ideas from about 100 years ago). I guess  since it was hard … Continue reading →

In his article, “Food Fights and American Values,” Gabaccia exposes an America that actively rejected ethnic food. Perhaps this is surprising in today’s context, but in a historical perspective, it is not truly curious. During the end of the 19th century … Continue reading →

I read Gabaccia’s piece and the most interesting point I read was that ultimately it was the economy (specifically during wartime) that encouraged a move toward a diversification of the “American diet.” Today, the state of the economy determines much … Continue reading →

I was really shocked when I read Gabaccia’s “Food Fights and American Values.” I could not believe that American society actually rejected food from different cultures. I can’t think of any person I know who doesn’t like going to restaurants … Continue reading →

Why can’t today’s legislators and officials be at least as half as enthusiastic and proactive as the culinary reformers were with regards to the nation’s nutrition? Even though it may seem as if the reformers had a biased exclusive agenda … Continue reading →

When reading Gabaccia’s, “Food Fights and American Values,” I was actually very surprised to see the that ethnic/cultural food was rejected by the American society. I feel that the reason its so shocking is because right now everywhere you go … Continue reading →

In the “Rethinking Assimilation” section of his “Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Assimilation But Were Too Afraid To Ask,” Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco explores a very complicated, yet very compelling, issue of immigration. By analyzing the trajectory of social … Continue reading →

After reading Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco’s piece, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Assimilation but Were Afraid to Ask,” I was incredibly intrigued by his critique of the “clean break” assumption. I think his basic premise that our ideas of … Continue reading →