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Professor: Dr. Peter Vellon
peter.vellon@qc.cuny.edu
Instructional Technology Fellow: Caroline Erb-Medina
cerb@gc.cuny.edu
Author Archives: Corin Greene
Transnational Ties
When the first waves of immigrants arrived in America, each group stuck together in communities and did their best to keep all of their traditions from their country alive, since some of them planned on returning anyways. This was the … Continue reading
Posted in April 30
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Discrimination Causes Riots
It seems to me that once politics and political leaders became prominent in Five Points, things started to get messy and complicated. The Irish of Five Points were already struggling in finding jobs, fitting in, and trying to make a … Continue reading
Posted in April 23
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It’s all in our heads
Imagine if the human race did not have the notion in their heads to think differently of people because of their skin color or where they are from. If everyone were accepting of every person, then we wouldn’t have the … Continue reading
Posted in April 9
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There Will Always be Dilemmas
New immigrants today still face similar challenges that old immigrants faced. There are differences between the times, some that benefited them, and some that hurt them. What I learned was that there were many factors that went into deciding how … Continue reading
Posted in March 12
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Living Conditions Over The Decades
The living conditions the immigrants of the 1900’s faced did not surprise me. With the flood of immigrants coming to America starting a-new, they needed some place affordable to live. Small, overcrowded, unsanitary tenements were the answer to this; maybe … Continue reading
Posted in March 5
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From the beginning African Americans were excluded from the Melting Pot
While reading these articles, I kept thinking about our discussion in class – how African Americans are excluded from the melting pot. It is evident now that they probably are. Their major disadvantage to being accepted was right from the … Continue reading
Posted in February 19, Uncategorized
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