Came across this video and thought it made a great point and expanded upon some of what was said in class.
In Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s book “Racism without Racists,” the author raises an interesting point about visibility of certain minority groups. Regarding Asian Americans, Bonilla states that in addition to doing well economically and educationally, they are still viewed as the “rising powers of East Asia,” a stereotype formed in the 1990s. Bonilla cites the 1998 Disney […]
Reading Peggy McIntosh’s “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” only reinforced my acknowledgement of the injustice present within our communities. However, Mcintosh’s statement “My schooling gave me no training in seeing myself as an oppressor,” had me questioning whether someone could go as far as to call another who just so happened to have been […]
In live there are many times that an in visible thing plays a role in our daily lives. Throughout history we have learned about the invisible hand, and invisible lines and thresholds. But if they make such a difference in our lives…why do we refer to them as invisible? After reading “White Privilege: Unpacking the […]
Peter Kwong’s analysis of the flaws in the immigration debate gave voice to many of my ideas in a way that I was not able to explain. He provided historical context like the Chinese Exclusion Act to point out how deeply xenophobia and immigration restrictions are ingrained in American culture. Although I learned about these […]
What defines American culture? The fact that it’s a “melting pot” or a “salad bowl”, depending on which way you look at it. The fact that it’s unique because it’s not just one culture. It’s the build up of culture after culture that was brought here, to the New World. There’s only one reason America […]
Amongst the varied points raised in Peter Kwong’s “What’s Wrong with the U.S. Immigration Debate?”, stands an issue that is touched upon seldom: the ever-increasing ethnic disunity created between documented and undocumented individuals of the same race through the passage of legislation and the continued exploitation of said legislation. These laws are many and far […]
While reading “Making the Model Minority Myth” by Robert. G. Lee, I could not help but laugh at how true of a description of Asians in America we were given. A lot of the characteristics of Asian Americans talked about in the article resonated with me because as an Asian American myself I can say […]
The management of immigration in the United States has been a major topic for discussion since the 19th century. With each wave of immigrants arriving from different countries come complaints on the part of the native citizens. From a young age, we are taught in school that immigrants come to the United States searching for […]
While reading Peter Kwong’s piece, What’s wrong with the U.S. Immigration Debate, a concept that was totally lost on me was the lack of human compassion that many people feel when discussing the immigrant issue. But even before that, the fact that immigration is viewed as “issue” is unsettling to me. Is America not a […]
In reading Peter Kwong’s discussion on the U.S. Immigration Debate, I was struck by an issue fundamental to most immigration-centric considerations: more often than not, we overlook humanitarian aspects for economic concern. We gloss over the fact that migrants are as human as us yet allow the forces of supply and demand dictate their well-being. […]
