This chapter mainly focused about the issues of racial segregation and discrimination for Mexican, Asian, Native, African, and Puerto Rican Americans and the failing of the common school ideal. Anglo-Americans justified their racist attitudes toward the immigrants because they believed that only “white” considered as a superior race and its Protestant culture and republican form of government should be dominated the United States. Because of this ideology, many immigrants were abused by Anglo-Americans only because of the different colors skin that they were considered as an “inferior”. Indeed, they were not allowed to get citizenship because of the naturalization Act of 1790 so the immigrants were not treated equal opportunity as White Americans. Also they were paid with lower wages than white workers and a segregated system of schooling that their children did not have equal education as white children and they could not attend the school with white children either.
I believed that the discrimination still exists today in United States because many immigrants like Mexicans or any other South Americans get very low salary compare to Americans or other Asian immigrants because of the illegal status or social standard. My experience that I met a young Korean guy and an Ecuadorian girl who had immigrated in United States when they were five years old so they assimilated more American culture than their own culture. However, they have no opportunity to get a professional job, even though, they have the degree because of illegal status. I emphasize that many immigrants without citizenship have same experience that they received with high education but they do not have the opportunity to get a proper job. It is really sad that they can not use their talent for the development of society. What is the best solution that United States government offers for illegal immigrants who can not get the professional jobs, even though, they received with high degree? Do you think, illegal immigrants should not have the right to get same opportunity as Americans citizens?
