Assignment due 5/16

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2) Read the Brier and Brown article manuscript, accesible through the password protected Readings tab.
3) Respond to this post with at least one substantial (2-3 paragraph) comment comparing the goals of the project with your experience on the site.  What are the strengths of the site?  The weaknesses?  Make at least one specific reference to the reading and include page numbers when you do so.  Read the comments that have come before you and consider them in your response.
4) Report back (in 2-3 sentences) on what you learned in class during the group activity (discussion of immigration experiences) either on their post that was due 5/11.  If they didn’t do the assignment, respond to my post that appears immediately below this one.
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Immigration discussion, continued from class

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If your partner doesn’t have a post to comment on, you can respond to this post instead.

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No one is a winner, everyone must loose

Posted on May 12, 2011 by sheena.lugo

The Byrds was a group from the 1960’s.  Pete Seeger was responsible for writting this song. He took passages from the book of Ecclesiastes, which is in the bible. The song Turn Turn Turn! was released in 1962. It is known as one of the greatest protest songs, of there time. The lyrics say there is a time for everything, including peace. The song is promoting world peace. The Vietnam war and lack of civil rights of African Americans was a prime reason for this protest. This song inspired demonstrations and marches among the people.

This song was inspired by the U.S wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. People were angry and outraged by this situation. Merle Haggard is a veteran, and country artist. The song says suddenly the war is over and thats the news,no one is a winner everyone must loose. As you can see hes trying to get the point across that war doesnt solve anything, in the end many people die and there is no outcome that brings prosperities among anyone. He also states how politicians do all the talkin, soldiers pay the dues. Meaning the soldiers do not announce war yet they have to risk there lives for the sake of other peoples decisions.

The change that I see is how back in the 1960’s people were full of hope and faith. Everything was new to them and such a tragedy, They would protest and march. Now a days we are used to war and suffering and we have seen it all. Today we are more ruthless and express our feelings twards what has happended around us. We ask why and how could you. Alot of us have lost faith and await the day that maybe things will eventually change.

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Immigration for protection

Posted on May 11, 2011 by cathleen.chao

My great uncle was the first member of the family landed in U.S during 1970s. They were afraid the communist party of China might take over Taiwan within a short period of time.  Political connection between Taiwan and China was delicate and basically not existed during that time frame. All Taiwanese young men were required to serve in the government arm force at the age of 18 (I believe the requirement still exist today).  Most families moved to U.S. or Canada for the sake of their sons.

Communist victory in China separated entire family. Grandpa and my great uncle were the only two family members in Taiwan. It was important for my great uncle to have grandpa next to him. Grandpa and great uncle were both highly educated professionals. To have a job or open a business was never a hard task for them. Everything was prepared and settled before we came to America.  From the blessing of my great uncle and grandpa, coming to U.S. was not as tough as we had learned from history books.

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Wonders of Immigration

Posted on May 11, 2011 by fl090216

According to the reading, it points out the development of garment factories for Dominican males, but the market was dominated by Chinese entrepreneurs (pg 227) This area stands out to me because my father, his brothers and my uncles all worked and later on owned garment factories and was once a very stable career for them. They were able to make a good living to support their families. I grew up being exposed to the environment of the garment factories.

Immigration definitely transformed the neighborhoods I lived in. I moved around a couple of times and each neighborhood would usually be dominated by the Asian community which makes sense because my parents felt more comfortable living in a neighborhood where many Asians live in. When we moved into my current house, it wasn’t really Asian dominated and even now as I type this, the neighborhood has become more and more Asian dominated,  I have noticed as the years have gone by.

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The Persian-Jewish Immigration

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Jonathan Nazarian

For a long time now, immigration has played a huge role in revolutionizing infrastructure, culture, and the people living in certain communities. The first examples can be attributed to the immigration to the Americas, which displaced Native Americans. In this case, the indigenous population was seen as inferior and hurt. In other circumstances such as during WWII, many immigrants have helped achieve certain technologies. The most notable of these examples is what Albert Einstein did. He immigrated to the United States and helped form many hypotheses and even the atomic bomb.

My community of Great Neck, New York, has truly changed over the past few decades. Since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, my family and culture have immigrated and settled here. To date, we have a close community where nearly everyone knows each other. We changed the infrastructure based on our culture and built many synagouges. Furthermore, being Jewish, I have realized from time to time that not many people understand what kosher means. In my community, every single person knows what kosher means, but when I go to basketball games or other places and ask people if certain food are kosher, they are confused by the question – they don’t know what it means. This example demonstrates the extent to which this immigration has affected the community of Great Neck.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Jews

 

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Great Neck – A Persian Community

Posted on May 11, 2011 by ahajibay

Throughout United States and global history, immigration has drastically transformed people, places, technology, infrastructure, and communities. In the 19th century, many Irish and German immigrants transformed New York City. In the 18th century, immigrants from Europe virtually changed the American landscape. As for me, I am part of an immigrant class – I am a Persian Jew.

In 1979, there was a revolution in Iran. At the time, my entire family and community lived there. We lived in Tehran, Mashad, Kashan, and many other cities. Though I was not born at that moment, their migration to the United States greatly impacted who I am today and how my community looks today. During the revolution, it was very unsafe for my family as they were Jews, so they moved to Great Neck, New York. To date, our community is over 80% Persian-Jewish. We have over 10 synagogues in close proximity and a undying culture. Without this immigration, our culture would not be present in Great Neck!

 

http://www.jewishjournal.com/iranianamericanjews/item/iranian_jews_in_new_york_still_keeping_a_low_profile/

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Brooklyn

Posted on May 11, 2011 by jack horowitz

I was born and raised in Brooklyn. Brooklyn is notoriously known to be a dirty crime filled city, but that is not is how a citizen of Brooklyn looks at it. I see Brooklyn as my hometown and over the past forty to fifty years many different types of people came to my neighborhood. I live in a Jewish Community that was first created in the 1960’s for Syrian Jewish Immigrants. So ever since the community was first started, the size has been increasing. I also notice a major increase in Italian population in Brooklyn.

As time goes on every area changes and people will always move. I don’t think i see any resemblance of the change in my community to the writings of Binder other than the fact of immigrant waves coming and settling in to a new place. 

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Cocaine Cowboys

Posted on May 11, 2011 by david.tejera

Boat lift

“The largest numbers of post-1970 immigrants came from the Caribbean.” (226).

My story begins in the 1980’s when my mother and father migrated to Florida during the Mariel boatlift. This was a mass exodus of Cubans who departed from Cuba‘s Mariel Harbor for the United States between April 15 and October 31, 1980(wiki). Many families used this opportunity to flee the oppression of the Castro regime, but sadly Mr. Castro also took this opportunity to rid himself of many criminals and mentally ill people.

For that reason many U.S. citizen criticized President Carter for the lack of regulation and furthermore as an excuse for prejudice toward the Cuban population. Many of the criminals did contribute to the Cocaine Cowboy days in Miami during the 80’s and 90’s. But of course no one should be judged on the actions of a few.

South Florida and Miami are a mix of Latin cultures from all over the Caribbean and South America. The original migration of 124,779 Cubans transformed Miami into a place where Latin immigrants can flourish and live out comfortable lives.

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Immi-great-tion

Posted on May 11, 2011 by kimberly.loguirato

My best friends mother and father were both born in Poland, as was her older brother. While her mom was pregnant with her second brother her mother, father and her brothers moved to The United States This was about 25 years ago during the late 1980’s. When her mother got here they bought her dream house and she became an accountant. This changed all of their lives dramatically. Instead of living on a farm like her mother was used to they were not in New York were opportunities are endless. However as I read in the Binders article during the 1980s and 1990’s there was a majority of chinese immigrants.

Also my mother was born in the United States but spent a majority of her life in Puerto Rico where my grandmother is from an where she lives to today. Nothing special really happened to my family but I’m pretty sure my grandma was part of the 1960’s Puerto Rican immigration wave or perhaps a little before. It’s funny to me how we learn about immigration in class but we don’t completely realize how many people we know that are immigrants.

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