Kazi I. Hossain Kazi Hossain is a professor in the Education department at Millersville University, Millersville, PA. The major focus of the text is that teaching aimed at developing an appropriate awareness of the immigration process is essential in K-12. The reading was assigned to give us an updated discussion on immigration, one that centers on the legal process and experiences of a modern day American immigrant. The text was a good source of immigration policy, however, my highschool did spend a considerable amount of time teaching and making us discuss modern immigration policy and issues.
Immigration Beyond Ellis Island was written in the Fall of 2014. Relating to this course, the text gives us the general …show more content…
Sanchez George J. Sanchez is Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity, and History at the University of Southern California. The main idea is that we must weave together the insights of previous generations to begin to tell a whole story of immigration to the United States that includes everyone while taking account what pushed them to leave their nations and the factors that affected their integration into society. The reading was assigned to give us a broader view of immigration history, and to bring to light the conversation of assimilation into American society. Race and Immigration History was published in 1999. The text discusses the interconnected aspects of immigration and how the factors have dramatically changed with every new wave of immigrants. This gives context to What Makes Superman So Darned American by defining what ethnic and racial characteristics determine the overall acceptance of a certain immigrant group. What I found personally interesting was that old race theory predicted even racial minorities would assimilate into American mainstream society when segregation was lifted in the 1960’s. Just the fact that they didn’t take into account how cities and suburbs were designed to keep the low income African Americans from gaining housing loans to allow them to move into higher quality residents or even leave their original community is ignorant on it’s own. That generation of scholars characterised race as an aspect of ethnicity, rather than an …show more content…
Engle is a published author and an editor. The primary idea of the text is that Superman doesn’t represent an American boy’s fantasy of a messiah, he is the male, heroic match for the Statue of Liberty, incorporating the collected aspects of all immigrants including their pride, strengths, and struggles of assimilation. The reading was assigned to present us with an overview of how Superman represents the immigrant spirit and aspiration to integrate into society while still holding on to and displaying his ethnic characteristics: super strength, flying, and x-ray vision.
What Makes Superman So Darned American? was written as part of the published book Superman at Fifty! The persistence of a legend, which was published in 1987. Through analyzing the character of Superman we can better understand the personal and social aspects of immigrants beyond the general ethnic and racial stereotypes that have persisted for