HOMEWORK- Interview a resident or illegal immigrant (no need for names) and ask the following questions-
1. How do you think you are assimilated to the society of the US?
2. How does a “melting pot” shape our society?
3. We need gender, age and place of origin of the person interviewed.
4. Post on our blog by next Thursday, May 27, 2010, midnight.
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My subject is 47, female, and from Cuba. The interview took place at UCF (University of Central Florida) in Orlando, Florida at approximately 4 pm.
ReplyDelete1. How do you think you are assimilated to the society of the US? Answer: She said, "I started dreaming in English and people [her family] were also speaking English in her dreams." Ironically, her family members, who were in the dreams, spoke only Spanish.
2. How does a “melting pot” shape our society? Answer: She said, "It [forced mixing of cultures] does not. [American] society forces the issue upon others, but many get frustrated when nothing [productive] happens. Today, more people are mixed races."
Female, 44, Odessa, Ukraine
ReplyDelete1. She said, the reason I came into this country is to have the American culture. Learning how to speak English was not easy, but it's a small price to pay for being in such a terrific country.
2. She believed it took time and hard work. "When you come from such a different country like the USSR, you do not ever feel that you melted in an American society. As a Russian, you will always stand out."
1. "It depends with which social level I'm dealing. It seems that educated people are more accepting of other cultures and less educated people tend to want to make sure there's an understood difference between the two cultures."
ReplyDelete2. "I don't think the US is one big melting pot, but rather it is made up of many different smaller melting pots. For instance, all people of hispanic origin tend to socialize in the US and, to some degree, consider themselves part of a united group living the the US. Europeans feel the same way. But both mini-melting pots want to mark a clear distinction between all other melting pots."
3. Male. 23. Sevilla, Spain
Michaela
ReplyDeleteI actually interviewed 2 immigrants. They are a married couple, the wife is a 31 year old from England and the husband is a 39 year old from Hungary. She said that had been “Americanized” by wanting to drive everywhere as opposed to walking, along with her accent turning more and more American every day. He said the same for him and also he had become much more casual with his language and dress since he has come here. They both agreed, from their perspective, that the melting pot in the US was for the most part great. The husband had also lived in Northern Ireland and felt much more like a “foreigner” there as opposed to when he moved here. They both commented on the class divisions, though, and agreed that they probably had a better experience with immigration because they are both Caucasian and educated as opposed to someone coming from a poorer nation with less education.
Wanda and Deandra are missing this assignment.
ReplyDeleteFemale/21 years old/Germany
ReplyDelete1. "Assimilating with the society really depends on the people I am surrounding myself and dealing with and where they are from. Some people are more accepting of different cultures than others."
2. She said, "the "melting pot" shapes our society because it forces people to be exposed and learn about other cultures. No other country is as mixed as The United States."