Sentences with phrase «american immigrant experience»

Through research and policy analysis, litigation and communications, and international exchange, the Council seeks to shape a twenty - first century vision of the American immigrant experience.

Hosseini's stunning debut novel starts as an eloquent Afghan version of the American immigrant experience in the late 20th century, but betrayal and redemption come to the forefront when the narrator, a writer, returns to his ravaged homeland to rescue the son of his childhood friend after the boy's parents are shot during the Taliban takeover in the mid»90s.

For middle school and high - school students, The Colors Of Freedom: Immigrant Stories (Franklin Watts), by Janet Bode, is a wonderful introduction to the American immigrant experience.

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Immigration has always been a central part of the American experience, and certain areas draw more immigrants than others.

As late as the 1970s, Italian immigrant communities of Pentecostals were still saying to their American counterparts «you do not know the Catholic Church» in reference to their experiences in Italy.

Years later, when I started teaching American history, I would use Frankenmuth to indicate to my students that the then - prevalent image of America as a melting pot did not capture the whole truth of the nation's immigrant experience.

The idea for the show occurred when original producer Norman Lear was first approached by a young associate who asked if he'd be interested in a Latino reinvigoration of the show with the immigrant American experience.

And, on 2016's Home of the Strange, the band gets both personal and socially - conscious, exploring the immigrant experience in modern American.

In these pages I argued that the real problem of «aliens» among us is represented not by immigrants but by the urban underclass and the intellectual overclass, both of whom are profoundly alienated from the rights and responsibilities of the American experience (see «The Aliens Among Us,» The Public Square, August / September 1993).

The panel discussion focused on a poll recently released by New American Media, which looked at the problems and experiences of the often - silent female immigrant.

Virginia Ky of the Chinese American Planning Council compared her experience working in a restaurant to Liu's in the factory, while Brooklyn Democratic District leader Olanike Alabi, who is black, declared, «We know struggle — some as the sons and daughters of immigrants, some as descendents of slaves.»

It was vintage Cuomo, beginning with a mention of his Italian immigrant grandparents and their experience, then covering a variety of state government and political initiatives on education, minimum wage, M / WBE contracting and undocumented worker protections and concluding with a fierce declaration of support for diversity and the integral role of immigrants in seeking and sustaining the «American Dream.»

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said Brooklyn's massive immigrant population «stands as a shining example of how immigration and diversity have made us a safer and stronger place to live, work, and experience the American dream.

A reflection of his own past and experiences, many of Mr. Mengestu's characters are immigrants or the children of immigrants, often from Africa, as he is; and so an underlying theme is what it means to be American.

«Carne y Arena» («Flesh and Sand») simulates experiences of immigrants crossing the deserts of the American west.

Having achieved the American dream (without class, religion, or non-wacky immigrants ever coloring their experiences), what else could these white people have to worry about besides sex and optimal emotional fulfillment?

Sin Nombre (2009) The experience of illegal immigrants riding trains from Honduras through Mexico to the American border is portrayed with punishing realism in this drama by American director Cary Fukunaga.

Unlike the experience of past immigrants, for today's millions of Hispanic children the public schools no longer serve as the mechanism for their assimilation as Americans.

Our society and its schools ought to celebrate the rich history of our communities and aim to build on immigrant experiences to produce the latest example of an American success story.

94, education director for Define American, a media and cultural campaign to share stories of the immigrant experience.

In stark contrast to the conventional wisdom of the immigrant's self - improvement story, Louie's research on the differing experiences of Chinese Americans shows that race and class still do matter in profound ways.

And the Streets Are Paved With Gold 09/28/2000 [Language Arts, American History Grades 6 - 8 Submitted by Brenda Dyck] Using the links provided, students explore the immigrant experience at Ellis Island, New York, at the turn of the century, and answer questions that challenge them to use thinking skills from various levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.

«It's an attractive idea in a lot of ways,» says Harvard Graduate School of Education Assistant Professor Vivian Louie, whose research looks at the role of the immigrant family in the educational experiences of second - generation Chinese Americans who are consistently presented as high academic achievers.

experience has undoubtedly shaped Rodriguez — a first - generation American immigrant from Panama who was transformed by public education — inspiring him to pursue not only an education career but also his own education as a leader.

KD: What did you learn about how immigrant kids experience American schools that might be helpful to other reporters?

Also, as the first openly gay person of color in Congress and someone from a family who experienced the ugly face of systemic racism when his grandparents and parents were removed from their respective homes and sent to Japanese American Internment camps during World War II, Takano has a consistently progressive social justice ethic that is evident in his strong voting record in support of immigrants, low - income families, affordable housing, veterans, and workers.

Author of Narratives of Social Justice Educators: Standing Firm (Springer, 2014); co-editor of Reprocessing Race, Language and Ability: African - born Educators and Students in Transnational America (Peter Lang Inc., 2013); and co-author of African Immigrants» Experiences in American Schools: Complicating the Race Discourse (Lexington Books, 2016).

Here, private utterance becomes part of a larger choral arrangement as the collection widens to include erasures of The Declaration of Independence and the correspondence between slave owners, a found poem comprised of evidence of corporate pollution and accounts of near - death experiences, a sequence of letters written by African Americans enlisted in the Civil War, and the survivors» reports of recent immigrants and refugees.

Even better, she uses the Tapes» unusual experiences as early members of the Chinese - American middle class to illuminate the experiences of all Chinese immigrants in the troubled era of the Exclusion Act.

But with (for example) a marvelous riff on the generic Chinese restaurant that exists at the edges of many towns in the Midwest, the novel makes clear that it is exploring a different sort of immigrant experience than we often read about — call it the Middle America Asian - American experience.

Simultaneously rooted in a particular immigrant experience while remaining completely accessible to others, it is an immigrant story, an American story, a coming of age story, a story about family journeys, and, ultimately, a story about hope, loss, and change.

In recent years, we've seen an uptick in stellar novels of the immigrant experience — from Behold the Dreamers to Americanah, from The Book of Unknown Americans to The Buddha in the Attic — and 2017 continues that trend, with an even greater emphasis on refugees» tales.

Sly, funny, intelligent, and artfully structured, The Fortunes recasts American history through the lives of Chinese Americans and reimagines the multigenerational novel through the fractures of immigrant family experience.

The award - winning Italian author Melania G. Mazzucco weaves her own family history into a great American novel of the immigrant experience.

This elegant young adult novel captures the immigrant experience for one Indian - American family with humor and heart.

The House of Broken Angels should be read by anyone who wants to understand the ambiguity of the immigrant experience in general and the Mexican - American experience in particular (Dottie B).

Crossover: East and West is a new group exhibition opening Feb. 2 featuring ceramic, installation, painting, and video art that question and inform the Asian immigrant experience in America through the works of four accomplished Korean American artists: Victoria Jang, Christina Ko, Jang Soon Im, and Eun Kyung Suh.

The Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. proudly presents Crossover: East and West, a new group exhibition opening Feb. 2 featuring ceramic, installation, painting, and video art that question and inform the Asian immigrant experience in America through the works of four accomplished Korean American artists: Victoria Jang, Christina Ko, Jang Soon Im, and Eun Kyung Suh.

«Agathe Snow: Coyote Ugly» takes on the immigrant experience to reveal the mosaic of experiences surrounding the American Dream and life as an undocumented American immigrant through art and performance.

Norman's experience as a Polish - Jewish immigrant helped to shape his understanding of American society, and he often seemed to observe life in the United States with the shrewd and detached eye of an outsider.

The content of her work is informed by the experience of her youth as a queer, multiracial immigrant in American suburbia.

Our curatorial question is framed within the Native American and immigrant experience in order to show the connections between these perceived polar opposites.

[3] First and Third (1987) was created from interviews with immigrants in America, who discussed the promises and realities of their experiences of the «American dream.»

In her work, Hedieh explores the notion of duality to comprehend her identity as an Iranian - American immigrant and the complexities that emanate from such polarized cultural experiences.

Her work explores themes such as death, vulnerability, loss of innocence, rebirth and redemption and are informed by the experience of her youth as a queer, multiracial immigrant in American suburbia.

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and currently living in Los Angeles, her experience as a South American immigrant informs her practice.

In this new work, Dardot will amplify the voices and experiences of San Jose's varied immigrant communities, and honor the challenges of their experience in the context of a divisive national conversation about immigrants and American identity.

I think it's much simpler: my grandmother, who grew up in the Depression to immigrant parents and moved up to a comfortable middle - class life, had experienced the American Dream firsthand.

: A teacher shares how her experience as a Filipina - American child of immigrant informs her teaching practice at Fremont HS.

I can also sometimes assist with navigating the often confusing crossroads of differing cultural worldviews, having extensive experience working with Native Americans as well as Pacific Rim and Latin American immigrants.