About Rice and Beans: Following recent discussions on food here on Anthropology in Practice, this week I'll feature a four part series that that explores
the ways immigrant groups in Corona, NY are involved in creating generic versions of their cultures to support themselves.
Not exact matches
The nonprofit
group WelcomingAmerica.org is already running similar programs in such cities as St. Louis and Detroit, which are supporting
immigrants as a
way to spur stagnant local economies.
Why would you even begin to think that» I» would so over-generalize in such a
way that to (quote you):» Linking the hate of certain violent
groups with «all» muslims or
immigrants everywhere is wrong.»
Along the
way, we'll meet an African - American community of Muslims in Atlanta; a largely Pakistani - American community in Jacksonville, Florida; and a
group of West African
immigrants in Birmingham, Alabama.
But their distinctive experience among the
groups who came to the US in this period speaks to today's debates about immigration — and especially to the
ways immigrants integrate into new societies.
The committee began its work in 2016 as an advisory
group to facilitate better communications between our
immigrant communities and Erie County government, and has helped our community to lead the
way for the resettlement of thousands of refugees to WNY.
Expat and pensioner
groups said it was absurd to liken Britons supporting themselves overseas to
immigrants coming to the UK without the means to pay their
way.
An easy
way to understand my point is to think of AA who have been in America for generations and recent African
Immigrants...... there are a lot of similarities, but they are different
groups as well.
Increasing Student Achievement through Effective School Leadership: Practitioners» Perspectives explores
ways to design support systems for a variety of at - risk student
groups including English language learners,
immigrant, refugee and low socio - economic students.
These data allow the reader to begin to understand what the culture of schooling means to Mexican children and families and, hopefully, how to emulate strategically this culture in feasible
ways that promote meaningful educational experiences and outcomes for Mexican
immigrant children in the U.S. Specifically, data discussing el grupo escolar (the school
group), el turno matutino vs. el turno vespertino (morning vs. afternoon shifts), and el comité de padres (the parent committee) are presented.
In her situation, she also had to find
ways to explain to
immigrant parents how parent
groups work and why it's desirable for parents in the United States to spend time at their children's school.
The Society,
Immigrant Settlement and Integration Services (ISIS), and other members of the working
group identified a number of barriers existing for ITLs who were making their
way through the pathway to licensure in Canada.
Several studies have underlined the importance of finding
ways to retain ethnic minorities and
immigrants and to make the parenting programmes more attractive and effective.11 42 — 44 The
group leaders were bilingual and were familiar with both Somali and Swedish cultures, which were strengths as nothing was «lost in translation».
Especially young males with a Turkish and Moroccan background seem to hold on to the values of the cultures they come from, and particularly Turkish
immigrants seem keen on keeping the cohesion of their ethnic
group intact by opposing interethnic dating, and by favoring parental influence on mate choice as a
way to achieve this goal.
Different
immigrant groups have their own
ways of negotiating, decision - making, and discussing financial matters, he says.