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A 4 page review of the history and contributions of Ecuadorian immigrants in the U.S. Emphasizing Ecuadorians in New York City, the author contends that their contributions have been invaluable and that we should be appreciative rather than scornful of these people. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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File: AM2_PPimmEcu.rtf
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The U.S. as a nation has received more immigrants than any other country in the world (Takaki, 1994). Approximately one million immigrants came to the U.S.
during colonial times. Most were from England. They helped establish the status quo in the "New World". This status quo has remained relatively constant over the centuries
despite the fact that there has subsequently been many other cultures to migrate here. Ecuadorian culture is just one example of
the tremendously diverse immigrant face in the United States. Each facet of that diversity, however, ultimately seems to come into direct conflict with the majority culture of the U.S.,
into direct conflict with the descendants of a people who were at one time immigrants themselves. Interestingly, the most common experience that we find between the indigenous cultures of
the Americas, the European peoples who now comprise the mainstream population of the United States, the African Americans, the Asian Americans, and immigrants like the Ecuadorian immigrants is the factor
of assimilation. Not assimilation into the Native cultures who were here first but assimilation into the European culture which quickly took the helm in the "New World".
Each component group of the immigrant wave was subjected to the same pressure to become a part of the mainstream culture which was
comprised primarily of those immigrants from Great Britain (Takaki, 1994). Even a slight remnant of cultural values that differ from mainstream cultural values becomes a reason for discrimination, resentment,
prejudice, and sometimes even violence. Consequently, immigrants often seek desperately to rid themselves of such distinctions. As would be expected, there is often a great deal of suffering
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