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A 4 page paper which examines immigration issues relating to Hispanics and Asians as seen in Nancy Foner’s “From Ellis Island to JFK.” No additional sources cited.
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African Americans. This is because they are obviously not white. They possess very different facial features and/or have much more swarthy or olive complexions than do white Americans. As such
they have, more often than not, been stereotyped by mainstream America and they have faced many different levels of prejudice. The following paper examines the conditions of the Hispanics and
the Asians as presented by Nancy Foner in her work titled "From Ellis Island to JFK." Hispanics When we think of Hispanics we think of people who are
really quite diverse and not of one particular culture or not from one particular region of the world. It is similar with other nationalities as well. For example, it is
generally assumed that if someone is black then they are African American. But, the truth is that they may be from the Caribbean. With Hispanics the term is very misleading
because it lumps all people who may have a similar heritage into the same group. It essentially states that people from Cuba or Guatemala are the same as those from
Mexico. Hispanics are generally people from South America or Mexico and they are lumped together by American society in order to make definitions easier. But, they all people, or cultures,
from South America and Mexico are not the same. They possess different traditions, religions, social practices and are in essence, very different. And, more often than not, people speak of
Hispanics and immediately think that the individual is from Mexico and likely a migrant worker, as well as an illegal alien. This truly illustrates how misleading such a term can
be. In essence the term Hispanic leads many people, or many white people it should be said, to think poorly of anyone with swarthy skin and an obviously Spanish
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