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A 4 page paper which examines James Gregory’s book “American Exodus” as it involves the migrants from Oklahoma and Arkansas during the Great Depression, and other marginalized migrants in California. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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instances it may well be that the people of a particular region simply wish to protect their own position, their own resources, and thus look down upon anyone who would
threaten that stability. During the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, many people from various parts of the country, primarily the farming states, migrated to California in the hopes of
getting work, purchasing land, and essentially hoping they could survive. They were people who truly possessed the nature of the American, a people who journey and seek land for opportunity.
But, in California, a place that wished to keep its resources to itself, these people were considered a threat and thus marginalized. The following paper examines James Gregorys book "American
Exodus" as it involves the migrants from Oklahoma and Arkansas during the Great Depression, and other marginalized migrants in California. Marginalized Migrants: California
Gregory, in his book, states that, "a society that turns frequently to exclusionist solutions in times of crisis will find that an easy course to repeat the next time around.
California claimed such a pattern" (Gregory [1], 1991; 79-80). With the migration of many people from places such as Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas during the Dust Bowl California began to
truly present itself as a state that truly marginalized such people. While California had always been a state, not unlike any other state, that marginalized people from other nations, it
was clearly in a position to exclude and oppress people from other parts of the nation. Gregory, in an article about the Dust Bowl and migrants further illustrates some of
the conditions at the time in the following: "Until 1941 states felt free to restrict interstate mobility, focusing that power, when they used it, on the poor...California had been especially
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