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A 3 page reaction paper to passages from Mary Pipher's text The Middle of Everywhere, which addresses assimilation of refugees into American culture. The writer offers personal experience and opinion in regards to what attribute is the most important for refugee resilience; what Pipher means by "JPI"; and why specific ethnic cultural practices do not have a place in American society. No additional sources cited.
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verbal expressiveness. Verbal expressiveness means that a refugee can express his or her needs "clearly and appropriately" (Pipher 287). It also means that an individual can "ask good questions" and
"articulate problems" (Pipher 288). In the opinion of this writer/tutor, this is the most important attribute that an immigrant to the US can possess. Knowledge of English, even rudimentary,
enables immigrants to negotiate the American system and its formalities. For example, at the local Department of Motor Vehicles, people are given a ticket and told to wait in a
designated area. When your turn comes, your ticket number is announced and an electronic board indicates which counter to go to for service. When the ticket number of the Hispanic
woman sitting next to me was called, she did not move. She obviously did not understand the system or what was expected of her. When writing his/her own paper on
this topic, the student researching this subject should, likewise, draw on personal experience to illustrate the importance of language. Pipher describes Americans who are not rising to the challenge
of accepting and helping refugees as suffering from a condition she called "JPI" or "just plain ignorance." Some common misconceptions about refugees are that they are "ignorant and have no
formal education" (Pipher 334). As Pipher points out refugees (and other immigrants) are often doctors, professors, engineers, etc. in their native lands (Pipher 334). They cannot practice their professions in
this country until they have established credentials recognized in the US. Pipher dispels additional misinformation, pointing out that newcomers pay taxes, are a tremendous boon to the American economy, and
are here legally and responsibly. Pipher characterizes the ongoing refugee-oriented debate in America as pitting respect for ethnic traditions against respect for human rights. While Pipher is correct that,
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