Essays on Mexican Immigration

Introduction

In her book How Race is Made in America, Molina pointed out how racial scripts “highlights the ways in which the lives of racialized groups are linked across time and space” (Molina, 6). The author came of this concept based on her examination of Mexican immigration from 1924 to 1965. According to Molina, she observed that during this specific period of time, a characteristic of the immigrants such as their customs, and practices as well as policies applicable to their group tend to define their racial category. She further claimed that the establishment of this racial definition resulted to ...

Introduction

American history is not marked by heavenly lifestyle, but it’s filled with violence and conflicts. One of the major issues that challenge America's democratic setup is their ethnic diversity. After the civil war, the ethnic divisions continued among people and this time the conflicts are based on immigrants. The tensions surrounding immigration peaked from 1875 to 1930 where the US governments during that period came up with so many legislations in swift response to these tensions. In this assignment, we would analyse the important events of immigration between 1875-1930 that caused major tensions and how the US governments ...

The American media often presents itself as unbiased, but in reality, most research that has been done into the topic has discovered that American media is heavily biased. There are liberal and conservative biases within the media, and determining where the bias lies in a particular type of media or network is important when it comes to analyzing the information received from that media outlet. This paper will deal with two different pieces of research that focus on American media: the first, entitled “Selective Exposure to Cable News and Immigration in the US: The Relationship Between FOX News, CNN, and ...

Introduction and thesis statement

Different people have different reasons for migrating to other countries. However, there are two main reasons why many people migrate. First, some people just want to get away from their home countries because there are things they do not like. The things that make people migrate to other nations are known as “push factors”. This includes things such as political fears, poor living standards, and natural disasters (Blasko 123). Secondly, some people migrate to other nations because they are attracted to some things in the other nations. These are pull factors. But where would we classify the Mexican immigration ...

In twenty-first century America, the issue of immigration, particularly Mexican immigration (both “legal” and “illegal”) is ever-present in political, economic and social discourse. “The issue of immigration touches the Mexican-origin population more than any other ethnic group in the United States,” (Jiminez 2007, 599). With such attention focused on this particular ethnic group, it is interesting to consider the tribal, cultural, racial, ethnic, and national identity of this group. How do Mexican immigrants express their identity in the above-stated terms? What is the nature of Mexican immigrant communities? In what way are Mexican immigrants experiencing social exclusion both within ...