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…For my immigrant project, I interviewed Dirk Nowitzki. Dirk Nowitzki is the 25 year-old superstar forward/center of the Dallas Mavericks in the National Basketball Association. In order to paint a picture of Dirk in your mind, imagine a man 12 inches…

…immigrants, arriving in the United States requires a negotiation of the cultural knowledge about disease and prevention they arrived with, the predominant popular cultural knowledge, and knowledge promoted by physicians" (1115). However, their findings suggested…

…The United States is a melting pot of many different nationalities. Because the immigrants came with strong and very divergent individualistic convictions they easily mingled into the local mix to find their place among new friends. They settled…

…My life has been impacted by the changing demographics in many ways. Living in America today, many of us are exposed to a wide variety of cultures. Because I live in Arizona, the large numbers of Hispanic immigrants that cross the border every year…

…followed by 64 students between 1890 and 1905 to purse further education in the USA. Between 1902 and 1905, 7,000 Korean immigrants arrived in Hawaii. (Thernstrom) From 1903 to 1905, 65 ships carrying 7,226 Koreans, set sail from Inchon for Honolulu. (Bandon 18…

…democracy, appealed to immigrants for various economic and political reasons. Population surges are directly related to the mass arrivals of immigrants. These immigrants aided greatly in the economy by supplying low-income labor, fueling an expanding nation…

…/immigration. One of the most important issues of the 2000 presidential election was tax reform. This topic, possibly more than any other issue in the election, reflects the greatest disparity among candidates of the same party. Among the Democrats, Bill Bradley…

…is heard. Instead, what is hearkened is a farther removed version of the Spanish-English blend known as Tex-Mex that is spoken in the rest of the Magic Valley. This could be because of the large numbers of Mexican immigrants that pour into Starr County…

…Caroline Chisholm First name: Caroline Maiden name: Jones Married name: Chisholm Her nickname: The immigrant’s friend Born: In England in 1808 Died: In her hometown of England in March 1877 Married: To Archibald Chisholm in 1832 Fame: She…

…of the problems that began racism in the media was the word ‘immigrant’ and all the connotations associated with it: Since 1948 when the first post-war West Indian immigrants arrived on the Empire Windrush, the number of black people resident in Britain has risen…