Archive for October, 2009
The Final Post
In Monday’s post and the Guide to Action, I proposed some practical ways that people who want to work towards improved immigrant-citizen relations can do their part. Please, take a look at the Guide to Action. I think you’ll find that you’ve already started taking action! Personally, I’m already learning two languages–Spanish and French–that are widely spoken [...]
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The Little Things
A few days ago, I asked what ordinary people like me can do to encourage positive interactions and understanding between immigrants and citizens (American or otherwise). I also asked what can be done to challenge the anti-immigrant views held by some people. One very practical thing that each of us can do to promote peace [...]
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Reflections
At this point, I’m pretty pleased with the information and ideas that I’ve found. My Breaking News articles have an international flavor, reaching places like Britain, France, and Peru, and within the U.S., Hispanic and Muslim immigrants are discussed. I’ve found several general solutions to the problems brought up in my introductory post and Background [...]
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A Few Comments…
Check out the other Q-class blogs that I’ve commented on in the past few days! Our class: Sarah M. Arija Another class: Daniel A.
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Muslims in Spain
I just added a news article to the blogroll from the Spanish newspaper, El Pais, that is from a few years ago but still very relevant to my topic. It is fascinating and detailed enough to merit its own blog post. It talks about the challenges in integrating Muslims–both immigrants and Spaniards–into Spanish culture, and points out that [...]
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The Government’s Role
The latest round of news articles and Blogroll links have focused a lot on the role of the government in controlling immigration and encouraging immigrant integration. From the stories about the sans-papiers (undocumented workers) in France and the debate over immigrants’ rights in San Francisco, it is clear to me that European and American immigration [...]
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Multilingualism
So far, two of my three articles on the Breaking News page have been about non-English language schools and how they help integrate immigrant children with more established Americans. I definitely wasn’t expecting this. Could this be the single most-powerful way to overcome friction between immigrants and Americans? I’m starting to think that the answer is [...]
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Stereotyping
I’ve had a busy week and have not had much time to update my blog, but something happened today that I had to post. I went to my first play rehearsal for the local Spanish-language theater group, VIDA, where I met an international student from Colombia. Afterwards, I asked her if she wanted to go eat dinner with [...]
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