Blog Post #5: Children of immigrants

1. American culture is a mix of many different cultures. Its hard for me to define it was one simple thing. The culture is very diverse in ideas and people as well. In the media, immigrants are not always represented in a positive light. It almost depends on where the person is from. For example, an immigrant from Mexico can face difficulties living in America. There are protests that people don’t want them to live here, laws that subject them to racial profiling ( The law in Arizona that allows a police officer to pull you over and randomly ask for documents and other things), and many other things. Through the media people see this and form negative opinions about certain immigrants. Children of immigrants aren’t represented in a negative way. They are just kids.
2. In the photo I have chosen, there is an Indian American woman who is sitting near a countertop, she seems to be at a small diner type place. The picture reminds me of Jamaica, because there are a lot of different cultures in that country. Especially Indian-Jamaicans. This photo suggests that sometimes children of immigrants feel like outcasts, or they are made fun of by American kids. The quote underneath her picture talks about her being embarrassed to bring Indian food to school because kids would tease her. Another person could interpret this picture as her being a regular American and not really look at other aspects of her. The connections between these photos and The Garcia girls book, is that sometimes immigrants of children may lose their identity, or might not know how to identify themselves. Their parents have come from a different culture, but they are born into a new culture and have to adjust to both.