Our+People+Reflection

Our People Reflection A large part of the American character is being a nation that is primarily made of immigrants. Hundreds of years ago explorers came to this nation to look for new opportunities, whether it was an opportunity to escape oppression, to get a better job, to gain an education or to travel to the land of freedom. This land was taken from the Native Americans and made into a land of many other races. The issue that we have today is that many Americans forget that they are the descendents of immigrants. Today there are many Americans who are opposed to immigration and insist that if we allow immigration we will change our American values. It confuses me when people chant slogans such as "Make Enlgish America's Official Language!" or "Immigrants Not Wanted!" because I wonder if those same people would be here today if their ancestors had been treated so poorly and turned away from the land of opportunity. The biggest thing for Americans to realize is that this land did not always belong to those who inhabit it now and that the special characteristics about our nation is that we are a melting pot full of different people.

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