COUN 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Emma Lazarus, European Colonialism, Asian Americans

• School: Auburn University
• Department: Counselor Ed, Counseling P
• Course: COUN 1000
• Professor: Kelly Mautz

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Chapter 5 immigration and the foundations of the american ethnic minority. A nation of immigrants: america is a nation of immigrants, (cid:862) gi(cid:448)e (cid:373)e (cid:455)our tired, (cid:455)our poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free (cid:863) fro(cid:373) e(cid:373)(cid:373)a lazarus" so(cid:374)(cid:374)et, ne(cid:449) colossus, e(cid:374)gra(cid:448)ed o(cid:374) the tatue of. Liberty: all ethnic groups trace their origins to other societies, exceptions: american indians (conquest) and mexican americans (annexation, how groups entered american society, adapted, were placed, and moved along the ethnic hierarchy were very different. Individual dynamics of immigration individual motivations: push factors, economic, social, and political conditions in the origin society that create stimulus to leave; religious suppression, pull factors, conditions that exert attraction to target society; economic opportunity. I wanted to make these changes: grass is greener concept, social networks, migration chain-people tend to immigrate to places already settled by family and friends, not a fear of falling on our face.