Normal People Like You & I

Immigrants walk among us everyday. Unless you were once an immigrant, one cannot truly understand the demanding life they live. It’s just not a different accent, immigration goes further. Immigrants are people who leave their country to start better lives in the United States. But do they really have better lives in the US? I myself, do not agree!

Immigrants face hardship everyday. The first including endless amount of hate crime. Hate crime is very popular with immigrants. ‘Americans’ relentlessly tease, berate, and beat up people from different backgrounds because they do not fit in with the ideal American life. During World War 2, all of the Japanese Americans were locked in an internment camps in California, just because of their nationality. The government of the US thought they were spies for Japan, and could not risk another homeland attack.

A new beginning of hate crime started right after 9/11. Muslims, Indians, and Sikhs were getting beaten everyday because of how they dressed, talked, and looked. After 9/11 people began seeing ‘terrorists’ in everyday Muslims. Sikhs were also beaten up because they wore a turban, which is a religious symbol of their God.

A job is also another issue with immigrants in the US. The jobs that most Immigrants have are very low wedged. Many people stereotype immigrants to be very uneducated. In some cases it may be true, but in most cases it isn’t. Do you realize how hard it is to get into this country? It’s not a simple process, and I very much believe that it costs a lot of money. To buy a plan ticket from Indonesia to the US costs over $1,700 American dollars. The average person in Indonesia makes $247 a year. So usually the immigrants who do come here have some financial background on them. This usually means that they came from a pretty decent family, and coming from a pretty decent family entitles that they are well educated.

But a Master’s Degree in a third world country means nothing over here. Why? Because here in U.S., they do not consider that degree as an education.