https://padlet.com/jrosario2024/bly0cqhz25ko5ag2 Over the past 3 decades what challenges have citizens of African descent faced immigrating to other countries? en-us 2023-05-03 17:56:34 UTC 2025-12-24 04:47:42 UTC hello@padlet.com jrosario2024 https://padlet.com/jrosario2024/bly0cqhz25ko5ag2/wish/2587468314 This is a thesis from a student at Boston College.

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In recent years, the amount of African immigrants in the U.S. has grown.

Most migrants travel to the U.S. to obtain the American Dream.

In the past 30 years 23.8 million immigrants have been reported living in the U.S.

Between 1981 - 2000 African migrants to the U.S. have doubled. 

The West African nation is divided into ten regions, with each region governed by a regional minister. 

Most Ghanaians travel to the U.S. to seek economic stability.

Ghana has a large population of people who have become permanent residents in the U.S.

The author of this document is very reliable since he is a first generation Ghanaian immigrant, who emigrated to the U.S. with his family of five in May of 2002.

Ghanaian research participants who migrated to U.S. took a survey.

The data illustrated that the 2 main reasons for travel to the US was for either economic or educational purposes.

Although, there are many hardships in the daily American life most survey participants stated that it would still be better to reside in America than in Ghana.

Some troubles that Ghanaian immigrants faced quickly was racism.

They felt like racism was just a part of the American lifestyle.

At times, it was so bad for some participants that they had wished they had stayed in their home country of Ghana.

Imagine fleeing your friends and family to try and better your life so you can provide for them. Then to realize you're not accepted in the community you joined and treated harshly. They felt all their effort was a waste of time. These people were mentally and emotionally drained.

Most participants either work in a factory, supermarket, or hospitals. 

They do not have the proper education to work a higher paying job most of the time.

This almost always leaves immigrants in low income housing projects or even homeless. 

My reaction to this source is that I like how Erik surveyed many different people.

You get view points from migrants from different places. The survey participants were from Ghana but were different people and could've lived different life styles.

This source reflects my resource question because it digs deeper into how black people are treated and the first thing participants realized was that racism is very present in the US.

Back in their home countries they probably didn't face racism.

So it was a big change and adjustment when they faced racism here in the US and it was by their bosses. 

They work and are just trying to make money so they can't really stick up for themselves without fear that they will get fired. ]]> 2023-05-11 16:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jrosario2024/bly0cqhz25ko5ag2/wish/2587468314 jrosario2024 https://padlet.com/jrosario2024/bly0cqhz25ko5ag2/wish/2587470814 This is my anchor text. 

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The main character in this story is a boy named Ebo.

The story takes place in Ghana. 

Ebo has a brother named Kwame.

Kwame had disappeared and Ebo thinks it was probably an attempt to travel to Europe, which can be a dangerous voyage. 

It is known in the village that people travel to Europe for a better life by boat to stay undetected. 

Kwame and Ebo also had a sister who partook in this journey to Europe months before Kwame went missing. 

Ebo refuses to be left alone and goes on a quest which lands him across the Sahara Desert. 

This quest led Ebo to the dangerous streets of Tripoli, and afterwards straight to the sea which he will be using to boat to Europe.

Along the journey Ebo holds on to all hope that he will have a new life and reunite with his family. 

This graphic novel showed the struggles immigrants face while searching for new beginnings. In addition, the sacrifices they had to make, such as leaving their family behind.

Ebo was only 12 years old at the time and he fled his low social economic area and culture of no opportunities to find a better life and find his family. 

His sister Sisi and brother Kwame disappeared, it was believed they fled to Europe.  He left Ghana to try and find them and reunite with his family.

My reaction to this book is that I liked the book alot. 

I could relate to the book in some ways since the majority of my family are immigrants. 

It was a very interesting read and I realized how real it is to be an immigrant.

This was my anchor text so I based my question around this source. 

Ebo went through many struggles traveling to Europe and his family left him behind so he left to go find them.]]> 2023-05-11 16:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jrosario2024/bly0cqhz25ko5ag2/wish/2587470814 jrosario2024 https://padlet.com/jrosario2024/bly0cqhz25ko5ag2/wish/2596967886 This is a documentary about an African immigrant.

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This documentary is about Samuel Santana.

He is from Ghana, in West Africa. 

In the beginning of Samuel's story he stated his journey started with God.

He expresses his gratitude and his faith.  He stated if it wasn't for God he wouldn't be who he is now.

Out of his whole family he was the only one who came to the US.

His parents, his siblings, and family all stayed in Ghana. 

He came from Ghana with 2 pants, 2 shoes, and 2 shirts.

That was all he had when he came to the states.  

He didn't know anybody in the US when he arrived this foreign country. 


His journey was filled with struggles.  He experienced culture shock in America.  In Ghana he was raised to be tough so when he ended up going to a boarding school with all boys "it wasn't a shock".

He found a friend at a shop and was allowed to stay in that person's basement for some time till he became stable.

That friend also got him his first job.

Once he had to leave that person's house he then had to sleep in his car for a couple years.

He then enrolled in a community college.

Normally in college you're only allowed to take 18 credit hours but since Samuel's GPA was so good he ended up taking 21 credits per term.

He was doing attending college, working for the school, and working a security job.

He stated, "If you stay focused and you know which way you want to go you can make it".

This story was very inspiring.  He came to an unknown country and focused on his dream.  Hi was very goal driven with a great work ethic.

My reaction to this source is that Samuel Santana is a very strong minded man.

I like how he stated he started his journey to US with God.

He is doing very well now and I am proud of him for overcoming all the challenges he faced and persevered.

This source relates to my resource question very well because Samuel states how out of his whole family he was the only person who came to the US.

Also when he came he barely had any clothes.

Another struggle he got to talk about is that he didn't know anybody in the country.

That must be hard for immigrants mentally to go somewhere and not know anyone. ]]> 2023-05-19 01:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jrosario2024/bly0cqhz25ko5ag2/wish/2596967886 jrosario2024 https://padlet.com/jrosario2024/bly0cqhz25ko5ag2/wish/2597659798 This is a podcast of an African Immigrant Andrew Kibe.

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Andrew Kibe works with the idea of masculinity in African nations.

He is from Kenya.

He came to the US 2 years ago.

In Kenya they speak English.

When he came to the US he became homeless and had to live in a friend's house and live in his sitting room.

He started making social media content and uploading videos online.

He made his own podcast and posted a video every day. 

Each video was only 2.5 minutes long.

The reasoning behind why each video was 2.5 minutes is because since he was homeless and lived in a friends house he had to adapt to that area. 

Where his friend lived was across the street from an airport and there was a 2.5 minute window between flights. 

He continued making videos which was his passion and gained fame on social media for his hot topics.

This shows that even in the worst situations, don't give up on your dreams.

He couldn't edit any of his videos because he didn't have any editing software. 

This is why many people liked him, for his rawness and authenticity.

He made all his videos off of a, "dying laptop".  Andrew Kibe's tenacity was admirable.  He was revered by people all around the world. 

My reaction to this source is Andrew Kibe's life story is very crazy.

He went through an intense amount of obstacles but he didn't let them get in the way of his dreams. 

He went from being homeless to being a social media star and his story is very empowering.

This source relates to my resource question very well because he talks about how when he came to the US 2 years ago he was homeless. 

Not only was he homeless but then he had to live in a basement.

The only option he felt he had was to make YouTube videos.

Those YouTube videos ending up working in his favor and helped him out of poverty.]]> 2023-05-19 14:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jrosario2024/bly0cqhz25ko5ag2/wish/2597659798 jrosario2024 https://padlet.com/jrosario2024/bly0cqhz25ko5ag2/wish/2598052581 This is a newscast video about the horrific conditions African migrants are facing in Italy.

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13,000 migrants mainly from Africa have migrated to Italy as of May 2021.

3 times the number of migrants around the same time in 2020.

The struggle for migrants does not end once they reach European shores.

Producer Adam Raney reports from southern Italy on how migrant farmworkers are fighting for better working conditions.

After working for 13 years in the fields of Italy, farmworker Rita Godwin lives in a small room. 

Rita is from Nigeria.

She has no availability to water, electricity, or utilities. 

In order for her to get water for drinking or cooking she needs to fill a bucket with water nearby. 

She then puts the water in a pot and boils it wit herbs.

She does this to prevent herself from becoming ill.

In 2008 Rita traveled from Africa across the sea to Italy. 

She left her two children behind and all she can do to support her kids is send them money when she can. 

After sending her children money she is left with barely anything to support herself. 

Rita stated she felt trapped in Italy because she never lived in such an impoverished environment. 

A man from Ghana named Abdulai Issmail came to Italy thinking he would have more opportunities than in his home country. 

He stated that where he was living in Italy was shameful to him and he didn't like answering video calls from his family back in Ghana.

He lives in an area called a settlement and there are 80 other settlements like his across Italy.

My reaction to this source is that its crazy people are treated this way to this day. 

Generally when people think about racism they think about slavery but things like this still go on to this day.

I think its very unfair that these hardworking people aren't paid enough and have to live in settlements. 

This source relates to my question because it focuses on challenges African descendants go through to this day which is perfect for my resource question.]]> 2023-05-19 23:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jrosario2024/bly0cqhz25ko5ag2/wish/2598052581