https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo What were some of the obstacles your interviewee had to face? Were there shared obstacles all your interviewee’s faced? What accounts for the difference? en-us 2018-09-26 21:33:49 UTC 2018-10-01 15:36:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286639749 None of our interviewees had significant obstacles when immigrating, as policies have changed and they came through before they were super strict, but they knew people impacted by or have heard of the barriers put in place for immigrants today. My interviewee attributed the differences in immigration obstacles to stereotypes and fear of others, especially after 9/11. In particular, they care about race and religion more than ever.]]> 2018-09-27 17:00:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286639749 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286641266 None of the people we interviewed encountered significant obstacles in the process of immigrating to the United States because they/their parents all came for work and job opportunities. The person I interviewed had trouble assimilating into the American culture after immigrating. Each of the immigrants had different experiences due to when they came to the US and where they lived after entering the country.]]> 2018-09-27 17:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286641266 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286641421 Group: Elizabeth V, Diana , Jisel
All interviewees had to face the challenge of getting used to American culture. Quickly finding work and stable living conditions were also difficult. The language barrier, economic/ financial background, and connections in the US (having friends or family already immigrated here) affected people's experiences.]]> 2018-09-27 17:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286641421 oszatkowski20 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286643707 All the interviewees faced the obstacle of getting used to the American culture and work hard for their future. Personally my interviewee had the to face the obstacle of moving a lot and to get used to the culture moving from a Polish community in New York to California where there was any Polish spoken. Each immigrant had a different experience coming to the U.S. and ended up staying to experience the American dream and to accomplish their dreams/ experience a "better life". ]]> 2018-09-27 17:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286643707 oflores20 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286644389  The only obstacles All of the interviewees faced was that they  wanted to come to  the United States to live a better life and have better opportunities but it was difficult getting used to the culture . The differences were the reasons for immigrating into the United States. For example, my interviewee's parents came to escape the Mexican revolution and another persons parents came because of a job opportunity. ]]> 2018-09-27 17:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286644389 onguyen20 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286644754 Some of the obstacles that all the interviewees faced was :
- being discriminated because they were new to America, treated differently because of their skin color and how they spoke "broken-english"
- The invisible barrier that separated immigrants from the American citizens made it difficult to communicate, find jobs, and ask for help
- balancing between the American culture and their own culture was an obstacle because many struggled to fit in as well as stick to their ethnic roots]]> 2018-09-27 17:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286644754 lmullenex20 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286700863 The interviewees did not all share one obstacle. One interviewee did not speak english and had to work hard to learn it, one interviewee was bullied for an accent, another had difficulty of getting a green card, and one had a lot of trouble with the government during the immigration process. There might have been a difference in how the interviewees fit in with the public and where they lived in America, as some of them had trouble with English, but some of them knew the language and some didn't, but one interviewee did not speak English yet lived in California and did not feel discriminated against.]]> 2018-09-27 18:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286700863 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286701086 All the interviewees faced obstacles. Some examples was learning the English language, inequality of men and women in certain jobs, and the support from parents. My interviewee already learned English but her parents were against her coming to the Silicon Valley, which caused some conflict between them when she left for Silicon Valley. Overall, they all have different experiences coming to the United States. However, they all lived better life and had a better opportunities.]]> 2018-09-27 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286701086 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286703002 All of the interviews faced obstacles both coming to America and then adjusting to a new life and a new culture. Some of the interviewees had trouble getting access to come here but a lot of their obstacles varied on their country of origin. ]]> 2018-09-27 18:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286703002 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286704439 My interviewee, my mom, came to America to pursue education in computer science, which did not have adequate resources at the time in India. She faced racism and discrimination at times, as well as the difficulty of coming to America in the first place and the uncertainty of visas being denied when she wanted to go home. Others in my group faced racism and discrimination in the country; while my mom faced it as an adult, sometimes from institutions (she was not able to get a driver's license in New Jersey at one point because the instructor denied her and blamed her for "taking jobs"), other interviewees experienced it earlier, like in high school. Sometimes it was a less aggressive form, and more of a culture shock and difficulty adjusting to the country. There were also assumptions of culture, like people not knowing that one of the interviewees spoke fluent Spanish.]]> 2018-09-27 18:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286704439 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286706104 From my groups there were some shared obstacles, and some obstacles that were different because of the country where the person immigrated from. Also, none of our immigrants that we interviewed did not come to the United States to seek asylum. For two of us whose dad's came from Mexico through the border, they both hired coyote (smugglers), but the journey that they went on with the coyote was different. While the other two of our parent's traveled overseas, and came for reasons such as being a part of the navy. A common obstacle when the immigrants were settled in the states from all our histories was language and finding a community where they could fit into. ]]> 2018-09-27 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286706104 hagueros20 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286706869 One of the obstacles that our interviewees felt was the shock of the culture difference. They had a little bit of trouble to fit in with the culture here and to learn how to interact with others in a way that was accepted and "normal". For my mom specifically, she felt uncomfortable because people would single her out in a way, and she was just really not used to something like that because everyone in Japan is pretty similar in their experiences and culture. The difference between them was just which culture they came from; each culture was different and so the adjustment from their culture to the American culture. ]]> 2018-09-27 18:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/286706869 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287003725 My interviewee and her family faced and still faces a lot of discrimination for being Mexican immigrants. Everything is more complicated for them, because her and her family are constantly being questioned, doubted, pulled over, etc. just because they are the "other" that today's media is discriminating against. My other group members' interviewees had a difficult time coming to America but mostly for different reasons, like loneliness or loss of culture. Maria also found that her culture was less focused on, but her main concern was the law and how because of where she was from it was just harder for her to go through normal things that white Americans could go through easily. 

]]> 2018-09-28 15:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287003725 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287006380 Some obstacles that our group learned about were: the process to become a citizen is extremely hard, no matter where or what background you come from.  On the other had, one of our interviewees came from Sweden and did not have to much trouble at all getting in. Sophie's interviewee actually came here because she was experiencing a lot of violence and that's why the decision was made to try to get into the US. My interviewee had to go through a lot of questioning and paper work and then when she got here, she wasn't necessarily accepted in some places like Chicago, however, she was welcomed with wide arms in California.  ]]> 2018-09-28 15:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287006380 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287010073 My interviewee was with my aunt. Immigrating from Mexico, she only knew how to speak Spanish. This was the biggest obstacle she faced because of the language barrier. This was a common obstacle between my group member's interviewees as well. Even now, my aunt who knows and speaks English, but has an accent when she speaks, says that it can be difficult with English not being her first language. ]]> 2018-09-28 15:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287010073 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287012047 My interviewee was my mom and though she came from a primarily white country, she still struggled a lot. She didn't speak any English and knew no one in France. She had no car and no family to help with two loud kids. Most of our interviewees struggled with feeling completely American or completely their country. They have a complete split identities. Depending on where someone came is what made the most distinct difference. ]]> 2018-09-28 15:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287012047 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287016351 In my group with Inez R, Clara O, Audrey S, our interviewees have had different obstacles ranging from simply waiting to putting their life on the line. The people who waited had to wait for a long time, even as long as 10 years. My aunt was one who put her life on the line to come to America. She had to sail the Pacific Ocean in a small, cramped row boat with two small children with practically nothing. The dangers faced were being captured back, going hungry, going overboard, being separated from family, and death. Half our interviewees landed in a diverse community in which they did not feel excluded or discriminated against because everyone else was an immigrant. 

The accounting differences were that they came from different backgrounds. Some people were white or racially accepted and came to the states easily. Others were escaping into the US as a refugee. ]]> 2018-09-28 15:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287016351 jportera20 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287051623 Group Members: Helen, Maria, Shivani
My interviewee was my grandpa, Michell Portera. He is a 2nd gen immigrant and is fully Italian. The biggest obstacle he faced was probably the language barrier between himself and his family. He was only spoken to in English and never learned Italian while some of his other family members only spoke Italian.
However, all of my groups interviewees faced balancing out their lives. America was a new place for them and it was kind of hard for them to adjust to their new life. They also had to get jobs and had to overcome language barriers. For the difference, my grandpa is a 2nd gen immigrant while all of my groups other interviewees were 1st gen.]]> 2018-09-28 16:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287051623 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287051810 In my group there is Savannah M, Abby T. and Shobha S. Each person who was interviewed faced difficulties that were either really hard or did not have any at all. There were shared obstacles that were faced including a language barrier and also some interviewees did not come to the U.S with a lot of money. One difference of an obstacle is one interviewee  hardly had any obstacles besides with learning the language and another interviewee faced having to go back and forth to their country. My grandparents hardly had any money coming to the U.S and also in a way had a difficult time with learning the language.]]> 2018-09-28 16:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287051810 rguglin20 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287052846 My interviewee was my grandma, who arrived on Ellis Island as the two-year-old daughter of Holocaust refugees in 1949. It had been 8 years since her parents fled their home in Poland. They had lost everything. My family was fortunate because my great-grandfather was able to get a position as a doctor with the UN relief agency in Germany; they were lucky to be so high on the list since immigration was based on quotas. They had to send their other family members before them to make sure they would get in. A common obstacle among our group's interviewees was this difficulty entering the US and becoming a citizen. Sometimes it can take more than a decade to become a citizen, and people are often turned away after sacrificing so much to come here. We found that biases like racism and xenophobia have always caused differences in how immigrating groups are treated. ]]> 2018-09-28 16:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287052846 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287053351 Group Members: Liliana S. an Angela Z. Some of the obstacles that all of our interviewee's faced were that they all struggled with the English language and getting used to a whole new Country. Another obstacle that our interviewees had was being financially unstable seeing as they all came into a new country that had a different currency. The accounting differences were that Angela's father went ahead and decided to continue his education whereas Lily's grandparents only had a 4th Grade education and my mom had a high school education and both of our interviewees did not try to get a higher education. ]]> 2018-09-28 17:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287053351 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287053391 One of the biggest obstacles my interviewee, my dad, had to face  was a financial drawback because when he first got admission to the United States, he didn't get assistantship so if he hadn't taken a loan, he wouldn’t have been here.
 ]]> 2018-09-28 17:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287053391 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287054515 My interviewee did not have many challenges because her family easily adopted the American identity. Everything seemed normal being a 2nd generation immigrant. Most of our interviewees had a easy transition to being an American citizen. However, there was some racism and discrimination against a couple of our interviewees. ]]> 2018-09-28 17:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287054515 m1k43l4 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287670761 My interviewee was adamant that she had faced no obstacles. She had a relative living in the US who requested residence visas for her and her daughter, and so her immigration process was straightforward. My group members however said that their interviewees faced discrimination in the job markets for they had both immigrated during times of economic recession. While my and Nisha's interviewees immigrated during the same year, their differing ethnicities could account for their difference in treatment. ]]> 2018-10-01 15:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287670761 igiubileo20 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287672432 Group: Kanika Khemka, Emily Hoang, Ashley Oh, Isabella Giubileo
My interviewee shared that she had a hard time staying connected to her extended family because they were so far from where they had immigrated. She said that as a child English was not her first language and as she started school she had to learn it very quickly in order to stay on track . The quote “In America we obviously have immigration issues, but we haven’t felt any negative repercussions of that mostly because my parents have been here so long and we come from a Western country” shows how discrimination was not an issue her family faced. ]]> 2018-10-01 15:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287672432 alicea20 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287674189 Group Members: Sophie Meckstroth, Kalysta Pallais, Yashima Birly

My interviewee shared obstacles and challenges that I feel a lot of people forget about. I interviewed my dad, and he spoke a lot about finding his American Identity. One of his main obstacles was always being in between a Mexican and an American, because he never felt that either of those identities were him. Even though he was born here, he never felt at home here in America or when he would go back to Mexico. It was really troubling for him. ]]> 2018-10-01 15:22:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287674189 mvanuy20 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287675237 Language - learning English- was an obstacle. Financial difficulties was an obstacles. As refugees, America did not reject them. Political - economic refugees was a status]]> 2018-10-01 15:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287675237 pjuneja20 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287675263 Group Members- Sangeeta, Ca Dao, Maya, Anna

Some of the obstacles my interviewee had was being comfortable with the cultural and social norms. Everyone had the issue of feeling different, getting used the language, the rules, and they culture. I think that one f the big differences is the struggle economically. Some interviewees struggled more than others. I think this depends on when they came, how, and with you. The different circumstances made a difference in how or what someone struggled with. ]]> 2018-10-01 15:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287675263 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287680269 Some obstacles our interviewees had to face were discrimination, loneliness, and the the need to learn English when they first immigrated. I think there were many shared obstacles as all of our interviewees immigrated as young adults and didn't really know anyone in the United States when they emigrated there. ]]> 2018-10-01 15:31:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287680269 eduncan20 https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287681667 My interviewee said that she was lucky to not have faced many obstacles, but would sometimes be taken back by off-hand comments that people would make about Filipinos and Filipino culture. She also mentioned sometimes feeling uncomfortable talking about Filipino traditions her family practiced around people who weren't Filipino especially when she was younger because people would find it weird. ]]> 2018-10-01 15:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ajohnson174/kvwzfvyvirlo/wish/287681667