Blog 4


My dad hated that my sister and I mainly spoke Portuguese while growing up, which we spoke especially during the time spent with our grandparents. He feared it would single us out and make us targets to harassment like what happened to him. When my dad immigrated here from Portugal, he was singled out and tortured by his peers and his elders for not speaking English properly. He would be teased and picked on in classes. It brought him a lot of shame and embarrassment when he stood out because of his different mother tongue and his inability to spak without an accent. My dad would always tell us to speak English with him, even though we spoke Portuguese to everyone else at home. Eventually the idea of my sister and I speaking Portuguese became more acceptable to him when he realized that it had no effect on our ability to speak English. Also, being able to communicate with my entire family was important.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Blog 1

This article speaks of the negative impact that President Trump’s new immigration reforms can and will have on the American workforce, business owners, and citizens of society as a whole. Specifically, this article focuses on Trump’s decision to have tens of thousands of Haitians, Salvadorians, and Hondurans leave the country by terminating their legality and in consequence, their work permits. Large percentages, as much as twenty to thirty percent, of workers in many fields would be terminated and their labor useless. Business owners would then struggle to keep production going and clients happy. The author of the article even wrote, “ Construction companies already confronting a nationwide labor shortage will have to replace workers from what industry executives said was a minuscule pool, or turn down projects.” When business owners have to turn down projects due to lack of labor workers, their ability to profit and grow is denied. There are available jobs, why not allow those who w...
Read more

Blog 6

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/undocumented-immigrant-father-of-leukemia-patient-takes-refuge-in-phoenix-church/ Jesus Berrones is seeking refuge in a church in Phoenix in order to avoid deportation. He immigrated to the United States as a toddler and has lived the rest of his life in America. He knows no other life outside of the United States. If he were to be deported, Jesus will no longer be able to be the main provider of his family. The Berrones have five children and are expecting their sixth. Although his spouse and children are all legal citizens, Jesus is not and is constantly in fear of being separated from his family. Even more difficult is the fact that one of Jesus’ sons is battling leukemia and without the help from his father would be unable to take his medication. Since his mother is expecting she cannot since she is at a higher risk of radiation damage when handling the cancer medications. The only way for Jesus to receive citizenship at the mo...
Read more

Blog 13

This article tells the story of Juan Quiroz and his family. He is serving in the navy and is preparing for deployment later on in the year. The stress of preparing to go over seas has a huge strain on most families. But for Juan, his wife, and their two sons, there is added on stress lingering in their minds. Juan’s wife is in the United States illegally and every time he goes to serve, he has to worry about her deportation. She currently has a deportation order out for her so any run in with officials could separate their family for years. While this family sacrifices so much to fight for our country, the country they are fighting for is trying to ruin them. https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/03/22/sailor-faces-deployment-and-immigrant-wifes-deportation/
Read more