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Category Archives: Amanda Lederman
Education and Cultural Diversity
In Chapter 7 of “From Ellis Island to JFK,” Foner does a great job contrasting the “old ways” of Americanization and the school system with the new. I thought it was interesting to learn how rigid the schools were when … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda Lederman, April 30
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Same Place, New Image
Up until this point we’ve been spending a lot of time discussing the decrepit, decaying image of the Lower East Side and how this image contributed to the abandonment and lack of growth in the area. For the first time … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda Lederman, April 23
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Racism In the Past, Present and Future
Chapter 5 of From Ellis Island to JFK really opened my eyes to the fact that race is a “changeable perception” mainly because it is what Foner calls, “ a social and cultural construction.” Foner does a great job … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda Lederman, April 9
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Response to Foner’s Chapter 4
I thought that Nancy Foner’s contrast in chapter four between the earlier and more recent female immigrants really put things into perspective. The progress migrant women have made over the last few decades is remarkable. The fact that female immigrants … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda Lederman, March 12
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The Vicious Cycle
While reading the New York Times this past week I came across an article titled “After Years of Delay, a Lower East Side Gap Is Ready to Be Filled.” The first paragraph reads, “Nearly half a century after a neighborhood … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda Lederman, March 5
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From Ellis Island to JFK: Chap. 1
Despite all the recent news coverage there has been on immigration and the “path to citizenship,” after reading Foner’s “Who They Are and Why They Have Come,” I can safely say that I thought I knew a lot more than … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda Lederman, February 26
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Comments on “The Melting Pot and the Color Line”
One of the arguments that stood out to me while reading Steinberg’s “The Melting Pot And The Color Line” was the fact that “America’s melting pot has been inclusive of everybody but blacks.” Although Steinberg explains that other “people … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda Lederman, February, February 12
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