Bharati Mukherjee is an Indian woman who went to America during her school days and spent 2 years in Iowa. After that, she went back to Calcutta and married a man who was chosen for her. With her husband she moved to Canada where she found difficulties with society because of her cultural background.
After 14 years of living in Canada she decided to move to the United States and become an American citizen by her choice. She decided to do that because of the principles that were set in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights made her be more conscious about her human rights and the empowerment it gave to citizens. But now she considers the conversation of what it means to be American a big controversy.
Violence against immigrants is dividing the country between “us and them”. But Americans mostly forget that the US was built upon the many types of immigrants. They forget that American Culture has been affected by American Indians, African American, Latin American and, Asian American cultures.
Her overall purpose is to warn people and make them see that America is a mix of cultures. When she mentions <em>“We must be alert to the dangers of an “us” vs. “them” mentality”</em> and <em>“We must think of American culture and nationhood as a constantly re-forming, transmogrifying “we.””</em> she wants to let Americans and all cultures know that adding is gaining and that immigrants of all parts of the world will add to the culture more value and it will make it more diverse and inspiring.
The answer is:
B: Though the speakers in Okita’s poem and Cisneros’s short story have strong roots in foreign cultures, both of them feel more connected to their American identities.
The sons and daughters of immigrants grow up with a contradictory culture in their spirits, they grow up being form there, but also from here, this is what they try to portray that, they both try to make clear the conection and bond they share with their old cultures and with the country that gave them a nationality.
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Read An Editorial: It's time for a nation to return the favor (The Times-Picayune)
The author of the editorial "It's Time for a Nation to Return the Favor' is most likely a:
A. resident of New Orleans trying to get the federal government to
pay to rebuild the city.
B. politician considering how much money to spend on rebuilding
New Orleans
C. native of the South demonstrating why it was foolish for people to
settle in New Orleans,
D. meteorologist warning that stronger storms are likely to hit New
Orleans in the future.
Answer: A. resident of New Orleans trying to get the federal government to pay to rebuild the city.
Explanation:
The author is expressing a point of view from the perspective of a resident of New Orleans. This becomes clear every time he refers to the benefits of the city as "our". For example, he refers to "our ports", "our shores", and "our jazz".
The main purpose of the article is to convince the citizens of New Orleans to demand help from Congress to rebuild the city after it was flooded by Katrina.
