Throughout Chapter 5 of Borjas’ We Wanted Workers, he focuses on the concept of economic assimilation and how this differs from assimilation in other areas of life. Borjas begins by addressing the idea that immigrants who have been in the… Read moreERA We Wanted Workers Ch.5
When reading through the first two chapters of George J. Borjas’ We Wanted Workers, I found myself intrigued by Lennon’s Utopia and Borjas’ suggestion that this is a game of imagine. He presents an especially clear argument in order to… Read more“Building Walls”
Through the introduction of the institution of slavery, the unique situation of American blacks was formed. Once Africans were thrown onto the slave ships, they experienced a loss of ethnic identity. These people were no longer defined by their individual… Read moreShort Essay 4
After listening to Amy Wax express her opinions and thoughts over Skype in class today, I was especially stuck by her statement that “color blindness is a good policy.” While I do concede that personal responsibility and behavior is a… Read moreColor Blindness
In the beginning of Amy Wax’s book titled Race, Wrongs, and Remedies, she begins to formulate an argument about the issue of race in America and the ways in which this problem is being addressed. In the first section of… Read moreERA Race, Wrongs, and Remedies pp. 1-33