We Wanted Workers Introduction Reflection Throughout the introduction of We Wanted Workers, Borjas brings up many interesting points. One that stood out was his discussion of points made by Paul Collier, a professor at Oxford University. Collier asserts: “A rabid collection of xenophobes… Read moreBorjas Introduction Reflection
Throughout pages 71-100 of Race, Wrongs, and Remedies; Wax discusses the viability of employment remedies in trying to improve the situation of African Americans in America. An interesting point that Wax makes is that many people jump to the argument that race… Read moreWax on Employment Remedies Reflection
In pages 64-70 of Race, Wrongs, and Remedies; Amy Wax discusses the problem of education in many African American communities. She explains that in most cases, it is hard to get better teachers to go teach in schools that are lagging… Read moreWax on Education reflection
In this most recent reading of We Wanted Workers the author heavily focuses on the idea of assimilation and the implications that assimilation has on both immigrants and the rest of the American public. The author notes that all throughout… Read moreAssimilation
An argument that I found to be prevalent while reading George J. Borjas’ We Wanted Workers first few chapters was the crowd that is attracted to coming to America through immigration. Over the entire history of America there have been… Read moreWe Wanted Workers CH3-4 Reflection