Capital Economies Pg. 426

The United States has been a country of immigrants since the beginning. We are a country of outsiders trying to live together in this “land of the free”. Each one of our ancestors left their homeland in search of freedoms; the freedom of religion, the freedom of speech, and the freedom to make their own money how they best see fit. The impact of each separate ethnic and immigrant group has contributed to our American economy today.

            Some argue that immigration (legal or illegal) is harming our economy but where would be without the original immigrants of America who contributed their hard-work in to building their new life in America? Each culture - African Americans, Koreans, Italians, Irish, etc – brought their values and work ethic to the new country and instilled those in to our current generation. Stereotyping these cultures that lead us to where we are today is a huge insult. It is upsetting to realize that so many of these ethnic sub-groups are being negatively stereotyped while their ancestors helped build this economy and nation.