Short Answer: Cultural Pluralism
Short Answer: Cultural Pluralism
Short Answer:
There are four questions presented here – Answer the questions in 1-2 paragraphs, drawing on other credible sources, vetted if possible.
1. Identify the places, institutions, and media through which the second generation interacted with both the ethnic immigrant world of their parents and with mainstream U.S. culture. How did these interactions shape the second generation’s view of their social and political roles?
2. Describe the factors that led African Americans in the early twentieth century to migrate out of the South during the Great Migration, and what they encountered, both positive and negative, after they arrived in the urban North and West.
3. According to Hannah Gurman, President Nixon’s “war on drugs” made border security a more central focus for national politics and law enforcement activity. What are some of the consequences of this shift in policy that Gurman identifies?
4. The women whose lives were documented in the film Made in L.A. faced multiple challenges in both their personal and professional lives. Discuss the ways in which race, gender, class, and immigration status intersected to distinctively shape those challenges and their responses to them.
