Culture

    So in class this week we have been talking about culture and diversity in families and a topic that really stuck out to me was the immigration
    Living in Southern California and being half Mexican this topic kind of was personal to me. Where I live I see a lot of illegal immigrants and it has always kind of bothered me at the same time I could not help but feel for them. My thought on immigration use to be that yeah it was fine but as long as they went about it the right way and not illegally because my grandparents came to the U.S when my dad was just an infant but they did it legally and I thought that if my family could do it why is it so hard for everyone else. 
   But then we had to read this article for class about families that immigrated to the U.S and were living in either north or south Carolina I cant remember which one anyway it had interviews with both the parents and children on how hard but vital for them to come to the U.S and how they were separated for years before they could all be together again and I just thought I do not know if I could go through that and I really can not even imagine how difficult it is for parents to be away from their children or spouses to be separated and then having to cross the boarder not knowing if everyone is going to make it must bring great anxiety and hardships on the families
    Another part that really stood out to me was when the interviewers interviewed the children and parents separate and asked them different questions. I cant really relate with the moms and dads because I have never been a parent but I could relate with the children because I have obviously been one. the part that got me thinking was the teenagers that had to come and adapt to the new culture while trying to fit in and then having all those emotions and hormones thrown in the mix probably makes it very difficult because you want to still be with your family and close to your culture but want to fit in and just belong with your peers as well. in the interview one girl said how hard it was because her mom was getting mad with her because she was becoming "Americanized" and being disrespectful to her parents but isn't that what the want there kids to become like Americans and fit in I felt like after seeing that I could relate more and kind of felt bad for the immigrants my age that I know because I never took into consideration all the emotional and family dynamic changes they had to go through.
    I always thought that immigrants just hoped the boarder with no problem and just settled in fine and went about their day. but it can be such a hard and long process
    while I still have mixed feelings on illegal immigration I have a better understanding of all that goes into it and how hard it can really be.