… by replying to me. Select another story from The Immigrant Story. Summarize it paragraph by paragraph like we did in class here, and then put it together to create a summary of the entire text. This will be your 4th source for the argument essay. Post your complete summary here.
Powered by:
top
3 thoughts on “Source 4 Summary: Post it Here…”
In the article “Searching for Her Birth Family” by Emily Ker, Olivia Wolf, a adoptee, was found when she was a baby with a tiny piece of paper saying her date and place of birth- Shaoyang, China Feb.24,1995. The police found her and brought her to an orphanage where she stayed for several months until she was adopted by a Jewish American family that lived in New York. Wolf grew up in a mainly white area but as she states “Culturally I’m more similar to white Americans, but being called ‘white’ feels off, somehow odd.” When she was a high school junior she went to Japan as “ an exchange student”. Different from the United States where she felt blended in terms of mindset but off because of her physical appearance. In Japan she felt that she could fit physically but not in viewpoint. Also, she went to Israel on Birthright, but even though she could feel connected in terms of mindset and background she couldn’t feel that she belongs completely because of her race. When she was a kid, she didn’t had much interest in look for her birth family. However, when she watched a movie about a Chinese adopted child that came back to China to meet her birth family made her want to look into it. Later, Wolf studied in Macalester College and while she was there she took a summer break to learn Chinese in Shanghai. She didn’t want her first time in China being to look for her birth family, she wanted to feel comfortable there first. After she graduated from college, she spent two weeks in Shaoyang with her father looking for her birth family, she handled out flyers, let a local newspaper publish a story about her and even tried to talk with possible birth families in person, but nothing. In addition, she spent a year in Hunan province in China where she participated in a reality show to find people and hired a birth searcher but neither of the strategies worked. Even though she liked China’s culture and the people who helped her she felt as “her heart is American”. In her point of view since she didn’t grow up in China she didn’t feel as deeply connected to the culture. Another important factor that she started thinking about is the socioeconomic differences that happens in most cases with adoptees and birth families. Her search for her birth family hasn’t come to an end yet but she did learn a lot. She believes that she grew up very privileged in most ways in the United States. She says that while many adoptees become successful, go to college, and have high paying jobs, the birth family of a girl she knows could barely afford meat and had never stepped in a college before. She feels that she’s not better or smarter just because she had the opportunity to travel and go after her passions, she feels that is lucky. “Wolf started her grad school this Fall in California to pursue a MFA in creative writing.”
Fang Zhou learned as he traversed the maze that is the U.S. immigration system that perseverance pays off. She explained that during her immigration process, she demonstrated her character by not giving up until she exhausted her last resource, always looking for opportunities, and giving herself a chance. Fang decided to leave China after graduation to pursue a career in journalism in the United States. Fang said coming to the U.S. to study was her first choice because she could get more education and something different in the U.S. A lot of students in China decide to come to the U.S. to study, so this decision was easy for her. She attended Kansas State University, and after graduation, Fang’s F-1 visa allowed her to pursue 12 months of optional practical training. In 2013, she was hired by an international compliance firm in Portland, Oregon. The business agreed to sponsor her for an H-1B VISA, which entitles the holder to work temporarily in the United States. Fang has made friends at work, and she enjoys being at work so much that she wants to stay in the U.S. even though her plans for the future are vague in this job. Fang said that as an independent person in the United States, she does not have to force herself to accept the expectations given to her by her family and society, which makes her feel wonderful. In 2016, Fang decided to stop working in the industry, and she then moved to a tech company as a public relations director. Since that year, she has been applying for a green card. While she was waiting for her green card, her new employer helped her extend her H-1B visa. However, Fang encountered issues when she attempted to renew her H1-B visa for the third time. Suddenly, her employer’s claim that Fang’s position at the company could not be filled by a U.S. citizen was contested by the federal government. In order for Fang to resolve this issue, she had to stand with her lawyer and employer to submit her work details. This situation was very detrimental to Fang and could have threatened her green card application. She describes the situation she was in, which was difficult, both physically and psychologically. The good news is that in June, Fang got her H1-B renewal request, but as a Chinese from the largest immigrant country, she will have to wait longer to get her green card. After Fang successfully received her green card in January 2022, she began her volunteer and public speaking work to bring awareness to more people about the struggles immigrants face in the United States. In terms of my perspective and what I can do for people and causes that are important to me, the entire experience “changed me so much,” says Fang. “That essentially motivated me to speak out more on immigration. I can talk about it now that I have a voice.
According to the story of Avila, Sindy Avila-Gutierrez, her real name, is an undocumented immigrant who has always been a rebel in the way she works to prove people wrong. She was born in Mexico and moved to Woodburn, Ore, at age 2. She found a strong sense of community from the start. The author recalls the great memories of being at school, which was a great experience for them. They also knew that their family was not alone in their situation. Avila and her parents were not legal in the United States, which she ignored until one of her second-grade classmates asked her about it.And that confused her so much. She had not noticed the extent of their family situation, it was a taboo subject in their family. Avila didn’t talk about it again until high school. Fortunately for her, her two brothers had already started the steps for the university. Though she was undocumented, she was able to be an activist in high school. i knew that activism was part of who i was she confirmed. In addition, she had the chance to receive a full-ride scholarship at PSU and to work with the Northwest Immigrant Youth Alliance to protest immigration justice. Her life changed thanks to a big step she took during a protest. It was when she had just graduated from college, plus it was an encouraging protest for undocumented people like her. That encouraged her to declare in front of the crowd that she was undocumented, and that did not scare her. As a result, she received compassion from everyone. Even after the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) memorandum was signed in 2012, she proposed to continue to fight and demand a path to citizenship for all. As a result, it opened several doors to success for her. Avila is the vice principal of the Hillsboro School District’s summer school program, providing resources to students and their families to help them take ownership of their identity.