What is the What post 2

Quote
"—You didn't tell us the answer: What is the What? My father shrugged.
—We don't know. No one knows."
p104

Significance:
The significance of this quotes is that it that it shows how ignorant these kids were to the events that were happening in their home land. Their father knows that they will eventually figure out "what is the what"

Question:
Do you think you know "what is the what"?


Quote:
"I suppose there is little in the way of violence that I have not seen in Sudan, in Kenya. I spent years in a refugee camp in Ethiopia, and there I watched two young boys, perhaps twelve years old, fighting so viciously over rations that one kicked the other to death."
108

Significance:
This shows people how difficult these people had it.They killed each other over food. I think that this can show people that they should appreciate the things that they have, because they could get killed over food.

Question:
Would you ever try to kill somebody for food?

What is the what - post 1

Quote:
"Man, why you even here? You coming here to wear your suits and act like you're all educated? didn't you know what you were going to get "got" here"
Page 19

Significance:
The significance of this quote shows how bad people think of his people coming over to America. they think that they are just here to take their jobs and look better than they are.

Question:
What would you say to somebody who said that to you?

Quote:
"We sat spine to spine so we could warn each other of predators"

Significance:
This shows you how dangerous it was for these boys to be walking across Africa. They had to sit back to back just so they could survive the night, but you might die the next day.

Question:
How would you react if you were in this position?

From Haven to Home and Children of Immigrants

Part 1.

The purpose of this was to learn about jews in america. I found alot of things in this musem interesting. For example their was a picture of henry ford, the founder of ford motors with the kkk. This was interesting becuase he said that he was agianst the kkk but here he is just another one of them. Also I saw that a lot of modern things that us americans have came from jewish people. When you stop to think about it, jews people are around america and they have a huge history of being here.

Part 2.
A photo that struck me was a picture of 3 immigrant boys playing basketball. I chose this because it shows how fast some people can pick up American culture as soon as they get here.
Quote- Tolerance means being accepting and helpful to others. It’s about having your opinions and listening to those of others. Tolerance is about justice. Tolerance is about being a good American in a free country.
~Tobi Abegunde, Nigeria
I chose this quote because if everybody in America was tolerant of each other, then we would all live peacefully

Immigrant Reflection

An immigrant is a person who moves to a different country seeking better life for them or their family?Their might be war in their country or they might live in a poor place or they might seek a better future and think were they are going is better.
We have more money and more jobs than other countries have.Also we are a lot cleaner than
We have a lot of Mexican people who live in southern California and they brought over some of their culture. This taught us different was to do things. My life has changed a lot because I meet immigrants everyday. Some of my best friends are immigrants and if I didn't know them, I think my life would be different.