{"id":3183,"date":"2020-10-02T17:54:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T21:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=3183"},"modified":"2020-10-02T17:54:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T21:54:49","slug":"blog-post-10-05-kayla-oconnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2020\/10\/02\/blog-post-10-05-kayla-oconnell\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post 10\/05- Kayla O&#8217;Connell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When reading <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How The Other Half Lives <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">by Jacob Riis, I was immediately appalled by the way he spoke of both Italian and Chinese immigrants. In \u201cChapter V\u201d, Riis outlines his different opinions on Italian immigrants. He characterizes them as attention cravers, illiterate and hot-headed. He claims that the slums welcome them as tenants and Italians will \u201ceat his meals under the dump, on the edge of slimy depths and amidst surroundings full of unutterable horror\u201d(52). Throughout the entire chapter Riis only listed out a variety of stereotypes, insults, and back-handed compliments. In \u201cChapter IX\u201d, Riis once again outlines his unwanted opinions on the Chinese in Chinatown. He claims that the Chinese lack a handle of strong faith, are weak, and both stealthy and secretive. Riis even goes so far to say that Chinese immigrants serve no useful purpose to the United States and therefore we \u201cmust make the best of them\u201d. I was disgusted to read the utter amount of disrespect that he had for these Chinese immigrants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0It\u2019s truly sad to see that these immigrants were treated differently all because they wanted new and better opportunities for themselves and their families. They shouldn\u2019t have to deal with the alienation and rude insults from other citizens in the United States. To this day, a large percentage of the United States population refuses to accept immigrants. We ignore the fact that they are humans and are craving a better life. We are so quick to judge individuals who are not like us. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect and equality. Although the general perspective on immigration has improved, I wonder when this concept will be accepted by all. The topic of immigration continues to be a touchy subject for the U.S. and I wonder how policy will change in the future. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When reading How The Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis, I was immediately appalled by the way he spoke of both Italian and Chinese immigrants.&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2020\/10\/02\/blog-post-10-05-kayla-oconnell\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blog Post 10\/05- Kayla O&#8217;Connell<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4905,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4905"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3184,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3183\/revisions\/3184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}