I would not say that immigrants are portrayed as “bad people” but they are given a negative stigma when moving into new communities and snatching up jobs from out of work registered Americans. I would say that the word to use when describing the stigma that illegal immigrants have is that they are cheaters. America is a very welcoming country when you go through about the papers the right way. If immigrants could save up in their home town and migrate to the United States the correct way and live with the same expenses and salaries that we do then and only then that I do believe that immigrants will lose the hated stigma.

Another reason, in which society may look down on immigrants, is because of the downturn some towns have taken due to the immense increase of immigrants living in one area. One town on Long Island, called Farmingville has been a victim of vast increases in illegal immigration. This town has seen many houses house many families in a two bedroom house, and watch nice house slowly degrade due to the neglect that many illegal immigrants have inflicted upon their living spaces. With houses like this in your neighborhood, it would decrease the amount of affluent people that would want to purchase land in the area, and would also cause problems for trying to sell your house to move out of the neighborhood.
A third reason that immigrants are portrayed negatively is because the amount of tax payers money that they take up. As brought up in class Sam stated that if an illegal immigrant will ever need to use the emergency rooms for an injury the expense comes out of the tax payer’s project. Americans will also have to pay for any other expenses that illegal immigrants may obtain and cannot pay for.

When raising the question why does society dislike immigrants and why are they portrayed negatively, you are asking a question that has many different responses. There can be a few reasons as to why some people in society are not very fond of immigrants.
In my opinion one reason that society can be against immigrants is because jobs are being taken away from legal Americans. One may argue that they are only taking the jobs that no one wants to do in the United States, but this is not the case for some select jobs. Many landscaping as well as construction jobs are still decent paying and respectable jobs for Americans. By businesses trying to cut their costs and use good business practices, they are cheating and hurting Americans who are qualified for these jobs and that are struggling to make a good living.

Another reason why I believe white men are hesitant to get involved romantically with black women is stereotypes. Black women are usually perceived to be loud and opinionated and even sometimes full of themselves, I believe this stereotype scares white men away; just as any woman with high power/authority, (regardless of skin color) will have white men shy away from them. I am not saying that these stereotypes of black women are true, but it is definitely one thing that keeps me dating within the white race.
There are many influences that have an impact on us as we grow up, media, family, stereotypes, and education all impact us on the way we feel and the way we think. I have nothing against black women, it is just that I have been raised to be attracted to white women and their characteristics in personality and physical attributes. I know there is the possibility of being looked at funny in public when in an interracial relationship, and some families like mine would not approve, but the biggest reason for me to not date black girls is because I am just not attracted to their characteristics.

In my opinion white men are hesitant to date black girls for numerous reasons. A lot of it has to do with the culture in which we grew up in. As a white male who grew up in a mainly white area of Pennsylvania, I am positive my parents would throw a fit, if I ever brought a black/minority girl home. Even though people are becoming more accepting to other cultures and races, we still have a lot of "old school" believers that it is different and out of the norm to have interracial couples. And these "old school" believers are the ones who are raising us and forming our beliefs as we grow up.
While I would not consider myself a racist, I could also not see myself dating a black girl no matter how great their personality might be, I am just not attracted to the physical features of black women. I can also tell you that if a white woman had all the features of a black woman except for her skin color, I would still not find her attractive. There is something that is shaped as we grow up that helps us find the type of people we will be attracted to as we grow up.
Not only has my families beliefs influenced my choice of girls to date but so has the media. You will hardly ever see interracial couples in the media; this is because these relationships are not fully accepted in society just yet. I have no problem if any of my friends are interested in dating black or minority women, but I tend to find friends who have the same beliefs as me when it comes to dating.

I never however, felt as though I felt guilt about being white. In my mind if I felt guilt, everyone in every race would also feel guilt. Guilt is something that needs to happen then go away and by now with the world and all the people in it should realize that no one in this world should feel guilt. I believe that everything happens for a reason and that should be enough for everyone to forgive and forget everything. Those are the feelings that I have and I believe that everyone should also believe the same values.

When I first met him, he was different than I had expected but yet I still, over time, became good friends with him. Since we became friends, I ended up hanging out with him quite a lot, I saw a lot of differences in how we were different. We were not just different in our personalities but also our cultures in which we grew up in. I could tell his family meant something different to him than it did to me, I could also tell that we both had different ideas about where our lives should lead us, in our eyes at least. Although we had very many views, I feel as though he always held something against me because I was white. I could definitely feel as though tension was in between us.

In my entire lifetime that I can remember I never remember feeling guilty for my race. I am a white male who was born into a middle class family . I grew up in a very “white” populated area with very few different races around me. Until I came to college I had not really interacted that much with people of different races. My freshman year in college, my roommate was an African American. I was actually extremely excited to have someone from another race in which I could become friends with and learn about how he grew up.

. In a seven hundred person class, I feel as though since there are so many different races in one section, that no one really looks who they sit next to based on race. I feel as though I will still not be conscious of who I sit next too. The lecture and activity had no effect on me, for some it might have been an eye opening experience in which they will not always realize who they sit next to and when they might sometimes be “racist”. The exercise was a great way for people to realize how sometimes they are being racist.

. I do however feel as though the majority of the Black students in the class tend to sit in the front middle section of the classroom. I feel as though they do not do this to stay away from the other races, but more because by sitting in the front of the classroom allows you to more easily interact with Sam and the activities that he does. In no way do I think that people walk into the classroom and look around at the races they sit next to. I feel as though they more likely sit next to the people they are familiar with or whom they could most likely associate with.