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Salam Pax: Who is to Blame for Stereotypes? The country of the United States has always been a country of immigrants and migrants. Immigrants have come from many
Submitted by cominginsecond on November 15, 2006
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The country of the United States has always been a country of immigrants and migrants. Immigrants have come from many lands and have experienced various degrees of success in adapting to life in the United States. And though the United States claims to be a country of freedom and liberty, its citizens prove otherwise. The United States is supposed to be the most powerful country in the world, holding around 4,386 post-secondary institutions (Wikipedia.com) handing out degrees to thousands of students, yet so many citizens remain ignorant and unopened. The United States' "most powerful country" title can be blamed for some citizens' competitiveness, which leads to a lack of openness to other countries and even newer citizens. That, among many other reasons such as pop culture and education, or lack thereof, can be responsible, but individual citizens can be held accountable if they do not make an effort to change his/her need of awareness.
In, the movie, House of Sand and Fog, an Iranian immigrant, Colonel Behrani, who fled Iran during times of conflict, now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He works odd jobs to support his family, and he yet he still maintains the appearance of being a respected businessman so as not to shame his family, his wife and children. When he finds the opportunity to buy a house for an incredible price, he takes it. Behrani then finds his family and himself in a both a civil and cultural conflict with the previous owner of the house, Kathy, and her lover, an officer. The officer threatens Behrani and his family with deportation, even though they have claimed citizenship in the United States. The officer's ignorance begins when he finds out their last name of Behrani', he regards it at foreign and declares their place in the country can be temporary.
With a country like the United States where the idea of an American Dream is an idea all its citizens are supposed to be able to achieve, even figures of...
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