Turning to America

It's crazy to think that immigrants come to America to better there lives and are still happier in the slums and ghettos of America than in their own country. They believe in America, in a better life for themselves and their families. I agree with the book in that these immigrants do have a
"'hunger' to posses the dream, to be taken up by America". Even though they are looked down upon by most Americans and payed low wages, they still believe it's better. Yezierska believed that education would open their possibilities of social change, leading to economic change. To turn America into a "transnationality" to create all equal. The author also said "Ethnicity in America is precisely this blend of antagonism and coalescence, a mix if different voices struggling to be heard, some restricted and silenced, whilst other dominate, and yet always with the possibility of finding expression and authority."