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“Home Is Where You Make It”: Navigating Culture & Society As A 1.5 Generation Guyanese Immigrant In The United States, Daniella P. Mingo
“Home Is Where You Make It”: Navigating Culture & Society As A 1.5 Generation Guyanese Immigrant In The United States, Daniella P. Mingo
Senior Projects Spring 2021
Based on the experiences of twelve 1.5 generation Guyanese immigrants living in the United States, this thesis serves to understand the strategies that some immigrants may choose as they assimilate into the United States. This study highlights the acculturation preferences of Guyanese immigrants adjusting to the United States while challenging current assimilation theories. It specifically focuses on the understanding of cultural and social capital and how this ultimately influences the attitudes that these immigrants have towards socio-economic values like education/career choices. With an emphasis on language, food, and rituals/holidays, I propose a new way of defining culture and argue that …
Conditional Whites: An Analysis Of Identity Formation Patterns Among Second Generation Arab American Muslims Today, Najwa Jamal
Conditional Whites: An Analysis Of Identity Formation Patterns Among Second Generation Arab American Muslims Today, Najwa Jamal
Senior Projects Spring 2021
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.