Week 9 Assignment Eth125

Assignment week 9

ETH/125

Joseph Bellmore

I was conflicted when I saw the topic was to be about me and my community because I have only lived in this community for about four years. After some thought though I decided to write about Dalton, Georgia. This is a place where the Hispanics are the majority and Whites are second to them. Even with them holding the numbers for first they are being run out of town. For this I am still conflicted as to whether or not I agree with a law recently passed in Georgia.

I’ll start with the look of the Hispanic. They are very much like a Caucasian but still have the weathered skin look, a little dark on some and real light on others. Much like Caucasians they have different types of people and those different types look distinguishable. For example, a farmer may darker skin as compared to someone who sits at a desk all day. As for their clothing they wear very similar styles as to what is in style or “cool” to wear but this people are just like Caucasians only some without the proper paperwork.

I think that the leaders of Dalton are not really thinking about what it means to be an American and where everyone came from when this country was first founded. A new law was passed that would allow local law enforcement to check the papers of any person that looked of a different ethnicity or race. This law was directed mainly toward the Hispanic community in the area that makes up 48% of Dalton residents according to the 2010 census. The Hispanic community also does much of the farm work in the area. When this law was passed last year there were several farmers that could not harvest their fields simply because they did not have the means.

It is nice to know that there is some kind of action to stop illegal immigration and halt them from getting government funding that is designated for the real United States citizens. The other members of the community that know me treat me no different from anyone...