Was this Method Accurate?

Reading chapter eight i came across many things that stood out to me. One of the main things that stood out to me was the fact of how they went about taking the 1910 census. It is crazy that they just asked people who their mother tongue was and off of that they assumed their race. It just doesn't seem like a legitimate answer or way to go about things to me because what if someone didn't know their mother tongue? Did they just not include them in the census or what? I just feel like it was not a reasonable way to conduct things and that if they were conducting a census again they should do more research on a group of people.

Immigration Reform Falls to the Back of the Line

immigration reform article

      In this article many facts are facts pointed out about the fact that Congress keeps pushing immigration reform on the back burner. To me i just think that Congress has been putting it off for to long and it is time for them to actually make a move on it. They are putting many things ahead of it as if its not important enough and that is completely and utterly wrong.

Something I Never Thought About :/

     While I was reading chapter three, I came across a really interesting section  of the chapter, which was basically the answer to one of the reading questions. The question was "What are the limits on our understanding of the African immigrant experience in America?" I answered  the question by saying our understanding of the African immigrant experience is limited by the nature of the historical record. We have few primary documents that give some insight, but those documents are limited to the late 18th century and the 19th century. The African immigrants before those centuries have no actual evidence or documentations on how their lives were and how they feel. In the book it says that the African immigrants were "non literate" people. When I read that I think wow they weren't allowed to learn to read or write so its not their fault that they were called illiterate. They suffered in many harsh conditions and they weren't able to express how they felt because of this. We have no way of knowing what really happened and how they felt about the situation or anything they encountered. These immigrants didn't get to have a voice and i just feel really bad for them.