My US born children have often been asked, \u201cWhere are you from?\u201d Houston, is often not an acceptable answer to the questioning party. Its usually followed by, \u201cWhere are you really from, or where are your parents from.\u201d This probably happens to US born non white children. I remember that American Immigration Lawyer’s Association had a blog about how important immigration is when Jeremy Lin had his \u201cLinsanity\u201d moment. Yet Lin was born in the US. However, the question still arises, does Immigration demand assimilation? My US born children have often been asked, \u201cWhere are you from?\u201d Houston, is often not an acceptable answer to the questioning party. Its usually followed by, \u201cWhere are you really from, or where are your parents from.\u201d This probably…<\/span><\/p>\n
\nColor cannot be changed to \u201clook\u201d American. However assimilation was a big question since our country\u2019s history. The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1906 limited Immigration to \u201cCaucasian\u201d descent only. US v Bhagat Singh made a case that Mr. Singh was Caucasian of Indo European descent. The SCOTUS held that even though he might be of Aryan race (which they said was probably intermixed with Dravidian blood) (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"