Blog Entry #8

Q: Can migrations have a positive impact on the people and/or land receiving the immigrants?

A: Yes migrations and immigrants can have a positive impact on the people and/or land receiving them and this is proven throughout history. When immigrants meet the people in the country they are immigrating to, a couple ways their meeting could go would be that one becomes mistrustful and attacks the other, or they exchange opinions and explain their backgrounds to one another and the immigrants add to the evolvement of the society of their immigration. An example in history where the former took place was the massacring of the Native Americans by the Pilgrims and then later, America, by making them reservations to live on. This unfortunately led to much of their culture becoming lost. An example of when the latter took place was when the Jews in Europe had enough rights to participate in meaningful work, they contributed greatly to European society even though they were immigrants by being great bankers and sometimes politicians. Another example of when immigrants have had a positive impact on the people/land receiving them were the waves of multi-cultural immigrants to the United States who have contributed to our nation's economy and growth of industries. Immigrants throughout history have had positive impacts on the people and places of their immigration.