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Coming to to America
My name is Makumba Mamawa and I am 17 years old. I am coming to America to evade the English police. I am originally from Africa but I have moved to England so I could live in a different environment. I want to have a new life and not be put in jail. I have decided to lie on my legal inspection to pass and be able to go into America to start my new life where everyone is new to eachother. -
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Immigration and Westward Expansion
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Discrimination in America
Since coming to America I have not consistently had a job and have been discriminated against because of my skin color. The jobs that I have been able to get were the jobs that no one else wanted to take. Even these jobs that I could get I only had for a few weeks because my bosses were ridiculed for hiring me and so they fired me as to stop future ridiculing. -
Discrimination Continued
I now haven't had a job for a year straight and before that have been living on the streets on and off. I am now living on the street consistently. The discrimination has gotten worse and I have been mistreated just becuase of my skin color. I have run out of jobs to apply for because I have been fired from almost every one of them that I am qualified for. I'm starting to think that maybe going to jail in England may have been better than what I am dealing with here in America. -
New Job
I have finally found a job that I won't be fired from for being a different race than other people. My new job building railroads is so labor intensive that not many people will apply for it. Since I couldn't find any other jobs I chose this one and I found out that I wasn't the only one who was being discriminated against. Most of the other people who work with me were discriminated against too. -
East Coast
After having my job working on the railroad I have made some money and have enough now to back to Boston. I want to move back to Boston because I left some of my friends there when I took my job at the railroad and would like to revisit them. I also think that I could now be more qualified for other jobs since I have more money and am not living on the streets. -
Shop
After moving back to Boston I have got a job at a chicken processing plant. The processing plant hired me because he was discriminated when he first came to America and has made it a priority to hire immigrants. The chicken processing plant pays a lot more than my job at the railroad and is much easier on my body. Since I am getting older I want to work for a little while longer and then retire. -
West Coast
After saving up my money I now have enough to move to the West and start my own business selling horses. This is the reason that I came to America because it is my dream to be a horse breeder and now I have the opportunity to do it. I never thought that I would be able to start my business at this young age, I am 46 years old and have been in the America for 29 years.
