INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA

Integration of Immigrants in America

“American Culture and Sports”

The role of sports in Americanizing immigrants has been written about extensively by historians and journalists. Professional boxing and baseball, both of which achieved heightened popularity at the dawn of the twentieth century, became important vehicles by which waves of immigrants marked their progress in American society. Historians have continued to argue that the United States has used sports as a way to “Americanize” immigrants. Why do you think sports are an effective way of integrating immigrants to American culture? Which sports do you think are the most American? Are there any other ways in which sports provide cultural value?

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Preliminary, a sport is a valid methodology for integrating immigrants into the American culture notably because teamwork is the fundamental factor in any sports activity.  Teamwork is paramount because winning does not depend on the person on the team but rather cooperation from other members of the team. Hence collaboration creates a proper bounding among the team members which eventually makes the other person feel appreciated and recognized (Smith, 2017). Second, communication barriers elimination is possible since the sport is now the standard language…
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