![]() The family who started the company faced many challenges of being discriminated simply because they were Italian they weren’t paid equally when they first started out working. In the article “Immigration Italy” written by the Library of Congress, the Contadina food company was started by Italians. Having immigrants can make culture diverse and expose people to new traditions, and work ethics to Americans as well as Italians work hard and start their businesses. Such as the success of specific communities were from the creative skills of Italian immigrants. In the article ‘Immigrants don’t just succeed, they make other Americans successful as well” written by Archivist Mary Brown, throughout the article it talks about how Italian Immigrants helped influence people in many aspects. They are very hard working and will get jobs did that is expected from them as well as they bring new skills to Americans. People assume that although Italians are always considered to be associated with the gangs and violence that's not the case. People assumed that we were sloppy or affiliated with just the mafia.” My grandmother stated about work ethic. “We knew to be immigrants that we had to work that much harder. They think that they are lazy, which results in them having to work even harder in life. Many feel that when immigrants come to America, they aren’t ready for the life that is here. It also shows that if you want something, then you'll work hard for your goal until you have accomplished it, which is ultimately what my family did by learning English and starting a better life here for their family at the time and future generations. Although they had to face challenges here, it will outweigh the problems that they would have faced over in Italy and how much better it'd be here. They were willing to do what it takes to feel accepted and have the American dream that they so badly wanted to achieve. It shows the value of how much they appreciated the opportunity they have and how they learn to appreciate little things because they were overall excited for the new life that they can achieve as opposed to living in Italy where they’d be starving and have no money. This makes me apply this with my life right now when having to conform to certain things you aren't used to because that is what is expected. It makes me understand with how hard people work for a goal that they want and how much work they put into it. They didn't want people to assume things about them, so they began to conform and assimilate to the community through learning through other Americans, and learning English through the sounds of voices on the radio. With our family not knowing English, it made them work harder where they lived. Not being able to speak a language and moving to an entirely new area can make doing every day to day tasks harder. "It made them work harder as they couldn't speak English, they learned from their neighbors and community they lived in." My Grandmother explained. It was almost like a test they had to prove to themselves and the other Americans here that they are worthy of the life that is being offered here. My family was intrigued by the idea of being an American and making something of themselves, as they had very little in Italy. They wanted other Americans to support them and not make assumptions about them, so they substantially conformed to being an American. You support your community because this is your community.” Many people moved to America, and they began to assimilate to the culture so they could feel that they were American. “My grandfather made our family assimilate to the culture you voted because you’re an American now. They wanted to go over for bettering themselves and then hopefully receive opportunities that many of her family members weren’t able to receive. When interviewing my grandmother about the reason’s for her family coming to America was for the opportunity. It helps to understand my way of being an American. Keeping traditions alive and supporting local Italian stores it keeps up with my Italian roots and traditions. The many things they have experiences that they have been through has been passed on throughout the family to shape my livelihood, through family history and community has helped contribute to the way I view being an American. My family has many reasons for coming to America. They all had a common goal, was an opportunity. They all had many reasons, whether to be famine, opportunity, lack of inheritance or to get out of bad situations such as the mafia. By the year 1920 more than 2 million Italians moved to America.
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