Sudanese Immigrant Struggles

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Sudanese Immigrant’s Struggle to Assimilate into New American Culture I chose Sudanese immigrants for my project. I want to know more about their situations through the lens of the cultural anthropologist interview. I am seeking to understand both the cultural and individual basis for behavior; and how political, economic, and social factors affect both the individuals and various groups. Although my statistical about Sudanese immigrants is high, but anthropological fieldwork help me to prolong my visits during the research. I interview one of my friends in three times of my visiting period each of this interview last for forty five minutes (45). I am particular interested in a Sudanese group in order to understand their way of life their

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