In an article entitled, "Ugly, The American," James Poniewozik states a claim of definition by defining that "America's attitudes towards foreigners is more complex than the build-a-fencers would make it." James, however, shifts the essay towards a claim of value at the end by stating "that what makes Betty ugly is, in the long run, what makes us America the beautiful." In other words, "Ugly Betty," a television show James uses to represent immigrants in the United States, is ultimately good for America.
Poniewozik gives evidence through examples of other popular television shows with foreign characters such as "Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell, East European and Latin hoofers on Dancing with the Stars, Mexican boxers on the Contender and a Siberian drag queen on America's Got Talent." All of which are icons and immigrants.
The author also includes a rebuttal for his argument by stating the negative stereotypes of foreigners such as, "taking our kids' spots in college!". He warrants that we, as stereotypical Americans, need to cease connotating immigration with such negativity and see the positive addition that they do and will bring to "America the beautiful."
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You did a very good job on covering all aspects of the argument, but I think you could have emphasized that American culture is a blend of many different cultures, a little more. By the way, thanks for the comment on my blog, I don't know why I didn't write that Poniewozik was saying that immigrants were good for America.
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