Patrick Ewing Immigration Project
I agree with the quote because Ewing came from Jamaica, a very poor country. Going from a place where there is no food, now clean water, or no sufficient amount of housing, to a place where there are skyscrapers, food stores around every corner, and apartment complexes 10 stories high, would be a major change in any persons life, almost as big as going to the moon. Ewing, who came from Jamaica, lived with his family in a little house with barely enough room for all of them to sleep. When he came to America in 1975, he faced a lot of new challenges and hardships. He had to deal with the new language, school, and of course, the racial discrimination. But in school, he towered over the rest of his class, standing at 7 feet and tall. When he lived in Jamaica, he played sports such as cricket, and football, but when he entered his high school years, the road to his professional basketball career began. Patrick Ewing’s family background had a bigger effect because they made him independent and they believed in him. His parents knew that Patrick would be very successful if he would move to America. They worked hard for Patrick to move. In 1975, Ewing moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he first played basketball. At
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