Unfortunately, what many discovered was that the same inequalities and prejudices they had left behind still existed in the new land. At the beginning of America's colonization period, immigrants came predominantly from Western and Eastern Europe. Those from stronger European nations such as Great Britain, exerted the dominant force over most others who migrated from other countries. Those who did not conform to the colonial lifestyle and beliefs were met with hostility and discrimination. They were seen as inferior to those who were civilized: “The latter regarded these newcomers with contempt, labeling them as ill-tempered ruffians who drank and fought too much” (Parrillo, 2014: p133). Eastern Europeans emigrated in large groups, but struggled with their lack of knowledge of the English language and were therefore forced into low-paying and considered low-class jobs as they attempted to assimilate into a foreign culture. ” (Parrillo, 2014: p151). When people of different ethnicities entered America, they quickly learned that an established culture was already set in Anglo-Saxon traditions. This created a challenge for those trying to integrate into a new country and maintain their personal identity. Attempts have been made to unite some cultures that shared similar characteristics; however, this seemed necessary more for government bureaucracy than for an actual fusion of people into one culture “Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans, separated as they are by culture, history, and, to some extent, racial characteristics, they were thus combined, with a number of other Spanish-speaking groups, into a 'Hispanic' category in the 1970 census” (Glazer, 2001: p10). Other groups have been intentionally ostracized by society due to fear and prejudice