Monthly Archives: April 2020

With time many people forget those left behind. There are thousands of refugee who are left behind one of them being the Rohingya. They were forced to flee their country by the Myanmmar government when military where doing ethic cleansing. Rohingya Muslims were denied tcitizenship and even excluded them from the 2014 census, refusing to recognise them as a people. Burmese security forces, including mass killings, sexual violence, and widespread arson, amount to crimes against humanity. The Military denied that security forces committed abuses during the operations. But this is a genocide, yet nothing is being done. In Myanmar, entire villages were burned to the ground, families were separated and killed, and women and girls were gang raped. Most of the people who escaped were severely traumatized after witnessing unspeakable atrocities. These people found temporary shelter in refugee camps around Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, which is now home to the world’s largest refugee camp. Bangladesh has taken in also more 600,000 refugee camps. How is this okay? labeling something as “ethic cleansing” makes it okay for this mass killing. It crazier how the UN still has not taken to this genocide. There thousands of stories of people who lost their loved ones and had leave everything behind. Displacement is more than moving, it often done with violence and chaos. The Rohingya are one of groups who are forced out of their homes because of their culture and religious. It take a mental toll and strength when you are force to leave your home and don’t know what going to happen. It is scary to imagine having see your village destroyed and brutal murders of your people and you are helpless. The Instagram post is just one mother story about her hardship that so many people are not aware of.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-mhbkCDp90/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I chose this article to talk about because I think its really important to talk and doesn’t get enough emphasis. This article is about how nearly a million children were left behind in Venezuela while their parents migrate. Which means that these children are all on they own with out no guidance. How does this relate to displacement? Well, these children are about to be isolate and will have no one to go too. These children are feeling displace because there are not going to have that “childhood” like other kids. What I mean is that these children have to adapt from being a child to having responsibilities as adults. These kids are only in grade school and  the parents in Venezuela are about to leave their children to find things such as food, work and medicine. Venezuela is going through an impact that is effecting all people in a terrible way. Parents fell forced to leave because if they don’t they won’t survive with the resources they have. The children are feeling displace because probably some of them don’t even know what is going on. These children how to adapt on taking. are of themselves while then depending on their parents. Every children needs their parents and without the parent they feel displace. Who they are going to talk to? How they are going to live on their own? These are some questions to consider when wondering what these children are going to do to provide themselves with whatever they need. In the article you will see how a year old child is feeding a baby! Even though this sound impressive and gives children advantages on some things adults do. Children is suppose to be enjoying life and be a kid instead jumping in to adulthood. While we have a big crisis going on for ourselves I think this article is important and should be an eye opener on what other people go through.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/world/americas/venezuela-migration-children.html?auth=linked-google

“NEW HAITIAN MIGRATION PATTERNS END IN DISPLACEMENT” by By Kyilah Terry (UCLA 2019)

This article is very interesting because it talks about Haitian people’s displacement. What makes this displacement interesting is that even though Haiti suffered a catastrophe that caused all Haitians to get out of the country and go somewhere else, in those countries that they go, they are not accepted, as you can read in this article. In the Dominican Republic, a law was created to denationalized many Haitians, causing migration to other places like Mexico. In Mexico, the government started to deport Haitians. This article states different reasons for Haitian displacement; these are catastrophes or policies that would give them a better life than the life they could get in Haiti. But in some countries stopped being accepted and those countries changed their policies.

https://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article/202365

This week, I’d like you to share and respond to any text about the coronavirus crisis you find interesting. This could be an article, a  news broadcast, a Tedtalk, a tweet, a photograph, a podcast, a film, an Instagram (or another online) post, a TikTok video, a political cartoon—anything that spurs some thinking about the crisis.   Please share a link to your text, plus a 300 words response that explains why you chose this text and what issues or questions you think it raises.  You are encouraged to find your own texts—whatever you think is worth writing about—but if you have trouble getting started, you might want to respond to one or more of the following:

○ Two Woman Fell Sick, One Survived Two Women Fell Sick From the Coronavirus. One Survived.  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/13/world/asia/coronavirus-death-life.html

○ 25 songs that matter now: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/11/magazine/best-songs.html?actio n=click&module=moreIn&pgtype=Article®ion=Footer&action=click&module=M oreInSection&pgtype=Article®ion=Footer&contentCollection=The%20New%2 0York%20Times%20Magazine#cover

○ Coronavirus explained in a TedTalk: Coronavirus Is Our Future | Alanna Shaikh | TEDxSMU  https://www.ted.com/talks/alanna_shaikh_coronavirus_is_our_future?language=en

○ Political cartoons: Corona News. https://www.usnews.com/news/cartoons/2020/02/28/political-cartoons-on-the-coronavirus

○ A soccer team is trapped: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/sports/soccer/wuhan-coronavirus-spain-soc cer.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage

○ Who will pay the salary of stadium workers? One player steps up. Pelicans Star Zion Williamson Pledges to Pay the Salaries for Staffers of the Smoothie King Center https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/zion-williamson-nba-stars-pledge-money-coronavirus

○ Podcast on the Coronavirus: Ologies “Virology (COVID-19) with Dr. Shannon Bennet + various ologists” https://www.alieward.com/ologies/virology

○ Researchers are using a World of Warcraft scenario to understand COVID-19’s spread: PCGamer article. https://www.pcgamer.com/the-researchers-who-once-studied-wows-corrupted-blood-plague-are-now-fighting-the-coronavirus/

○ The power of social distancing: https://www.horsesforsources.com/storage/app/media/2020/social%20distancing. png?fbclid=IwAR1dlnfTlkl408TJzbCEXvfY1dzntEl8whsehVGJwG3LZeDK2zn7G5 5jgY0

○ Here are the workers most at risk: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/15/business/economy/coronavirusworker-risk.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage ○ Lots of good info here: https://www.nytimes.com/news-event/coronavirus

○ A look at coronavirus through comics: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a -comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus

○ Is paper money safe? https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-03-12/cash-coronavirus

○ How can we stop the curve of infection?: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/

Hi Everyone,

See below for info about our Zoom call on Monday, April 6th.  You will note that I have scheduled this as a recurring meeting.  This means that, for the remainder of the semester, we will be meeting via Zoom each Monday morning at 10:00 a.m.  You can log on from a computer or from your phone.  If, for some reason, you already know that you will be unable to participate in Monday’s call, please email me, so that we can make alternate arrangements.

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Professor Sylvor

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Hi Everyone,

Now that the “Recalibration Period” is over, it’s time to get back to work!  Please get into the habit of checking this site every day.  This is where I will post assignments, share information from CUNY and Baruch, and provide you with information about our schedule for Zoom calls, office hours, and more!

• I have shared some information about support that Baruch is offering to students during these challenging times under the RESOURCES tab above.  Please take a look at it, and consider trying one of these support groups.  You may find it really helpful to connect with other students who are having an understandably difficult time lately! There is also a link to a wide variety of resources that CUNY has available for students, so please take some time to explore their offerings too.  If there is something you need that you don’t see covered here, please send me an email, and I’ll see what I can do.  We are all in this together.
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I hope you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy!  I am thinking about you and looking forward to reconnecting on Monday.

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Professor Sylvor

Why Our Participation in the 2020 Census Matters Now More Than Ever
By Ecleen Luzmila Caraballo

 I chose this article because it the time of year where we all have to fill up the census. The census is an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals. This is important because it ensures public services and funding for schools, hospitals, and fire departments. It also plans new homes, businesses and improves neighborhoods. The last reason is that the census determines the seats in each state is allocated in the House of Representatives. However, displacement is shown in the census because Latinos are not participating due to their citizenship status. Latinos fear that they would get deported or problems would be created. Before people learned about Title 13, the US penal code, Latinos would not file in the census. In 2010 at least 770,000 Latinos were undercounted or unaccounted for entirely and we can clearly see how this shaped their lives. In addition, with the coronavirus crisis occurring this affects the community. Some may not have the availability to use the internet so they will be miscounted. It’s known that if you don’t file the census online then people who work for them would assist you by going to your house and do it for you. Since people are losing their jobs, the assistance would decrease and some people may not even be counted. Homeless people would also be displaced because, in March, a lot of services were going to be provided for them so that the homeless people would be counted in the census. Once again due to the coronavirus, most of the events got canceled. The 2020 census obviously is getting affected by the coronavirus. Latinos should be aware that their information would not be shared by other parties. With all this going on, the 2020 census should extend their deadlines. 

Why Our Participation in the 2020 Census Matters Now More Than Ever