Month: November 2020

Communicating about Climate Migration

According to the article titled “The Great Climate Migration” by Abraham Lustgarten, it predicts that in less than one hundred years the world will drastically change. It is projected that by 2080, climate change could force about 6.7 million more people towards the southern United States border. This was quite an interesting read as it is evidence that we as humans, need to ger our acts together and take climate change seriously. We need to do. All we can to combat climate change and make our world a better place to live.
In the article, Jorges family moved to the United States after the realization that climate change is indeed serious, and that him and his family would be affected tremendously. This article gave a lot more insight of the fact that people not only migrate for safety but also migrates to the drastic change in climate. Climate change affects our income which in turn affects our standard of living.

Question:

1. The article was an interesting read, and I was wondering since the US is one of the major contributors to climate change, does a lot of persons still migrate to the United States to get away climate change?
Grade: 4/5

Migration Stories in Art + Music

Introduction to “American Land” by Bruce Springsteen has a happy tune. The singer is going to America in search of a better life and hopes to be very successful. The songs describes the United States of America as a paradise where one can pursue their dreams. The song gives a hopeful vibe to immigrants coming to America that they can achieve any and everything. The song “Follow me” by Moxie Raia and Wyclef Jean gives a much different vibe. This song has a depressing tone which talks about fighting and mentions that immigrants need to escape from their home country in order to survive. It talks about the hardships immigrants/ refugees face at the border in search of a better life.

YCBA Zine about Favianna Rodriguez talks about how the story of immigrants can portrayed through the use of art, expressing their emotions and hardships coming to the United States. Rodriguez wants to prove that immigrants are talented and it is important that immigrant tells their own stories about the struggles and tribulations they faced.

Grade 4/5

Question:
1. Do you think the song ‘’Follow me” portrays America as a dark place that is unwelcoming to immigrants?

The episode “Chef’s Table: Christina Martinez” talks about the struggles that Christina faced when she moved to the United States of America. Christina moved to the USA in search of a better life for her daughter. She was a wife, mother and an undocumented immigrant and Christina recalls her struggles when she moved to the USA. Christina worked all types of jobs to feed her family. She eventually worked her way up and started her very own restaurant. It was very heartbreaking to watch this video as it shows the constant struggles one faces when they migrate to a different country.

Even though the United States is a first world country, one can still be judged by the color of their skin. An undocumented white person, will still enjoy the privileges as a documented white person, whereas an undocumented black person will be mistreated and looked down on.

3/5