HuGeo 6.1 Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)

HuGeo 6.1 Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)

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The title of this video is "Immigrants, we get the job done". Click below the statements that seem true for this video.

• it's really astonishing that in a country founded by immigrants, "immigrant" has somehow become a bad word.

• Immigrants come to this country full of hope for freedom.

• Many immigrants face extreme danger to get here.

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K'naan: I got 1 job, 2 job, 3 when I need them

I got 5 roommates in this one studio, but I never really see them

And we all came America trying to get a lap dance from Lady Freedom

But now Lady Liberty is acting like Hilary Banks with a pre-nup

• K'naan is saying that immigrants have many jobs at the same time and get little time to see their families and friends.

• K'naan is saying that the Statue of Liberty is Lady Freedom.

• K'naan is saying that immigrants come here only for the easy money they can make.

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K’Naan

Man, I was brave, sailing on graves

Don’t think I didn’t notice those tombstones disguised as waves

Click below those you think K'naan means:

• It's easy getting to America.

• People die trying to immigrate to America.

• Immigration is often dangerous.

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Immigrants, we get the job done

Look how far I come

Look how far I come

Look how far I come

We get the job done

What does this lyric imply?

• It's saying that immigrants should be proud of who they are.

• Immigrants are lazy and don't give anything.

• Immigrants are hard working people who have built this country.

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Snow Tha Product:

It’s a hard line when you’re an import

Baby boy, it's hard times

When you ain't sent for

Racists feed the belly of the beast

With they pitchforks, rich chores

Done by the people that get ignored

Ya se armó (And it started)

Ya se despertaron (And they awoke) What is she saying?

• Using two languages here shows the multiple talents that immigrants bring.

• There are racists in America.

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La alarma ya sonó hace rato (The alarm went off a while ago)

Los que quieren buscan (Those who want, search)

Pero nos apodan como vagos (But they label us hoodlums)

We are the same ones

Hustling on every level

Ten los datos (Here’s the details)

Walk a mile in our shoes

Abróchense los zapatos (Better buckle your shoes)

• "better buckle you shoes" means that to live the life of an immigrants you'd better be ready to work low-paid, hard jobs.

• She is saying that immigrants are not criminals!

• Everybody in America should try to imagine what a immigrants life is like: "walk a mile in our shoes".

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I been scoping ya dudes, ya’ll ain't been working like I do

I'll outwork you, it hurts you

You claim I’m stealing jobs though

Peter Piper claimed he picked them, he just underpaid Pablo

• This slide is about Ms. Sevald's history as a farm-worker. The migrant farm workers 100% out-worked her.

• The migrant farm-workers she saw NEVER stopped picking cherries on that farm: rainstorms, lightning, wind

• They did not steal anybody's job. They did the work and did not get paid enough.

• Click all of these boxes.

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But there ain't a paper trail when you living in the shadows

We're America's ghost writers, the credit's only borrowed

It’s a matter of time before the checks all come

But…

• No "paper trail" means that many jobs immigrants do are for cash and do not get recorded anywhere.

• Ghost writer means immigrants are dead.

• "America's ghost writers" means immigrants do the work but get no credit.

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The credit is only borrowed

It’s America's ghost writers, the credit's only borrowed

It’s America's ghost writers

America's ghost writers

America's ghost writers, the credit's only borrow-borrowed

It’s Americas ghost writers, a credit is only borrowed

It’s Americas ghost writers, a credit is only borrowed

It’s Americas ghost writers, a credit is only borrowed

• The repetition of "It's America's ghost writer" means immigrants do the work and get no recognition.

• So much repetition is meaningless.

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This video is 6 minutes long. At 3 minutes, the venue changes from the train.

How does this part begin?

• Black rectangles over people's faces show that many immigrants have to hide who they are.

• This new place is a train in London.

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When Riz sings this, what does he mean?

Who these fugees what did they do for me

But contribute new dreams

Taxes and tools, swagger and food to eat

Cool, they flee war zones, but the problem ain't ours

Even if our bombs landed on them like the Mayflower

• England (and America) has a history of taking over other countries by force.

• This force, wars and bombings, create refugees who must go somewhere to survive.

• Refugees contribute to their communities by bringing fresh new culture and life

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This part is more about refugees. Click below what you see in the video:

• Many travel as families looking for

  a safer, new life.

• Immigrants are sometimes refugees fleeing

  dangerous war zones

• Many immigrants are just looking to survive.

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This next part, on top of the train, is sung in Spanish. Students tell me the language is "not safe for schools". However, we do learn that:

• The border between Mexico and the USA is a dangerous place.

• The places Central American refugees are coming from are dangerous places.

• And in history, much of the Southwest Region of the USA used to belong to Mexico.

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Why did Lin-Manuel Miranda produce this video?

• He hates immigrants.

• He is tired of people saying bad things about immigrants.

• He wants people to know that immigrants contribute greatly to their communities.

• He wanted to make a ton of money.

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Demographics

How much in taxes did immigrants pay into the State of Minnesota?

• $1.5 million

• $1.5 billion

• $1,500,000

• $1,500,000,000

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Demographics: how do immigrants contribute to Minnesota's workforce? Which below are true?

• 20% of people in Minnesota who do this very hard and important work healthcare support are immigrants

• 19% of people in Minnesota who do this very hard and low-paid work in cleaning buildings and landscaping are immigrants

• Immigrants are taking these jobs from other Minnesotans

• Immigrants get and keep these jobs because they are hard workers committed to supporting their families

Demographics is our focus next week!!!! Yay!!!!