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Learning Goals
This week, our goals include to
- Study the migration of Southeast Asian refugees and other migrants to the U.S.
- Explore the impact of immigration enforcement on these and other Asian migrant communities
Slides
- You can access the slides from our class session on 11/3 here
Read:
- excerpt of Tang, Unsettled: Cambodian Refugees in the New York City Hyperghetto +
- Yam, “The Forgotten Asian Refugees Fed into the U.S. Prison System”
- What are the circumstances that lead to Cambodian refugee migration to the U.S.?
- What do these readings say about the conditions of refugee “resettlement” and economic security?
- What are the consequences for Southeast Asian immigrants who are criminalized + why?
- How are SE Asian communities and others organizing for change?
Watch:
- Sentenced Home (available on youtube and Kanopy– the quality is much better on Kanopy).
- What are the similarities and differences in the stories of the three men who are featured in this documentary?
- What do you think the documentary shows us about the impact of deportation? Who is impacted beyond the person who is deported?
- What comes up for you as you watch this documentary?
Post/Comment on Discussion Board #10
- Post due Monday 11/9 by NOON
- Comments (2) due Monday 11/9 by MIDNIGHT
This week, please write a response to any and all of the materials. What did you learn about refugee “resettlement,” criminalization, and the impacts of immigration enforcement in SE Asian communities? What questions come up for you, and/or other connections, thoughts, feelings?
Research/Writing Project
- Draft of Essay due on Friday 11/6
