Multicultural Initiatives: Immigration

What's this blog about?

I teach several courses under the broad topic of "Multicultural Education," prioritizing social justice issues of access, power/privilege, & narrowing the academic achievement gap. I am a person of color and I almost always have a white co-teacher. We include topics, such as: racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, ethnocentrism, deculturalization, transforming curriculum, etc. This is a place where I post information that we teach; lesson plans for activities; and resources we use and/or which are shared with me by my adult students.

Monday, May 5, 2014

Immigration

Great video about immigration facts. http://www.upworthy.com/this-aint-no-ellis-island-the-top-5-immigration-myths?c=ufb1

Myth 1: "It's easy to gain legal status in the U.S." The reality is that it can take 20 years (largely due to backlogs!).
Myth 2: "Undocumented immigrants don't pay taxes." In 2010, they paid $10.6 billion in state and local taxes.
Myth 3: "Most new immigrants come from Latin America." Yeah, ummm ... no. And, no. And once again, no.
Myth 4: "DREAMers affect the U.S. economy negatively." More like they'd add $329 billion and 1.4 million jobs to the economy by 2030. (FYI, here's who DREAMers are.)
Myth 5: "Most immigrants are undocumented." In fact, two-thirds are documented.