Sociological Meanings of Basic Concepts

Immigration: How is changing America?

This is the writing assignment that you are expected to do for this learning unit. You will write a 300 words (OR MORE) message addressing these questions (Major posting (short essay) of a minimum of 300 words (preferably 500-600 words) answering the questions stated in Online Assignments for this unit.):

After viewing the movies and reading the assigned materials you need to address the following questions in a short essay (300 words or more). Why (as stated by Ruben Martinez in "Race and immigration to USA") immigration is "blowing wide open" our ideas of race, identity and class in the US? Why Angel David Nieves argues that "a growing climate of hostility towards Latinos in the US" has strained race relations in towns across the South, including race relations in Siler City? And what did you learn from the movie Bodies & Boundaries: An Encounter at the Border?

http://www.pbs.org/mattersofrace/essays/essay1_latino_usa.html

Read article online:Hellen G. McDonald and Pallassana R. Balgopal, "Conflicts of American immigrants: assimilate or retain ethnic identity". (I attached)

Attached is power point, please read.

See the You Tube Video: Crossing the Line: Border Stories- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PaWiYOH8O0

and the movies "Race and immigration to USA" and "Bodies & Boundaries: An Encounter at the Border - Zulma Aguilar"

https://youtu.be/Gab1_G9fgBA

https://youtu.be/9Eo6ymRA-PY