TEACHSOC: Re: Storycorps, NY Times and Illegal Immigration

[Del Thomas Ph. D.]

Hi, Many of those called Hispanic or Latin are peoples with first nations heritage...... indidos that were not reserved So you may also want to bring out the fact that much of the movement is more homecoming of peoples with first nations heritage than immigration.  The populations shifts are in many cases migration trails that existed before contact...they may be more than a thousand years old... For example, Mayan head carvings have been found at Cape May.... suggesting that it was Cape Maya and not named after Captain Mey.  "It wasn’t until 1620 that Dutch Captain Cornelius Jacobsen Mey came upon the same peninsula while exploring the Delaware River. Captain Mey named the area Cape Mey after himself; the spelling was later changed to Cape May."  In short, much of the thinking is shaped by the discovery definition....new world.  Cape May(a) was a summer residence for several first nations peoples as late as the 17th century.... Captain Mey would have been greeted by them.... on the Cape and would have heard their stories. The people of north America are looking more and more like they did before contact......  this is a process of nature returning to its state ..... like water seeking its own level.   This is the geography of social space.... it is a powerful flow..... compare it to what the Colorado river did.  You may want to look at landscan for a global data set or apply it to Iraq.  Del Stephen Sweet wrote: Greetings All- For those who may be interested in incorporating a discussion of illegal immigration in their classes (I will be on friday) you might find two resources of value. This past sunday's NY Times had a number of statistics on who the immigrants are and estimated their impact on the economy. Also, to add a human face to the numbers, there is a profoundly moving storycorps audio stream that one can play from the NPR site...."More than 30 years ago, Blanca Alvarez, originally from Nogales, Mexico, crossed the border and settled in Los Angeles, Calif. with her family. Recently, Blanca and her daughter, Connie, remembered their early years in the United States...." http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5242601 This is only takes a few minutes to play, but really drives the point home of the human dimension to the political debates. -steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---