Ethnic Studies Foundations

Spring 2021, Unit 2

 Ethnic Studies
Unit 2: Oppression & Resistance

Ms. Zepeda &

Ms. Waldron
(she/her/hers)
 Welcome!
Do Now
In the chat

What is your dream job?

Anything at all - if money
wasn’t part of it?
Song of the Day:
“Here Comes the Sun”
By The Beatles
 Warm Up “I love America more than any
other country in the world and,
In Google Classroom exactly for this reason, I insist on
the right to criticize her
perpetually.”

Consider this quote. Do you

consider it patriotic or
unpatriotic to be critical of our
country and/or our government?
Why or why not?
James Baldwin
(1924-1987) Patriotism: love for your country
“If I were a teacher, [I would teach
that]...American history is longer, larger, more
various, more beautiful and more terrible than
anything anyone has ever said about it, so is
the world larger, more daring, more beautiful
and more terrible, but principally larger—and
that it belongs to him. I would teach him that he
doesn’t have to be bound by the expediencies
of any given administration, any given policy,
any given morality; that he has the right and the
necessity to examine everything.”

-James Baldwin, A Talk to Teachers, 1963

 Oppression
Definition: When a one group of people in society is subject
to unjust treatment and control by another group, who has
access to power and privilege, and they are prevented from
having opportunities and/or freedom.
Essential Question
How and in what ways have immigrants experienced
Xenophobia in the US?
Goals
Students will be able to compare and contrast how Asian
and Mexican immigrants experienced Xenophobia in the
United States.
Peardeck time!
Link in the chat
& Google Classroom
 What is
Xenophobia?
Xenophobia
Definition: Oppression
based on a person’s
immigration status, being an
immigrant

Dislike of, fear, or

prejudice against people
from other countries.
 What are some reasons
immigrants experience
prejudice? Why do some people
fear or dislike foreigners?

Some immigrants have experienced prejudice because…

People may fear foreigners because...
Immigrants take American jobs.

True False
FALSE: Immigrants tend to take or work jobs
unfilled by American citizens. Immigrants tend to
complement the U.S. job market and stimulate
the economy by filling jobs left open.

Source: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/4-myths-about-how-immigrants-affect-the-u-s-economy
Immigrants don’t pay taxes and come over here to take
advantage of our benefits.

True False
FALSE: The vast majority of immigrants pay
more in taxes than the benefits they receive.
Undocumented immigrants aren’t eligible to
recieve benefits, but still pay taxes.
Undocumented immigrants nationwide pay on average an estimated 8% of
their incomes in state and local taxes. The top 1% of taxpayers pay an average
nationwide effective tax rate of just 5.4%.

Source: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/4-myths-about-how-immigrants-affect-the-u-s-economy
Immigrants bring crime and violence.

True False
FALSE: Multiple studies have shown NO
connection between crime rates and immigration
numbers. Including the period from 1990-2010,
the numbers of undocumented immigrants has
risen and yet violent crime dropped 45%.

Source: https://www.adl.org/media/6950/download
Xenophobia
Definition: Oppression
based on a person’s
immigration status, being an
immigrant

Dislike of, fear, or

prejudice against people
from other countries.
NPR Podcast: Short
Wave / Code Switch
“Short Wave” Coronavirus
Medical
exam
Xenophobia Anxiety

Podcast
Chinese
BINGO Gold
Rush
Exclusion
Act
Disease
Racist
scapegoating

Use your “marker” to

Chinese Angel Disinfecting
cross out words or immigrants Island baths
Quarantine

phrases as you hear

them--try to get a
6 Second Mexican Bubonic
“blackout”! Border
Physicals immigrants Plague
 Give ONE example of
xenophobia you learned
about from the podcast

An example of xenophobia I learned about

from the podcast...
Institutional Interpersonal
Xenophobia Xenophobia

Immigrants being subject to

humiliating and invasive
medical exams

Ideological Internalized
Xenophobia Xenophobia
Institutional Interpersonal
Xenophobia Xenophobia

Harassment of Asian people

because of the coronavirus

Ideological Internalized
Xenophobia Xenophobia
 Exit Ticket:
How have both Chinese &
Mexican immigrants been
discriminated against similarly
when arriving to the US?
“Both Mexican and Chinese immigrants experienced…”
“Both Mexican and Chinese immigrants were viewed as…”