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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
