Kulturraumstudien USA, Work for Week Three

**Note: should classes not take place at the TH again on April 20th, please continue to consult the blog for assignments. Have a great holiday!**

Last week, you watched content related to German immigration to the United States and this week we're going to focus on the 2020 US Census, whose official "count day" is April 1, 2020. For some background, watch the videos below and answer the accompanying questions:

2020 Census What is the Census: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq-FMB4epyw
1. What is the census?
2. How often must the census take place in the US?
3. Where in the US Constitution does it detail the requirements for the census? (This will require outside research.)
4.  How is the census important for legislative representation?
5. List three ways in which US citizens and residents can benefit from participating in the census.
6. What is new about this year's census?

What's census data really used for, anyway? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40weA4OzHeE
1. Why did the Trump administration want a question concerning citizenship on the census?
2. How did critics react to the question?
3. How can the census NOT be used?
4. How is public opinion of the census changing?

Why the census matters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZEJl0owrfY
1. What are the consequences of an inaccurate census count?
2. How is a census count relevant for tackling the corona virus?
3. How has the corona virus (also referred to as "COVID-19" in US media) impacted the census bureau's campaign as well as the activities of census takers?
4. Who, according to Stacey Abrams, has the greatest contact to communities in the corona crisis?
5. How could the corona virus impact the way US citizens vote?
6. Could the November election be postponed?

https://www.prb.org/what-the-2020-u-s-census-will-tell-us-about-a-changing-america/
Summarize in your own words five things that the 2020 US Census will teach us, according to the article above. 

The census is an important tool for measuring demographic change. When this is discussed, Latinx populations are most often focused on, but obviously other populations are contributing to this change as well. First, consult the following link to get an idea of what non-English languages are most frequently spoken in homes across the US and then watch the videos that follow: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/immigrants-us-states-fastest-growing-foreign-born-populations

African Asylum Seekers in Maine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZnMjtnec0c
1. Why is Portland, Maine attractive to African asylum seekers?
2. What is Maine in need of?
3. Who is teaching asylum seekers English?

Little Haiti in Miami https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYZ-eJ9-zYg
1. What brought Haitians to Miami and when did they come?
2. How has identity changed over the generations in Little Haiti?
 
Dearborn, Michigan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFojsxILWro
1. What brought immigrants to Dearborn?
2. How has the Arab-American population changed in Dearborn since the 1950s?

Indian-Americans and the US Hotel Industry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj92GMVDUzw
1. What percentage of hotels are run by people of Indian heritage in the United States?
2. In what year did Indian immigration to the States increase (and why)?
3. What does a farming background have to do with running a hotel?
4. How did Indians contribute to chains like Days Inn and Best Western's success?

Exploring Hmong-American Cuisine in Minneapolis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asQHq4ODITE
1. Where have the Hmong settled in the US?
2. Why have most people not heard of the Hmong?
3. When Hmong New Year?
4. What is the traditional religion of the Hmong people?
5. How has the Hmong population thrived in the US?
6. How did Diane Yang discover fine dining?
7. How does Diane Yang incorporate Hmong cuisine and flavors into her work?
8. What implications does host Jessica Sanchez's statement that her food is not "tied down by one heritage or one definition" have?

Finally, read the following article:
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/17/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrants/
How does the article define the term "immigrant"?
There are fourteen sections to this article, each phrased in the form of a question (e.g. "How many people in the US are immigrants?" "What is the legal status of immigrants in the US?" and so on). Make sure you can answer all of the those questions after reading through the article.

The following video was recently released by Vox and might be especially interesting for those of you who visited the "California Dreams" exhibition:
How San Francisco erased a neighborhood (a terrible chapter, but watch to the end as there's a silver lining): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcsdglJFT0M

And some music:

Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue (conducted by Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH2PH0auTUU
Aaron Copland, "Hoedown" from Rodeo (high school orchestras in the States love playing this one :-) ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oR1Vh3DfqM
Chet Faker "To Me" (Australian singer with musical influences from soul and R&B) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ4xZJUGST8
Jungle "Heavy, California" (English band, but US title ;-) ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4LkSRXrK34
Michael Kiwanuka "Black Man in a White World" (an English singer with musical influences from the States) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TYlcVNI2AM
Sudan Archives "Come Meh Way" (American violinist from LA) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLPGMb35ubk
Yola "Ride Out in the Country" (The Current is a cool music channel on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhbxVWt4OgE
Brittany Howard "Stay High" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfizQsGWOxI
Alabama Shakes "Gimme All Your Love" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oib0a2_itA
Nina Simone "Sinnerman" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH3Fx41Jpl4
Stevie Wonder, "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysxUWx7dNO4