4/29 Wednesday Draft Questions - Angie Lai

1. In the article, "'Sobreviviendo': Immigration Stories and Testimonio in Song", Gonzalez concludes by saying, "songs and the theories imbedded in them can inform across time, disciplines, borders, generations, and other ways of knowing, but most importantly, songs can register the hope and resilience that inspired their creation" (137). Can you think of an example or two of songs that do some of these things for you too? What about that songs (or songs) registers hope and resilience?

2. In the NPR article, "Protesting Trump's Immigration Policy Through Song", non-Latino musical artist Radney Foster who grew up near the U.S.-Mexico border said that his "father was adamant that every one of his children learn to speak Spanish, because he believed you couldn't make a living there if you didn't." What do you think of this logic? Is it practical? Problematic? Neither or both?

3. From what I hear on the news and after reading the article, "Farmworkers are now deemed essential. But are they protected?", I find the term "essential worker" to be ironic and deeply upsetting. How is Lisa Cacho's concept of "social death" exemplified in this reading?
4. In the CNN article, "America's black and Hispanic communities are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus crisis”, the author points out that black and Latinx communities are at "higher risk of infections" and have "lower savings". This article doesn't do much other than provide statistics and reinforce the inequalities we're already aware of, so given this information, what can the government do to address this inequality problem? What can we do to address this?