Please be sure to make an effort to discuss what you personally think and avoid any form of 'copy and paste' model. It is your own opinions, reflections and commentary that you should provide for the forum to be effective and interesting!
Please be sure that you:
- do not 'copy and paste' information in the posts
- feel free to discuss your own personal views and reflections on the topic
- try to minimize or avoid generalized comments - such as - "this is really a huge problem and the government should do something about it."
- feel free to include personal anecdotal information - things that you have personally experienced are great to include
- feel free to include information that you have learned in other classes and/or in your own personal reading - please give a reference/link if relevant
- are sensitive to others viewpoints - especially if you don't share their opinion on a particular issue
- upload your 250-300 word post on the discussion forum before you respond to others
- In other words, upload your main post before reading other students' posts. Thanks!
- make as many response posts as you wish
- Please write your first post in paragraphs or sections. For your second post, paragraphs are not required, but they are recommended.
Why do certain US cities, including Seattle, attract immigrants?
- Here's a 2022 Seattle (King County and Washington State!) ImmigrantLinks to an external site. article.
Here are a few key points on migration to the US.
- https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/17/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrantsLinks to an external site.
- Please look over the easy to read charts and graphs here!
- Notice that again Seattle is on one of the maps.
Mexican and Central American Immigration to the US.
- Interesting Mexican ImmigrationLinks to an external site. article from 2022 and another from 2023 about Central American Migration.Links to an external site.
- Please read/look over at least 3 to 5 of the figures/tables in each of these great articles!
- Also, please mention something from each article in your discussion.
- Where South American and Central America Fuse Together: Migration through the Darien Gap.Links to an external site.
- Please look at (and comment on!) the videos, images and map(s) in this amazing article.
Asian-Americans and Asian-American Migration.
- Asian-Americans: Key facts.Links to an external site.
- This easy read has many helpful charts and graphs.
- Please mention at least one Asian origin group for our discussion.
- Some see parallels between Japanese-American Internment/ImprisonmentLinks to an external site. during World War II (from 1941 to 1945) and recent US government policy. Do you?
- Please look at the 12 powerful pictures and read the short article.
- Japanese-Americans Protest in 2025Links to an external site..
- Chinatown-International District in Seattle may be (is?) only pan-Asian district in USALinks to an external site..