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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

What If...All the "Immigrants" Would Leave the US?


You've seen that people are REALLY amped up against illegal immigrants. The situation doesn't seem like it will get solved anytime soon. The irony is that the majority of the people that are against immigration fail to realize how similar they are to each other. For example, they are common in the fact that they are primarily in the same economic class - none of them (white, black, latino, etc.) are rich! Regardless it seems that many "native" americans are happy being anti-immigration. Click on the cartoon on the left first and take a good look at it.

QUESTION:

What is the artist of this cartoon implying about "Nativism" and its beliefs on immigration?

Now, check out the video below!



QUESTION:
How would the United States be different today if the true Native Americans would have treated the original European immigrants in Jamestown and Plymouth like the white people treat immigrants today?

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

i think that the cartoon is trying to state that every race and class that isnt a real native american. Are the immigrants.Many people are infact in common with each other.

Anonymous said...

this cartoon is not really funny. I think that the only funny part is when they made up the word cracker.
~but nice try

Karen_T111091 said...

KARINA 8TH PD.
CARTOON: I THINK THAT THE ARTIST IS TRYING TO SAY IS THAT THE ONLY NATIVES ARE THEM. EVERYONE ELSE WERE IN FACT... IMMIGRANTS.

C.VIDEO: TEE-HEE (FUNNY BIRDS)
WELL I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INTERESTING POINT OF VIEW FROM THE NATIVES... BUT I THINK THAT IF THE NATIVES WERE TO TREAT THE EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS THE SAME WAY THAT THE WHITE PEOPLE ARE DOING TO THE IMMIGRANTS NOW,THEN THIS WORLD WOULD BE SOOOO DIFFERENT.
(THAT IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING TO PICTURE?
WOULD THE WORLD BE BETTER OR WORSE??)

Anonymous said...

answer to question #2 i think what would have happened is either the white imigrants would have fought them or the white people would have been under the natives control and i dont think tha the white peolple would have left the US they would have fought with them for their place.

Anonymous said...

answer to question #1 in the cartoon they are saying that everyone is an immigrant to the natives because they've been there way longer than anyone else so they are sayin that if they were to kick the immigrants out the only ones left would be the natives.

Anonymous said...

in my opinion, the cartoon is trying to say that without any immigrants there really isn't a population in the U.S..



if the Natives treated the original Europeans the way white people treat immigrants today i think the world would be soooo different..maybe we wouldn't have went through slavery and alot of things would have been different..this video was very interesting, and i like the way they came up with "cracker"

->>PauLa<<- PeRiOd 5

Anonymous said...

in the cartoon we can see two native
alone.those native are saying that every body is immigrant for them,cause they been there 4 long time only native.soo if a mexican,irish,or asian what ever,go to us is consideret immigrant.

Anonymous said...

In my opinion , I think that the buffalo is a symbolism of what men are today and the mentality we have and how ignorant we are.

Anonymous said...

___JENNIFER MARIA P.8

I like the cartoon because it points out that the only Native Americans are the Indians, whom were here before everybody else. Whites feel like they belong here and that they are not immigrants, like others. Thus they are. The only Native Americans are the Indians.
Also, in my opinion the video was interesting, but however in real life immigrants are not to be accepted by those how call themselves citizen, Native Americans..etc. And as it may see the dislike of immigrants would not end now.

Anonymous said...

The artist of the cartoon is showing that the only true routes of America came from the native Americans...basicly saying that there the only true beings that are not immagrants

Anonymous said...

Video:our country would be ruled by native Americans..the video was pretty funny..but some of the things in this video were lies..like at the end when they said an "An they lived in peace an harmony THE END"..lies.

Anonymous said...

i like da cartoon video it waz not all that funny but it waz entertaining...however i do believe that without immigration the u.s will be nothing and it does point out that the white pplz r not really natives...but also immigrants

Anonymous said...

CARTOON: the artist of this cartoon is trying 2 imply that with out immigrants this country is empty,only natives would stay since they were first. VIDEO:I liked the video it was funny,but the Indians weren't so bad with Europeans so why this people are treating us so harsh? they should thank us. Immigrants were the ones to put this country 2 look like solid gold, for example the rail roads,who made them? immigrants (Chinese)is good 2 tell the maid 2 leave after the work is done...Right?

Anonymous said...

THE CARTOON:
FIRST OF ALL THIS IS THE POINT OF VIEW FROM A NATIVE. A REAL NATIVE. TO THEM EVERYONE BESIDES THEM IS AN IMMIGRANT BECAUSE IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS ONLY THEM, NOT NO WHITES, BLACKS OR HISPANICS. SO WHOEVER WANTS TO SAY THAT THEIR NATIVES IS BS IF THEY WERENT THERE IN THE ROUGH BEGINNING.


THE VIDEO:
WELL IN THIS CASE IF THE NATIVES WOULD HAVE TREATED THE ORIGINAL EUROPEANS LIKE THAT THEN THIS WORLD WOULD BE SOOOOOOOO TOTALLY DIFFERENT, BECAUSE THEN THE WHITES WOULDNT HAVE TO CONTROL EVERYTHING AROUND US. AND FOR ONCE SOMEONE ELSE BESIDES THE RICH WHITES WOULD HAVE AN OPINION ON WHATS NEXT IN OUR LIFES AND ACTUALLY HAVE HIS VOTE COUNT.

Anonymous said...

the united states would have been very differnet if the native would have treated the original european like the whites treat immigrants now becausewe everything would have been differnt. the native would have probaly own all of the land that was taken over by the white man. mexican would have still have all mexico and everyone would probaly would be united or like it was before the white man tool over everything . non of the things like the civil war or manifect destiny, reconstruction etc would have happen. maybe would have never had techonlogy and building and all such of invition we have now a days.
maybe we wouldt have even all the types of race we see and have now a days like dominican , pueto rico , hundran etc.

Anonymous said...

this cartoon is very funny but yet very true. this cartoon is proving a very important point which is that without immigrants we would not be the country that we are and will become. for example there are many people who want to come live to new york. why? becasue new york is famous because of the different types of people who live here. all the different thing you could learn about other religions and cultures. when you walking down the streets of new york city you never know who you going to meet or see and without immigrantion that wouldt be here today. or even when we think about it half of us wouldt be here today.

Anonymous said...

Picture: Well to answer the natives question..THEY WENT BACK TO WHERE EVER THEY CAME FROM!!! lol All of these so called "natives" were immigrants to becuase the ones first living in america were the natives and the whites were coming from jamestown so there for i declare there are immigrants cased closed! lol =]


If the natives would have mistreated the original european immigrants in jamestown and plymouth i dont think it would have made a difference. They both would still be against each other.

Anonymous said...

In my opinionthe first cartoon is basically saying that the U.S is nothing without the immigrants.

If the true Native Americans would have treated the original European immigrants in Jamestown and Plymouth like the white people treat immigrants today it would basically look the same exept that the true Native Americans would be richer and have more power than everyone else.

Anonymous said...

well what i think about the cartoon is that without the immigrants this is not a country and that the immigrants are good worker that the white people.


tv.well the movie it was funny but is really true what the natives say are saying they couldent control the european.

Anonymous said...

period 8: i think this cartoon means that the united states is nothing without immigrants they mean alot to us they work hard and also i think that they think they was the first people so they will say that anyone that comes to this state is an immigrant

Anonymous said...

I THINK THE PICYURE IS TRYING TO SAID THAT WITHOUT THE IMMIGRANTS,
WE WILL BE NOTHING IN THE UNITED STATES.WITHOUT THE IMMAGRANTS WE WOULD NOT BE NOTHING.

Anonymous said...

leny
i think everything would have been different because they would know how it is to be treated that way and not do it to someone else. another thing it would have been different cause everyone would have been treated the same way.#1

he is trying to show us how natives thought they were the only onesthat belong in u.s and everyone else was consider an immigrant but in my belief u.s is not the same without immigrants.#2

Anonymous said...

What the cartoon is trying to say its that even the white people aren't native because they were originally immigrants as well. The only native people were the native indians and most of them are gone now.