Latinx Identity, Gentrification & Migration - (Student Special)

In this week's Student Special we feature projects by LTS 1003 student Roxanna Escamilla, LTS 3100 student Diego Gonzalez, LTS 3085 students Matthew Queme and Emma Rose, and IDC 3001 students Tasia Muskan and Allyson Triana. 

Roxanna’s research focuses on Latinx identities, in particular that feeling of living in between cultures and not feeling as though you truly belong as an American or as a Latino. She uses the character of Chris from the Netflix series Gentefied  to expand on this concept.

Diego Gonzalez’s work considers the changes that have taken place over the last several decades to the New York neighborhoods of the Lower East Side and Washington Heights due to gentrification. He uses “The Obelisk of Loisaida” by Marcos Gonzalez and “The Ladder Up” by Carina de Valle Schorske as a jumping off point for this discussion. 

This is followed by Matthew and Emma’s project which looks at the documentary, Clinica de migrantes by Maxim Pozdorovkin and the book chapter, “Ground Zero” from Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s book, The Undocumented Americans to discuss the connection between healthcare and labor issues faced by undocumented Latin Americans on the east coast of the United States.

The final segment, by Tasia and Allyson, also addresses Cornejo Villavicencio’s chapter “Ground Zero.” They will explore the struggles of exploitation faced by undocumented migrants during 9/11.

 

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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois

Logo Design: Marcos Toledo

Music: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois