ASSIGNMENT 3: reacting to quotes/statements about migration
Below you can find 10 quotes/statements about migration. Choose one of these quotes OR look for a similar quote on the internet. Write (with your group and/or individually) a text of at least 15 lines commenting/giving your reaction to the statement you have chosen. Don’t forget to illustrate your text by means of photographs/drawings/short (youtube)films … Creativity will be rewarded! This statement/quote + text could be the starting point for a VC with pupils from the other continent.
“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.” (Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
“Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.” (Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt)
“We asked for workers. We got people instead.” (Max Frisch)
“Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me.” (Carlos Fuentes)
“History shows that it is not only senseless and cruel, but also difficult to state who is a foreigner.” (Claudio Magris)
“The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.” (Alexis de Tocqueville)
“Our country, our people, and our laws have to be our top priority.” (Donald Trump)
"Open immigration can't exist with a strong social safety net; if you're going to assure healthcare and a decent income to everyone, you can't make that offer global" (Paul Krugman)
"I find that women... deal with immigration differently. And I'm interested in that." (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
“Strangers are more stranger the poorer they are” (Hans Magnus Enzensberger)