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Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)

Within the political climate and all the xenophobia that’s persisting within the conversation, it felt like a really unique opportunity to give a voice to the immigrant narrative, and to shine a spotlight on, as the song says, ‘America’s ghost writers’ — a lot of people that make this country great and that we don’t often get to see in mainstream media.

Tomás Whitmore (2017, June 28) director of Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) in BuzzFeed News

Privilege & Power

Review our Word Splash from lesson 2 and Adichie’s warning about “the danger of a single story.” Think about the connection between Adichie’s warning and the notions of privilege and power as depicted in this music video

Watch K’naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC, & Residente’s (2016). Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) music video and explore the lyrics. Use the discussion space below to annotate the text. Use the See-Think-Wonder-Connect routine and think about the other texts we’ve explored.

• What is the message of this video?
• Who is telling the story?
• Whose story is it?
• Why might this be significant?

Apply these same questions when you play and reflect on your play experience of A. M. Darke’s (he/her/they) game ‘Ye or NAY? below. In this game, Darke plays on the classic tabletop “Guess Who?” model to examine aspects of Black male identity. You will need a partner to play this game with.

Discussion #16: STWC Privilege & Power

Open the Discussion board below to share your observations, conclusions, questions, and connections about the music video Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) and A. M. Darke’s game, ‘Ye or Nay? using the See, Think, Wonder, and Connect Routine.

Graphic Organizer: Identity & Power

The following graphic organizer is modelled after the BC Provincial Graduation Literacy Assessment. Download the document below and record your ideas directly within, ensuring you make specific references to the texts throughout Module 5 thus far:

• The Problem We All Live With
• The Danger of a Single Story
• Downtown Browns
• Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)
• Ye or Nay?

References

A. M. Darke, A. M. (n.d.) ‘Ye or Nay? [Game]. https://prettydarke.cool/portfolio/ye-or-nay/

K’naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC, & Residente. (2016). Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) [Music Video]. The Hamilton Mixtape. YouTube. https://youtu.be/6_35a7sn6ds

Whitmore, T. (2017, June 28). In L. Peitzman’s (reporter) The story behind the “Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)” video from “The Hamilton Mixtape.” BuzzFeed News. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/louispeitzman/the-story-behind-the-immigrants-we-get-the-job-done-video