Category: Unit 2

Abdaal, Ali. “If I Started a YouTube Channel in 2023, I’d Do This.” Www.youtube.com, 14 Feb. 2023, www.youtube.com/watch v=T2M9hSswlIs&ab_channel=AliAbdaal.

Ali Abdaal is a former graduate of Cambridge University where he studied medicine for six years. His pathway as a content creator started off with teaching people medicine and helping with passing examinations. Later being fascinated with the science of productivity, he now produces content to help others with productivity skills. In a video Abdaal made called “If I Started a YouTube Channel in 2023, I’d Do This”, he mainly discusses the different levels there are of assessing your ability to create a coherent and ever growing YouTube channel. These levels generally go over times where you either have absolutely no experience, are already at a steady pace, or you are looking to master the skill completely. Abdaal typically suggests, as a beginner, to just make one video about anything whether it be a short or a film of yourself excluding any form of overthinking. It is a choice at the end of the day — a choice of the lifestyle you adapt to in either having a casual relationship or serious relationship with YouTube. At the next level, you must assess what you are already familiar with or what you need to work on getting familiarized with the crafting of the videos themselves. You may start getting to learn more about yourself and become better at editing as you continue with this process having already made a few videos. Abdaal also mentions ways you can further master this skill that include understanding your niche, finding your strengths and interests, figuring out unfair advantages, and seeking a target market. There is also one question in which he asks “do you want to treat youtube like a hobby or a business?” It is as though Abdaal actually has an exceeding amount of sense in how YouTube can be treated since he is able to separate it into different levels, at least from the way that I see it. On top of that, I would’ve never considered questioning if YouTube could be utilized as either a hobby before viewing this video. YouTube in itself is an investment where you’ll be rewarded based on how much time you put into it. Treating it like a business would eventually pay you like a business. Maintaining a specific niche in your videos will also do wonders as it allows you to further narrow down what kind of content you produce and to who. Typically in a niche, you have a target demographic and a value to be offered to the audience which is basically what you have that puts you on top of others, or why someone should watch you rather than someone else. Overall, I believe this video covers most, if not all, of the essential things to keep in mind when trying to grow your YouTube channel in views and contribution to the community you aim for.

“Sense of identity loss and continuity in narratives of immigration of a group of Latin American Canadian women”

    In the article “ Sense of identity loss and continuity in narratives of immigration of a group of Latin American Canadian women ” there is an insight of different perspectives from immigrant women dealing with different challenges.  Amongst these women we have the perspective of women who found it hard to move, some of the participants who were married and had a divorce due to abuse once they immigrated, some migrated alone and left their kids behind their only hope was to find a better job that can help them make money to provide for their children in another country, teenage girls who had to restart their student identity despite the many years of school they did in their home country they adjust to Canada’s schools and educational system. The interviewers got a chance to interview   many immigrant women and in the findings many women stated they had to adapt and change different things that are now valued in the new place called home which is in Canada not their home country. Most of these women tried their best to adapt to a new environment and culture but also never lost their roots and where they came from. Referring to the answers from women who are mothers, it states “ In particular women with children engage in the role of sharing their culture with their kids. They speak to them in Spanish, and talk to them about values and traditions of their countries of origin.” This quote explains many immigrant parents,they  keep the culture in the roots alive, and carry them on to their future generation. Most of the women’s Source of strength was God and their families, 8/10 of these women have a deep connection with their country of origin and are proud Latina women. These immigrant women never lost their country, it states “ it was meaningful for them to keep all of their religious beliefs, to prepare traditional food, listen and dance LA music, keep in contact with people from LA, and  attend LA events and church gatherings. They also expressed that it was important to participate and belong to support groups where they could speak Spanish.” This quote shows these women in the interview never wanted to lose their Spanish roots, but did not shy away from adapting to a new environment and culture in LA while incorporating Spanish. According to the article  searching for  community and being around those who would understand them and support them was a priority for the women . These immigrant women helped each other out, through stress, fear, trauma, many more troubles, they looked for help and they helped each other through the transition of being somewhere new. They were open to the LA and Canadian way of living and never forgot where they came from. In these new spaces they looked for community people who spoke Spanish to be able to keep their tradition and their language of origin and not lose their Latin roots.

   The TikTok made by (@genuinelygenesis) is a response to the podcast by (@todochidotv) where they interviewed Tik Tok and comedian Dominic Angel. In this interview they touch on the “No sabo kids” which is a term used for those who are of Spanish descent that can’t or don’t speak spanish fluently. Dominic explained his grandparents from Guadalajara Mexico, are the ones who had suggested not teaching Spanish to their grandchildren. He explained how conservative people are and how people get bad jobs and are treated poorly. They didn’t want their grandson to go through that, so they suggested it was best for their grandchild to not learn Spanish. During the podcast Dominic said in his teenage years he didn’t feel like being a Latino with no Spanish speaking skills was a problem but when he became an adult that’s when it hit him that he wanted to know more about his heritage and the place his family was from, he stated “ But when I became an adult, that’s when I started to feel it more, of like, it was a moral responsibility. That’s like I was failing, not knowing my heritage.” This is Dominic’s regret if not being  able to speak Spanish Dominic won’t be able to go to Mexico to his family and communicate with them because he was not taught Spanish he regrets this. Genesis’s video explains her understanding and she knows his grandparents’ intentions for not teaching their grandchild Spanish. She states not teaching him Spanish was a way of protecting him from discrimination because that happens a lot in the U.S. Genesis is a mother who gives her opinion into why she chooses to have her son learn Spanish as his first language she states “ I have a son and his first language is Spanish. Because I want him to go to Bolivia and be able to communicate with his entire extended family.” This shows the difference in generations. It was a priority for Genesis to teach her half white half Bolivian son Spanish, there were many people who doubted her being able to raise her child bilingual but as she says she “shook those doubts.” Because it was important for her that her child was able to communicate with his extended family and know about his culture.  They both explain how being a “ No sabo kid” is a label put by society and say it is ok to not know the language and it’s never too late to learn it. This form of information being put as a TikTok makes people more involved, there were many mixed opinions in the comments about Dominic’s story. This video is a great example on what an informative TikTok should look like. It gives people the different perspectives and generational differences between Dominic’s  grandparents and Genesis who is a parent in this generation.

   Even tho, answers may vary, this research adds up to generational differences. The way things were different back then versus now. Nancy Espinoza-Magana, While examining Latina women who immigrated to Canada or LA, focusing on the immigrant mothers, Nancy discovered that these women really valued culture and building community, while teaching their children about the country they came from, and trying to adapt to new ways while incorporating their country of origin, and raising their children in a bilingual household. We can see the generational difference in the podcast, Dominique’s grandparents advised not to teach Dominic Spanish, in their generation speaking Spanish was an entry to discrimination and bad job opportunities, so they did not teach him about his Mexican roots and he regrets and feels targeted because he is a “No Sabo Kid”. On the other hand, Genesis, who is a young mother, talks about how she will always prioritize educating her son in her culture and teaching him Spanish. She wants him to be able to communicate with his extended family. This shows a lot about the difference in generations now being bilingual can reach higher payments, better opportunities and many jobs but back in the 1800’s speaking Spanish was a burden and didn’t get you far. During this research the surprising part was the amount of understanding there was, because many latin/Hispanic people bash and downgrade others for not being able to speak Spanish without understanding the reasons they don’t speak Spanish.This research gave many insights on the life of different immigrants, the ones who immigrated in the 1800’s vs the ones in 2000’s. Teaching how bad it was for immigrants back then and the way speaking your native language was like setting yourself for failure, so they took it as far as not teaching Spanish to the next generation because of fear, but now immigrants are longing for community they keep in touch with the people back in their home country and most importantly they are not holding back on raising their children bilingual. The targeted audience is the Spanish community, because this helps see the different perspectives of Hispanic immigrants and might help with understanding why others don’t speak Spanish or aren’t connected with their extended family and they won’t be so judging over the ones who can’t speak Spanish. Many parents who don’t teach Spanish to their kids have their reasons, people don’t see and try to avoid looking further like, What if the parent can’t speak Spanish to be able to teach the child. To sum it up, you can’t judge a person without reason, there are many reasons a person with Spanish Origin doesn’t speak Spanish that doesn’t make the less of a person.