In a time when the national temper calls for reason in the solution of problems facing the American people, a powerful media venue like CNN mixes jingoism with (advocacy) journalism, not just with Lou Dobbs but with Nancy Grace and others. Fox News is not any better. Networks like ABC, CBS, and NBC have pretty [...]
Lou Dobbs is the most conspicuous manifestation of how xenophobia can be socialized and normalized in a Post-9/11 U.S. His vicious attack on immigrants encourages subtle and blatant violence against Latinos, and encourages a myopic vision of whiteness in this country. A problematic understanding of “American Culture and Identity” currently clouds our collective judgment. Moreover, [...]
Throughout American history, nativism has proven a mask for xenophobia and ethnic and religious hatreds of various kinds. There are many reasoned arguments against illegal immigration that bear discussion, but I have not heard them coming from Mr. Dobbs so far. Instead, regrettably, what I hear are echoes of the moldy argument that white civilization [...]
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