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MS-13 and Representations of Immigrants as The Other

In this video, I explore how the Administration used MS-13 to develop representations of southern immigrants as dangerous “Others”. Controlling representations of “Those People” can be analyzed using W.E.B. Dubois theory on the cultural elements of oppression, what I call The Discourse of the Other.

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HOW DO WE JUSTIFY INHUMANE TREATMENT OF REFUGEE CHILDREN?

The Trump Administration’s police state tactics against immigrants and refugees should come as no surprise. He ran on such a cruel policy. During the campaign, he promised to make millions of people suffer as a component of making America Great Again. He’s doing just that, and his supporters embrace what he’s doing. Make no mistake. the cruelty inflicted in our name is not a bug in the system. It is a feature of the system.

In this video, I explore how the Administration used MS-13 to develop representations of southern immigrants as dangerous “Others”. Controlling representations of “Those People” can be analyzed using W.E.B. Dubois theory on the cultural elements of oppression, what I call The Discourse of the Other. Take a look.

 

Sources:

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2008/january/ms13_011408https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ABcnjXz9HOkJ:https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/file/958481/download+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ushttps://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/06/trump-ms-13/528453/https://www.thenation.com/article/time-for-a-us-apology-to-el-salvador/https://reason.org/wp-content/uploads/files/a87d1550853898a9b306ef458f116079.pdfhttps://madsociologistblog.com/2017/01/29/the-trump-lie-about-vetting-refugees/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/06/us/politics/undocumented-illegal-immigrants.html

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