"Build That Wall!": Manufacturing the Enemy, yet Again

Autor/in	Santamaría Graff, Cristina C.
Titel	"Build That Wall!": Manufacturing the Enemy, yet Again
Quelle	In: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 30 (2017) 10, S.999-1005 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-8398
DOI	10.1080/09518398.2017.1312592
Schlagwörter	Political Issues; Racial Bias; Social Bias; Mexicans; Undocumented Immigrants; Whites; Ethnic Stereotypes; United States History; Federal Legislation; Immigration; Nationalism; Terrorism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politischer Faktor; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Mexikaner; Illegaler Aufenthalt; White; Weißer; National stereotype; Nationales Stereotyp; Bundesrecht; Nationalismus; Terrorismus
Abstract	The 2016 presidential campaign and the election of Donald Trump has amplified divisive anti-immigrant sentiment and has further positioned "Mexicans as enemy." Trump's "Build That Wall!" declarative has stoked nativist ire through manufactured narratives that rarely, if ever, consider the United States government's role in the increase of undocumented immigrants residing in our country. In this essay, the author connects the current administration's anti-immigrant, anti-Mexican proposals to historical legislation that, cloaked under the guise of "national security" or a return to "American values," has aimed to maintain White hegemony. Additionally, the author examines anti-Mexican narratives that aim to criminalize Mexican immigrants' behaviors to justify imperialistic and unjust policies that further serve dominant-White political elites and their constituents. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01