Works In Progress


author : by Erika Marquez and Molly Porter of Bridges Not Walls

Building Bridges, Not Walls; Local coalition prepares historic immigration conference

April 2008

Photo: No one is illegal

by WIP News Service

For far too long communities of color have been targeted, used as scapegoats, and exploited by those in power, a trend that can currently be seen in the national rhetoric surrounding migrants living in the United States. The dominant culture is one of deep-rooted xenophobia based on a set of irrational falsehoods that are constantly being perpetuated by government and media led propaganda. The result of these prescribed myths has been the creeping militarization of our communities as borders are fortified, and migrants are taken violently, and in secrecy, from their homes by . . .

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