Defending Latina/o Immigrant Communities
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Defending Latina/o Immigrant Communities

The Xenophobic Era of Trump and Beyond

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eBook - ePub

Defending Latina/o Immigrant Communities

The Xenophobic Era of Trump and Beyond

About this book

A collection of short essays and stories, Defending Latina/o Immigrant Communities: The Xenophobic Era of Trump and Beyond focuses on one of the most vilified, demonized, and scapegoated groups in the United States: Latina/o immigrants. Using his rigorous academic training, public policy knowledge, and community activist background, as well as his personal and familial experiences as the son of Mexican immigrants, Alvaro Huerta defends and humanizes los de abajo / those on the bottom. He skillfully re-frames how Latina/o immigrants should be viewed as productive and important members in this country, debunking the xenophobic tropes, lies, and myths about Latina/o immigrants as criminals, social burdens, and national security threats. Accompanied by the brilliant art of an internationally acclaimed artist, Salomon Huerta, and powerful photos of two established photographers, this book also investigates intersectional issues related to race, class, place, and state violence.

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Information

Publisher
Hamilton Books
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9780761871286
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. List of Figures
  3. Foreword
  4. Introduction
  5. Brief History Notes on Mexican Immigration to the U.S.
  6. La Realidad
  7. Immigration Should be a Basic Human Right
  8. The Day I Learned I was Poor and Mexican
  9. Once Ashamed of My Mexican Parents, but not Anymore
  10. A Chicana/o Manifesto on Community Organizing
  11. “Just Say No” to the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” Immigration Bill
  12. No White Christmas for Brown Immigrants
  13. Lessons on Community Organizing in Chicana/o Communities
  14. Socioeconomic Inequality Impacting Marginalized Communities Must Change
  15. Republican Leaders Will Regret Attacking Latina/o Immigrants
  16. Scaremongering Over Child Refugees is Deplorable
  17. Without Hope, Blacks and Latinas/os Will Take to the Streets
  18. El Robo
  19. La Pistola
  20. Lessons My Mexican Father Taught Me
  21. The Day My Mexican Father Met Cesar Chavez
  22. A Chicana/o Love Story
  23. Trump’s Racist Comments Help Democrats in the Future
  24. New Republican Xenophobic Policies Will Inevitably Backfire
  25. Trump Exemplifies True Colors of GOP
  26. Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Symbolizes White Privilege
  27. City of Los Angeles Should Regulate Street Vendors
  28. Saturday Night Live Must Dump GOP Candidate Donald J. Trump
  29. U.S. Courts Maintain Undocumented Immigrants in the Shadows
  30. The Shameful Case of Latino Republican Leaders
  31. Republican Policies and Christian Values
  32. An Open Letter to Clinton on Candidate Trouncing Trump in the General Election
  33. Urban Planners of the World Unite Against Trump
  34. The Hustler
  35. An Open Letter to President Donald J. Trump
  36. The Hustler 2.0
  37. An Open Letter to Gov. Jerry Brown on California Becoming a Sanctuary State
  38. The “War on Immigrants”
  39. On the Chicana/o Moratorium of 1970 and the Case of Ruben Salazar
  40. Advocating for the Immigrant Domestic Workforce
  41. President Barack Obama Should’ve Halted Mass Deportations
  42. Demanding a Clean DACA Bill, Now!
  43. No Deal on “Sh*thole” Border Wall!
  44. Viva the Scholar-Activist!
  45. In Memory of My Beloved Brother
  46. Trump Epitomizes America’s History of Anti-Mexicanism
  47. A Call for Urban Planning Latina/o Faculty
  48. I Am Not Your “Wetback”
  49. Conclusion
  50. Works Cited
  51. Index
  52. About the Author
  53. About the Contributors