Posts tagged dichotomies

Critique of Borders - Canada no...

By Prerna on August 25, 2008
Critique of Borders – Canada no longer visible from Derby Line, Vermont

Since this site is called ‘No Borders and Binaries,’ lets revisit the philosophy behind that term. The creation of a bordered world is a deliberate attempt to divide, contain and isolate communities, to forget about arbitrary and ‘disorderly’ origins, in order to create a ‘more... [+]

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25Aug

The flawed logic of either/or -...

By Prerna on June 7, 2008
The flawed logic of either/or – Creating spaces for intervention

black/white, straight/gay, women/men, left/right, us/them, American/Un-American, nativist/humanist, legal/illegal, liberal/conservative anti-corporate/anti-labor, capitalism/communist, butch/femme, inside/outside, developed/undeveloped, top/bottom, public/private… Our world is tainted in simplistic, dualistic undertones since we are young and we grow up conditioned to think in this manner. It starts from the household where pink... [+]

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07Jun

Study - Majority legal residents...

By Prerna on June 6, 2008
Study – Majority legal residents were “illegal” at one time – California

It appears that most things don’t happen in a STRAIGHT line (neither do brain waves and heart beats FYI). After my constant repetition of “undocumented or illegal is not a permanent immutable characteristic” this past week, the Public Policy Institute of California has just confirmed the... [+]

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06Jun

Documenting my thought processes -...

By Prerna on June 5, 2008
Documenting my thought processes – Guidelines for research

After finishing a review for a journal, I am still in an academic mode. I thought I would share my thought processes here. These are mere guidelines I use when researching, writing or trying to understand all sorts of phenomenon.  I suppose it is an... [+]

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05Jun

Who is more 'undesirable ?' The...

By Prerna on May 19, 2008
Who is more ‘undesirable ?’ The ‘illegal alien’ or homosexual ?

Over the weekend, I was reading some pro-migrant news at a Catholic site that I had stumbled on via Google News Alert service. And on the sidebar, the very site was spewing hatred about same-sex marriage in California. The churches and religious ‘right’ who first... [+]

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19May

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on...

By Prerna on February 13, 2008
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on Immigration and the DREAM Act

I normally do not pay attention to what politicans say in their scripted speeches and any other simulation for mass consumption, but something Barack Obama said struck a personal chord. He brought up the theme of ‘Two Americas’ while talking about how he wanted to make... [+]

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13Feb

I refuse to succumb to...

By Prerna on December 5, 2007
I refuse to succumb to self-deprecating, self-loathing mentality

Seriously, what have we done that is so shameful or grounds to feel guilty about? NOTHING. Don’t tell me I am not human. Don’t tell me I am not as good as you. And certainly don’t tell me that my opinions are not as good as... [+]

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05Dec

Alright, here is the Boston AAG...

By Prerna on November 19, 2007
Alright, here is the Boston AAG project

Don’t ask me anything about this till after the Law school applications are in, hopefully mid-December. This paper begins with an investigation of the lives of some undocumented students living in the United States who have been raised as Americans, but not seen as belonging to... [+]

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19Nov