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Year: 2009
Made in LA Humanizes the Immigration Debate
I recently had the chance to view this documentary at the Immigrant Solidarity Network in Chicago. And now I have the opportunity to blog about it. Made in L.A. is an Emmy-award winning film that tells the story of three Read More …
Critique: Subaltern Immigrants
Odem 2008 Subaltern Immigrants The status of millions of undocumented workers from Mexico and Latin America in the United States poses a serious challenge to the country’s founding myth as an immigrant nation. They form an integral part of the Read More …
Moron of the Week – Tom Tancredo and His Nativist Thugs
Former Congressperson, Tom Tancredo, was not allowed to speak at a recent event in University of North Carolina hosted by the Youth for Western Civilization [Read: Youth Against Multiculturalism and Diversity]. Protestors shutdown the event through their non-violent chanting. Someone Read More …
The Archipelago of Detention
No crime means no police. What makes the presence and control of the police tolerable for the population, if not fear of the criminal? This institution of the police, which is so recent and so oppressive, is only justified by Read More …
Notes for Kal Penn in the White House
Kumar is finally working with House after all, only it is the White House. Whose Kumar? Does Kal Penn ring a bell? Remember the confused Gogol Ganguli of The Namesake? The pot-smoking Kumar from Harold and Kumar? The young Indian-American Read More …