by Mónica Novoa. Originally published on Colorlines - Friday, July 29 2011
The Latin American Coalition’s youth group, United 4 The DREAM (U4TD), has achieved a nice victory with the local Drop the I-Word campaign in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Cross-Post: Andy Mathe Deported to South Africa on Tuesday Night : Family Faces Same Outcome
Originally published on VivirLatino by Maegan La Mala · July 29, 2011
On Tuesday, July 26th Immigration and Customs Enforcement put Andy Mathe on a Delta airplane out of Atlanta to South Africa. He was deported to the country his mom, grandmother and siblings left almost five years ago.
“How does the neighborhood I live in affect my access to good quality food?”
As part of a recent discussion about food justice, a group of artists and activists posed several questions to one another and their communities. The questions touched on a wide range of factors that affect the U.S. food system and how our communities access and interact with that system.
Glenn Beck Compares Norway’s Youth Camp to Hitler Youth
On his nationally syndicated radio show Monday, Glenn Beck compared the youth camp on the island Utoeya, the scene of last Friday’s massacre, to Hitler Youth camps in Nazi Germany.
Nativism Watch
CAPS Releases Latest Journal
Anti-immigrant group, Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) released its latest journal, CAPS Issues. This issue is titled “Analysis of 2010 Census Misses the Mark” by Leon Kolankiewicz. In the report, CAPS claim that immigration and higher fertility rates among immigrants is having a negative impact on America. CAPS has received funding from the Pioneer Fund, a foundation that has a history of promoting the genetic superiority of white, European-Americans.
The Guilty Pleading “Insanity”: Analyzing the US Right-Wing’s Reactions to Oslo, Utoya
When Anders Behring Breivik killed 76 people on Friday, many dismissed him as an axe-grinding lunatic, an insane aberration. But with astounding lucidity, he details in his 1500 page manifesto the perceived invasion of “quite frankly inferior cultures and ethics,” going on to fault the “cultural Marxists” for policies that undermine Norwegian homogeneity.
Though a repugnant ideology, this stance is popularly considered “not insane,” and Breivik had no shortage of far-right and anti-immigrant doctrines with which to align.
To the chagrin of the political right, many have faulted conservative thinkers for
US Islamophobes & Anders Behring Breivik: “This rhetoric is not cost-free.”
by Jerry Higgins
“We’re stealing it back“: those were the words of Robert Spencer on July 25.
Anders Behring Breivik committed “the worst atrocity [Norway] has seen since the Second World War”: those were the words of Norway’s Prime Minister, as he described Breivik’s methodical rampage last Friday, July 22.
So what has all this got to do with renowned US Islamophobe Robert Spencer, you may ask?
It’s Called Transparency: NPR, The New York Times, & Media Accountability
On July 7, National Public Radio (NPR) welcomed on Mark Krikorian, head of anti-immigrant group Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), to discuss Jose Antonio Vargas, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who recently went public with his undocumented status. On its website NPR then inexplicably published an article entitled, “Why Jose Antonio Vargas Should Leave The US,” which is devoted entirely to Krikorian’s own comments.
Nowhere in its coverage did NPR inform its listeners and readers that
Anti-immigrant Group to Testify Before Congress Tomorrow
Anti-immigrant group Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) are due to testify before the Immigration Policy and Enforcement Subcommittee in the House tomorrow at 1:30pm EST. Representing CIS will be policy director Jessica Vaughan.
Not a “Loner”: Oslo, Utoya Terrorist Influenced and Connected to Anti-Immigrant, Islamophobic Groups
In the aftermath of the tragic attacks that devastated Norway last week, there was one constant thread in the media coverage. Myriad news stories use terms like “isolated incident,” “acted alone,” and “loner” to describe both the attacks and the white, Norwegian attacker himself.
Confusingly, these articles described the confessed attacker, Anders Behring Breivik, as a “loner”; however,